Jordan Thompson and Marc-Andrea Huesler will face off in the quarter of the Eckental Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jordan Thompson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.84
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
There is no head to head record between Jordan Thompson and Marc-Andrea Huesler since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jordan Thompson
Ranked no. 68, the Australian got to the quarter after defeating Mats Rosenkranz 7-5 6-72 7-65 and Ruben Bemelmans 6-1 3-1 ret..
In the 2nd round, Jordan had a good straight sets win against Bemelmans (6-1 3-1 ret.). During the match, Thompson scored 48 points vs Bemelmans’s 30. Thompson was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Thompson blasted 9 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Jordan Thompson was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (18/24) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jordan broke Bemelmans 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Thompson has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (348-229). 2-1 on carpet in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Thompson has a compiled 6-4 record in the last years on carpet.
Thompson’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Newport.
Jordan has an aggregate 23-24 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Eckental Challenger
Thompson has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
Ranked no. 186, the Swiss reached the quarter after defeating Christopher Heyman 6-1 6-1 and Lucas Miedler 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Miedler, Marc-Andrea recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Huesler scored 87 points vs Miedler’s 63. Huesler was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Huesler struck 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marc-Andrea Huesler was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marc-Andrea broke Miedler 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marc-Andrea started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
The Swiss’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Biel Challenger.
The Swiss has a composed 28-31 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Eckental Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thompson | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 38 |
| Pts | 178-153 | 141-86 |
| Total Points | 331 | 227 |
| Winners | 77 | 53 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Both Thompson and Huesler played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jordan Thompson conceded 1 set, while Marc-Andrea Huesler surrendered 1 set. Thompson has played 1 set more than Huesler (6 vs 5). Therefore, Thompson played 11 games more than Huesler. The Australian scored 77 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss scored 53 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thompson | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 12 |
| 1st in | 103/159 | 61/91 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 77/103 | 53/61 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 32/56 | 20/30 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 67% |
Thompson fired 24 aces (12 per match). Huesler fired 24 aces (12 per match). Thompson won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 87% 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 | Thompson | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/22 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 23% | 56% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 88% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponents 5 times with a 23% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Marc-Andrea broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thompson | ||||
| R1 Rosenkranz |
R2 Bemelmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-72 7-65 | 6-1 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 11 | 49 | |
| pts | 130-123 | 48-30 | 178-153 | |
| Total points | 253 | 78 | 331 | |
| Winners | 59 | 18 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 79/124 | 24/35 | 103/159 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 59/79 | 18/24 | 77/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/45 | 7/11 | 32/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 64% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 3/12 | 5/22 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 25% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | – | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Huesler | ||||
| R1 Heyman |
R2 Miedler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 24 | 38 | |
| pts | 54-23 | 87-63 | 141-86 | |
| Total points | 77 | 150 | 227 | |
| Winners | 22 | 31 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 11 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/34 | 37/57 | 61/91 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 65% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 31/37 | 53/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 84% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 14/20 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 70% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/11 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 36% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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