Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Ruben Bemelmans will play each other in the 2nd round of the Orleans Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on PDS COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.46
Ruben Bemelmans -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Ruben Bemelmans
This will be the 4th time that Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Ruben Bemelmans play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Herbert won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Prague II Challenger back in 2020.
Highlights Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Ruben Bemelmans – Prague II Challenger 25-August-2020
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Ranked no. 100, Pierre-Hugues got to the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Masur 6-75 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Masur, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-2). During the match, Herbert scored 92 points vs Masur’s 83. Pierre-Hugues was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Herbert recorded 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (42/50) of his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Masur 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Herbert has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (314-233). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Herbert has a composed 116-68 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in Marseille.
The French player has an overall 14-16 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Orleans Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.
Ruben Bemelmans
Ranked no. 222, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after defeating Joao Sousa 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Belgian defeated Sousa (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Bemelmans scored 112 points vs Sousa’s 107. Ruben was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Bemelmans struck 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ruben Bemelmans lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bemelmans put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the 2nd serve. Ruben broke Sousa 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Lukas Rosol in the final 6-4 6-4.
Bemelmans has an aggregate 13-16 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Bemelmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 |
| Pts | 92-83 | 112-107 |
| Total Points | 175 | 219 |
| Winners | 42 | 37 |
| %Winners | 46% | 33% |
Both Herbert and Bemelmans played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Pierre-Hugues Herbert surrendered 1 set, while Ruben Bemelmans conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Herbert and Bemelmans have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (30). Pierre-Hugues scored 42 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Ruben managed to score 37 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Bemelmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 11 |
| 1st in | 50/91 | 55/94 |
| %1st in | 55% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 42/50 | 37/55 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 23/39 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 59% |
Herbert made 12 aces . Bemelmans managed to score 11 aces . Herbert won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Bemelmans won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Bemelmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/13 |
| % Converted | 57% | 23% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Pierre-Hugues broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Herbert quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Bemelmans broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | |||
| R1 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 92-83 | 92-83 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/91 | 50/91 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 42/50 | 42/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 23/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bemelmans | |||
| R1 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 112-107 | 112-107 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/94 | 55/94 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/13 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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