Henri Laaksonen and Julian Lenz will play each other in the 2nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 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 Henri Laaksonen who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Henri Laaksonen is the pick to win this match.
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.27
Julian Lenz -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Julian Lenz
There is no head to head record between Henri Laaksonen and Julian Lenz since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Henri Laaksonen
Ranked no. 97, Laaksonen got to the 2nd round after beating Denis Istomin 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Laaksonen had a good straight sets win against Istomin (6-3 6-3). During the match, Laaksonen scored 68 points vs Istomin’s 49. Henri was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Laaksonen bagged 8 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Henri Laaksonen was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Henri broke Istomin 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Laaksonen has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (376-289). 15-8 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Laaksonen has an aggregate 108-71 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Orleans Challenger where he overcame Dennis Novak in the final 6-1 2-6 6-2.
Henri has an aggregate 42-24 win-loss record in 2021, 15-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2013. See his history.
Julian Lenz
Ranked no. 304, Julian got to the 2nd round after defeating Jack Draper 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Draper (7-5 6-1). During the match Lenz scored 66 points vs Draper’s 52. Julian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Lenz managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Julian Lenz was very efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Draper 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The German’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Luedenscheid Challenger.
Julian has a compiled 16-26 win-loss record in 2021, 3-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Laaksonen | Lenz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 68-49 | 66-52 |
| Total Points | 117 | 118 |
| Winners | 21 | 24 |
| %Winners | 31% | 36% |
Both Laaksonen and Lenz played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Laaksonen and Lenz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Laaksonen played 1 game less than Lenz. Henri scored 21 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Lenz recorded 24 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Laaksonen | Lenz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 24/51 | 30/57 |
| %1st in | 47% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 24/30 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 14/27 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 52% |
Laaksonen blasted 8 aces . Lenz scored 4 aces . Laaksonen won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Lenz won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Laaksonen | Lenz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 33% | 71% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Swiss was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Lenz broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Laaksonen | |||
| R1 Istomin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 68-49 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/51 | 24/51 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lenz | |||
| R1 Draper |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 66-52 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/57 | 30/57 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-3 7-69) – See score progression
- Julian LenzLenz – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 2-6 4-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Emilio GomezGomez (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 2-6 4-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-3 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Julian LenzLenz – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
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- Liam BroadyBroady – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Mats MoraingMoraing (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-2) – H2H and prediction
