Liam Broady and Marc-Andrea Huesler will fight against each other in the final of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Broady who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.72
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
This will be the 2nd time that Liam Broady and Marc-Andrea Huesler play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Broady (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Broady won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Cagliari back in April 2021.
Liam Broady
Ranked no. 139, Liam got to the final after defeating Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5 6-3, Hugo Grenier 6-4 6-3, Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-62 6-2 and Dominic Stephan Stricker 6-0 2-0 ret..
In the semifinal, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Stephan Stricker (6-0 2-0 ret.). During the match, Broady scored 35 points vs Stephan Stricker’s 15. Liam was quite aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Talking about the service games, Broady scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Liam Broady conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Broady put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (13/20) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the 2nd serve. Broady broke Stephan Stricker 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Liam started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Broady has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (356-253). 10-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Broady has an aggregate 82-58 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Brit’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger and the Biella 3 Challenger.
Liam has a compiled 39-21 win-loss record in 2021, 10-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Broady has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
Ranked no. 159, Huesler reached the final after beating Ruben Bemelmans 6-3 3-6 7-65, Enzo Couacaud 6-4 6-4, Antoine Escoffier 5-7 6-1 6-2 and Tim Van Rijthoven 3-6 7-610 6-4.
In the semifinal against Van Rijthoven, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-610 6-4). During the match Huesler scored 94 points vs Van Rijthoven’s 92. Huesler was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, Huesler managed to score 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marc-Andrea Huesler was quite effective on serve to win 79% (53/67) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Huesler broke Van Rijthoven once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Huesler started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Swiss’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Cordenons Challenger and the Biel Challenger.
The Swiss has a composed 23-27 win-loss record in 2021, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 110 |
| Pts | 233-166 | 345-305 |
| Total Points | 399 | 650 |
| Winners | 101 | 164 |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% |
Both Broady and Huesler played 4 matches. At the moment, Marc-Andrea Huesler lost 3 sets while Liam Broady hasn’t dropped a set so far. Broady has played 2 set(s) less than Huesler (9 vs 11). Therefore, Broady played 41 games less than Huesler. Liam scored 101 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Marc-Andrea recorded 164 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 51 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 12.8 |
| 1st in | 135/212 | 210/306 |
| %1st in | 64% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 101/135 | 164/210 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 50/77 | 61/96 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 64% |
Broady scored 10 aces (2.5 per match). Huesler bagged 51 aces (12.8 per match). Broady won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 78% 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 | Broady | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 10 |
| Converted | 13/18 | 10/33 |
| % Converted | 72% | 30% |
| Conceded | 13 | 14 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 77% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Liam broke his opponents 13 times with a 72% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Huesler broke his opponents 10 times with a 30% conversion rate. Huesler conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Broady | ||||||
| R1 Kuznetsov |
R2 Grenier |
1/4 Ramanathan |
1/2 Stephan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-62 6-2 | 6-0 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 69 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 57-44 | 75-58 | 35-15 | 233-166 | |
| Total points | 115 | 101 | 133 | 50 | 399 | |
| Winners | 30 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% | 40% | 37% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 35/56 | 40/67 | 20/29 | 135/212 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 60% | 69% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 28/35 | 30/40 | 13/20 | 101/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 80% | 75% | 65% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 13/21 | 17/27 | 6/9 | 50/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 62% | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 13/18 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | 60% | 80% | 72% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/6 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 67% | 100% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Huesler | ||||||
| R1 Bemelmans |
R2 Couacaud |
1/4 Escoffier |
1/2 Van Rijthoven |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-65 | 6-4 6-4 | 5-7 6-1 6-2 | 3-6 7-610 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 | 27 | 32 | 110 | |
| pts | 99-92 | 59-48 | 93-73 | 94-92 | 345-305 | |
| Total points | 191 | 107 | 166 | 186 | 650 | |
| Winners | 42 | 30 | 39 | 53 | 164 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 51% | 42% | 56% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 20 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 51 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/82 | 37/51 | 53/85 | 67/88 | 210/306 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 73% | 62% | 76% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 42/53 | 30/37 | 39/53 | 53/67 | 164/210 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 81% | 74% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 10/14 | 18/32 | 15/21 | 61/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 71% | 56% | 71% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 2/6 | 5/9 | 1/6 | 10/33 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 33% | 56% | 17% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 3/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 71% | 75% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
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