Pierre Malan and Jean Thirouin will face off in the qualifications of the Potchefstroom Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jean Thirouin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jean Thirouin is the pick to win this match.
Jean Thirouin -> 1.05
Pierre Malan -> 8.50
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Prediction and head to head Pierre Malan vs. Jean Thirouin
There is no head to head record between Pierre Malan and Jean Thirouin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pierre Malan
Ranked no. (career high), Pierre reached the qualifications after defeating Milan Radojkovic 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Radojkovic, Pierre recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match Malan scored 104 points vs Radojkovic’s 99. Pierre was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Malan blasted 12 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Pierre Malan lost the serve 4 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Malan put 55% of his first serves in, winning 73% (45/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (23/51) on the 2nd serve. The South African broke Radojkovic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Malan has a negative win-loss record in the last 1 years having won 33% of his matches (2-1). 2-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Malan has a 2-1 record in the last 1 years on hard.
Malan has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Potchefstroom Challenger
The South African didn’t play in the Potchefstroom Challenger in 2019.
Jean Thirouin
Ranked no. 626, the American will start his run in the Potchefstroom Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Potchefstroom where he lost 6-1 6-0 to Doumbia in the 1st round the 4th of March.
Jean has a 6-8 win-loss record in 2020, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 62-38 record. He has positive 55-34 record on hard.
Last year in the Potchefstroom Challenger
The American didn’t compete in the Potchefstroom Challenger in 2019.
Head 2 Head
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