Chun Hsin Tseng and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will face off in the 2nd round of the Istanbul 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Chun Hsin Tseng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Chun Hsin Tseng is the pick to win this match.
Chun Hsin Tseng -> 1.36
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Chun Hsin Tseng vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
There is no head to head record between Chun Hsin Tseng and Geoffrey Blancaneaux since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Chun Hsin Tseng
Ranked no. 253 (career-high), Hsin Tseng reached the 2nd round after beating Roberto Marcora 6-1 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Chinese defeated Marcora (6-1 2-6 6-4). During the match, Hsin Tseng scored 91 points vs Marcora’s 75. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hsin Tseng blasted 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Chun Hsin Tseng lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hsin Tseng put 49% of his first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. Hsin Tseng was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Marcora 5 times.
Hsin Tseng has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (118-74). 6-5 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsin Tseng has an overall62-32 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Hsin Tseng’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Pitesti.
Hsin Tseng has a composed 27-18 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 2 Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Ranked no. 306, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Mircea-Alexandru Jecan 7-5 6-2 and Laurent Lokoli 4-6 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round against Lokoli, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-1). During the match Blancaneaux scored 106 points vs Lokoli’s 94. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Blancaneaux wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Geoffrey broke Lokoli 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The French player has a composed 15-20 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsin Tseng | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 50 |
| Pts | 91-75 | 172-142 |
| Total Points | 166 | 314 |
| Winners | 31 | 72 |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% |
Hsin Tseng played 1 match while Blancaneaux competed in 2 matches. Blancaneaux started his run from the qualifications while Hsin Tseng had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Chun Hsin Tseng conceded 1 set, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost 1 set. Hsin Tseng has played 2 set(s) less than Blancaneaux (3 vs 5). Therefore, Hsin Tseng played 25 games less than Blancaneaux. Chun scored 31 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Geoffrey made 72 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsin Tseng | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 42/86 | 94/146 |
| %1st in | 49% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 72/94 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 23/52 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 44% |
Hsin Tseng managed to score 3 aces . Blancaneaux recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Hsin Tseng won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hsin Tseng | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 9/21 |
| % Converted | 100% | 43% |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The Chinese broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Chun lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Geoffrey conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hsin Tseng | |||
| R1 Marcora |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 91-75 | 91-75 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/86 | 42/86 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 31/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 21/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||||
| Q1 Jecan |
Q3 Heyman |
R1 Lokoli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 30 | 70 | |
| pts | 66-48 | – | 106-94 | 172-142 | |
| Total points | 114 | 0 | 200 | 314 | |
| Winners | 32 | 40 | 72 | ||
| %Winners | 48% | NAN% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1st in | 38/51 | / | 56/95 | 94/146 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | – | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | / | 40/56 | 72/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | – | 71% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/13 | / | 18/39 | 23/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | – | 46% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 4/9 | / | 5/12 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 44% | – | 42% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/ | 1/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 20% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLWWLL Tennis Scores in Istanbul 2 Challenger
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Matthew EbdenEbden (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Laurent LokoliLokoli (4-6 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Bernard TomicTomic (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher HeymanHeyman – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Koray KirciKirci (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Vlad Victor CorneaVictor Cornea (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Sarp AgabigunAgabigun (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (7-5 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Christopher HeymanHeyman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
