Maxime Cressy and Blaz Kavcic will play each other in the quarter of the Biella Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CAMPO 0. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Blaz Kavcic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaz Kavcic is the pick to win this match.
Blaz Kavcic -> 1.53
Maxime Cressy -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Blaz Kavcic
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Blaz Kavcic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Maxime Cressy
Ranked no. 159, the French player got to the quarter after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-65 6-4 and Andrea Pellegrino 6-73 7-68 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Pellegrino, Maxime recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-68 6-0). During the match Cressy scored 100 points vs Pellegrino’s 89. the French player was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cressy fired 17 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Maxime Cressy was pretty efficent on serve to win 81% (43/53) of his 1st serve and 62% (28/45) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cressy broke Pellegrino 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cressy has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Cressy has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (117-61). 2-2 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cressy has a 11-8 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Maxime’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Drummondville Challenger and the Calgary Challenger.
Cressy has a 17-10 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Biella Challenger
Maxime didn’t compete in the Biella Challenger in 2019.
Blaz Kavcic
Ranked no. 298, Blaz reached the quarter after beating Sumit Nagal 7-64 6-4 and Chun Hsin Tseng 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Hsin Tseng, Kavcic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Kavcic scored 95 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 86. Kavcic was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Kavcic made 5 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Blaz Kavcic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kavcic put 73% of his first serves in, winning 68% (43/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 26% (6/23) on the 2nd serve. Kavcic broke Hsin Tseng 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovenian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Blaz has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Biella Challenger
The Slovenian didn’t compete in the Biella Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cressy | Kavcic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 50 |
| Pts | 178-164 | 173-155 |
| Total Points | 342 | 328 |
| Winners | 77 | 79 |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% |
Both Cressy and Kavcic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maxime Cressy conceded 1 set, while Blaz Kavcic dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cressy and Kavcic have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Cressy played 5 games more than Kavcic. the French player scored 77 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kavcic scored 79 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cressy | Kavcic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 32 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 95/169 | 122/162 |
| %1st in | 56% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 77/95 | 79/122 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 43/74 | 17/40 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 43% |
Cressy fired 32 aces (16 per match). Kavcic made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Cressy won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kavcic won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cressy | Kavcic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 42% | 56% |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 83% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Cressy broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. the French player surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovenian broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Slovenian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cressy | ||||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
R2 Pellegrino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-73 7-68 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 32 | 55 | |
| pts | 78-75 | 100-89 | 178-164 | |
| Total points | 153 | 189 | 342 | |
| Winners | 34 | 43 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 42/71 | 53/98 | 95/169 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 43/53 | 77/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 28/45 | 43/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 62% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/4 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 75% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kavcic | ||||
| R1 Nagal |
R2 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 27 | 50 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 95-86 | 173-155 | |
| Total points | 147 | 181 | 328 | |
| Winners | 36 | 43 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 59/76 | 63/86 | 122/162 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 73% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 36/59 | 43/63 | 79/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 68% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 6/23 | 17/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 26% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/10 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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