Benjamin Bonzi and Michael Geerts will square off in the 2nd round of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.22
Michael Geerts -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Michael Geerts

There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Benjamin Bonzi

Ranked no. 111, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Aziz Dougaz 4-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Dougaz, Bonzi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Bonzi scored 96 points vs Dougaz’s 86. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bonzi scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Benjamin Bonzi was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (40/52) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Dougaz 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Bonzi has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (233-139). 7-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bonzi has an overall64-25 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Bonzi’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Istanbul Challenger,the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger and the Ostrava Challenger.

Bonzi has a composed 35-18 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Pozoblanco Challenger
Bonzi's Record

Michael Geerts

Ranked no. 348, the Belgian got to the 2nd round after beating Mark Vervoort 6-1 6-0, Diego Hidalgo 7-64 6-3 and Kaichi Uchida 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round, Geerts had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-1 6-2). During the match Geerts scored 54 points vs Uchida’s 33. Geerts was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Geerts bagged 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Geerts was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Michael was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Uchida 4 times.

The Belgian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Troisdorf.

Michael has a compiled 20-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pozoblanco Challenger
Geerts's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Bonzi
M.Geerts
1h:47
1h:47
Time on court​
!
3h:13
3h:13
1h:47
1h:47
Last match​
!
0h:58
0h:58
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
29
29
Games Played​
50
50
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
96
96
Total points​
174
174
96
96
Avg point​
58
58
40
40
Winners
73
73
40
40
Avg Winners​
24.3
24.3
42%
42%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
20
20
7
7
Avg Aces
6.7
6.7
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
40/52
40/52
1st won total​
73/91
73/91
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
21/37
21/37
2nd won total​
37/58
37/58
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
BP won
12/19
12/19
3/9
3/9
Avg BP won
4/6.3
4/6.3
33%
33%
Won
!
63%
63%
6
6
Conceded
6
6
6
6
Avg Conceded
2
2
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
4
4
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bonzi Geerts
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 6
Tot Games 29 50
Pts 96-86 174-108
Total Points 182 282
Winners 40 73
%Winners 42% 42%

Bonzi played 1 match while Geerts competed in 3 matches. Geerts 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 Michael Geerts hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Bonzi has played 3 set(s) less than Geerts (3 vs 6). Therefore, Bonzi played 21 games less than Geerts. Benjamin scored 40 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian scored 73 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bonzi Geerts
Aces 7 20
Avg per match 7 6.7
1st in 52/89 91/149
%1st in 58% 61%
1st pts 40/52 73/91
%1st pts 77% 80%
2nd pts 21/37 37/58
%2nd pts 57% 64%

Bonzi managed to score 7 aces . Geerts fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Bonzi won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bonzi Geerts
Won 3 12
Converted 3/9 12/19
% Converted 33% 63%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4 5
% Saved 67% 83%
Times Broken 2 1

Bonzi broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Benjamin surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Geerts conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Bonzi
R1
Dougaz		 Total
Score 4-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 96-86 96-86
Total points 182 182
Winners 40 40
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 52/89 52/89
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 40/52 40/52
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 21/37 21/37
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2
Geerts
Q1
Vervoort		 Q3
Hidalgo		 R1
Uchida		 Total
Score 6-1 6-0 7-64 6-3 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 13 22 15 50
pts 51-20 69-55 54-33 174-108
Total points 71 124 87 282
Winners 15 35 23 73
%Winners 29% 51% 43% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 8 10 20
Double Faults 0 2 1 3
1st in 18/29 42/68 31/52 91/149
% 1st in 62% 62% 60% 61%
1st pts 15/18 35/42 23/31 73/91
% 1st pts 83% 83% 74% 80%
2nd pts 10/11 13/26 14/21 37/58
% 2nd pts 91% 50% 67% 64%
Breaks
Won 6 2 4 12
Converted 6/13 2/2 4/4 12/19
Converted % 46% 100% 100% 63%
Conceded 0 2 4 6
Saved 0/0 1/2 4/4 5
Saved % – 50% 100% 150%
Times Broken 0 1 0 1

Tennis Scores in Pozoblanco Challenger

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