Elliot Benchetrit and Nicholas David Ionel will square off in the qualifications of the Tenerife Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elliot Benchetrit who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elliot Benchetrit is the pick to win this match.
Elliot Benchetrit -> 1.72
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Elliot Benchetrit vs. Nicholas David Ionel
There is no head to head record between Elliot Benchetrit and Nicholas David Ionel since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Elliot Benchetrit
Ranked no. 363, Elliot reached the qualifications after defeating Daniel Michalski 4-6 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications against Michalski, Elliot recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Benchetrit scored 99 points vs Michalski’s 79. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Benchetrit bagged 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Elliot Benchetrit lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Benchetrit put 46% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (31/53) on the 2nd serve. Elliot broke Michalski 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Benchetrit has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 53% of his matches (161-140). 5-4 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Benchetrit has a composed29-19 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The French player has a compiled 9-17 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife Challenger
Benchetrit has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicholas David Ionel
Ranked no. 434 (career-high), Nicholas reached the qualifications after defeating Aziz Dougaz 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Dougaz (6-1 6-3). During the match David scored 62 points vs Dougaz’s 38. Nicholas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, David wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, David put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the 2nd serve. David broke Dougaz 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Nicholas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Esch/Alzette and M15 Antalya.
Nicholas has a compiled 32-28 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Benchetrit | David |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 16 |
| Pts | 99-79 | 62-38 |
| Total Points | 178 | 100 |
| Winners | 31 | 23 |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% |
Both Benchetrit and David played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Elliot Benchetrit conceded 1 set while Nicholas David Ionel hasn’t lost a set so far. Benchetrit has played 1 set more than David (3 vs 2). Therefore, Benchetrit played 9 games more than David. The French player scored 31 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 23 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Benchetrit | David |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 0 |
| 1st in | 46/99 | 34/48 |
| %1st in | 46% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 31/46 | 23/34 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 31/53 | 10/14 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 71% |
Benchetrit recorded 10 aces . David didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Benchetrit won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, David won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Benchetrit | David |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 36% | 56% |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 |
| Saved | 10 | 3 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Elliot lost his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Nicholas broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. David conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Benchetrit | |||
| Q1 Michalski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 99-79 | 99-79 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/99 | 46/99 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 31/46 | 31/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/53 | 31/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| David | |||
| Q1 Dougaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-38 | 62-38 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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