Benjamin Bonzi and Enzo Couacaud will clash against each other in the quarter of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.55
Enzo Couacaud -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Enzo Couacaud
This will be the 2nd time that Benjamin Bonzi and Enzo Couacaud square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Couacaud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Couacaud won 6-2 3-0 ret. in the qualifications in the Cassis Challenger back in 2018.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 94 (career-high), Benjamin reached the quarter after defeating Mathias Bourgue 7-65 6-2 and Kyrian Jacquet 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Bonzi had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (7-5 6-3). During the match, Bonzi scored 71 points vs Jacquet’s 54. Bonzi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bonzi scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Benjamin Bonzi was very effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Jacquet 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Benjamin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Bonzi has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (241-142). 15-5 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bonzi has a compiled72-28 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger where he overcame Liam Broady in the final 7-5 6-4 and in the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame Renzo Olivo in the final 6-4 6-4 and in the Segovia Challenger where he overcame Tim Van Rijthoven in the final 7-6(10) 3-6 6-4.
Bonzi has a composed 43-21 win-loss record in 2021, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Enzo Couacaud
Ranked no. 189, Couacaud got to the quarter after beating Manuel Guinard 7-65 6-4 and Luca Van Assche 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Enzo had a good straight sets win against Van Assche (6-3 6-2). During the match Couacaud scored 59 points vs Van Assche’s 31. Enzo was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Couacaud made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Enzo Couacaud was exceptionally effective on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Enzo was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Van Assche 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Couacaud started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger where he beat Steven Diez in the final 7-6(5) 7-6(3).
The French player has an overall 20-19 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 40 |
| Pts | 154-126 | 134-96 |
| Total Points | 280 | 230 |
| Winners | 60 | 51 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Bonzi and Couacaud played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bonzi and Couacaud have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Bonzi played 2 games more than Couacaud. The French player scored 60 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Couacaud bagged 51 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 74/134 | 58/112 |
| %1st in | 55% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 60/74 | 51/58 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 33/60 | 36/54 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 67% |
Bonzi fired 15 aces (7.5 per match). Couacaud scored 15 aces (7.5 per match). Bonzi won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Couacaud won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/18 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 63% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Bonzi broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Couacaud broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Couacaud conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonzi | ||||
| R1 Bourgue |
R2 Jacquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| pts | 83-72 | 71-54 | 154-126 | |
| Total points | 155 | 125 | 280 | |
| Winners | 33 | 27 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 34/61 | 74/134 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 27/34 | 60/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 79% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 17/27 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 63% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/5 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 60% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Couacaud | ||||
| R1 Guinard |
R2 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
| pts | 75-65 | 59-31 | 134-96 | |
| Total points | 140 | 90 | 230 | |
| Winners | 30 | 21 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/69 | 22/43 | 58/112 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 51% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 21/22 | 51/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 95% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 15/21 | 36/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 71% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/3 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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