Benjamin Bonzi and Liam Broady will square off in the final of the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 10. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.42
Liam Broady -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Liam Broady
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Liam Broady since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 137, Bonzi got to the final after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-4, Roberto Quiroz 3-6 6-4 6-3, Mirza Basic 6-3 6-1 and Nick Chappell 6-1 6-2.
In the semifinal, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Chappell (6-1 6-2). During the match Bonzi scored 68 points vs Chappell’s 44. Benjamin was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bonzi fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Bonzi was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Chappell 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Bonzi has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (210-125). 4-1 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bonzi has a 61-24 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in the Istanbul Challenger.
Bonzi has a 12-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger
Benjamin didn’t compete in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger in 2020.
Liam Broady
Ranked no. 191, Broady reached the final after beating Pierre Malan 6-1 6-4, Vaclav Safranek 6-3 6-2, Brayden Schnur 6-4 6-3, Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-4 7-63, Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-3 and Cem Ilkel 7-63 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (7-63 6-4). During the match Broady scored 83 points vs Ilkel’s 68. Broady was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Broady made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Liam Broady was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (36/50) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Broady broke Ilkel twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Liam hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Liam’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger.
Broady has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 77 | 117 |
| Pts | 276-198 | 409-308 |
| Total Points | 474 | 717 |
| Winners | 108 | 174 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Bonzi played 4 matches while Broady competed in 6 matches. Broady started his run from the qualifications while Bonzi had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Benjamin Bonzi surrendered 1 set while Liam Broady hasn’t lost a set so far. Bonzi has played 3 set(s) less than Broady (9 vs 12). Therefore, Bonzi played 40 games less than Broady. The French player scored 108 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Liam blasted 174 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 132/216 | 229/352 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 108/132 | 174/229 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 54/84 | 76/123 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 62% |
Bonzi made 21 aces (5.3 per match). Broady made 23 aces (3.8 per match). Bonzi won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Broady won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 18 |
| Converted | 14/39 | 18/36 |
| % Converted | 36% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Bonzi broke his opponents 14 times with a 36% conversion rate. Benjamin dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 18 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonzi | ||||||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Quiroz |
1/4 Basic |
1/2 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 77 | |
| pts | 70-49 | 81-70 | 57-35 | 68-44 | 276-198 | |
| Total points | 119 | 151 | 92 | 112 | 474 | |
| Winners | 26 | 31 | 24 | 27 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 42% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 40/72 | 27/44 | 33/51 | 132/216 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 56% | 61% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 31/40 | 24/27 | 27/33 | 108/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 78% | 89% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 22/32 | 10/17 | 10/18 | 54/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 69% | 59% | 56% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/15 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 4/10 | 14/39 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 50% | 50% | 40% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 100% | 100% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Broady | ||||||||
| Q1 Malan |
Q3 Safranek |
R1 Schnur |
R2 Menendez-Maceiras |
1/4 Hsin |
1/2 Ilkel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-63 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 117 | |
| pts | 56-31 | 57-35 | 75-59 | 78-67 | 60-48 | 83-68 | 409-308 | |
| Total points | 87 | 92 | 134 | 145 | 108 | 151 | 717 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 174 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 42% | 37% | 38% | 47% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 29/45 | 37/64 | 40/71 | 43/60 | 50/69 | 229/352 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 64% | 58% | 56% | 72% | 72% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 24/29 | 28/37 | 30/40 | 28/43 | 36/50 | 174/229 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 83% | 76% | 75% | 65% | 72% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 10/16 | 17/27 | 19/31 | 10/17 | 12/19 | 76/123 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 63% | 63% | 61% | 59% | 63% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/4 | 3/12 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 2/7 | 18/36 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 25% | 50% | 80% | 29% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 75% | 75% | 67% | 0% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
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