Chun Hsin Tseng and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will square off in the final of the Maia 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Chun Hsin Tseng who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Chun Hsin Tseng is the pick to win this match.
Chun Hsin Tseng -> 1.6
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Chun Hsin Tseng vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
This will be the 2nd time that Chun Hsin Tseng and Geoffrey Blancaneaux square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Blancaneaux (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Blancaneaux won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Istanbul 2 Challenger back in September 2021.
Chun Hsin Tseng
Ranked no. 256, Chun got to the final after beating Oscar Moraing 6-4 6-1, Nicholas David Ionel 6-3 6-4, Calvin Hemery 6-4 6-1 and Andrej Martin 6-4 7-5.
In the semifinal, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-4 7-5). During the match, Hsin Tseng scored 59 points vs Martin’s 53. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hsin Tseng was unable to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Chun Hsin Tseng lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hsin Tseng put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Hsin Tseng broke Martin 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Hsin Tseng has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (125-80). 25-14 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hsin Tseng has an overall42-31 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Hsin Tseng’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Pitesti.
The Chinese has a composed 34-24 win-loss record in 2021, 25-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 1 Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Ranked no. 283, the French player reached the final after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 3-6 6-2, Goncalo Oliveira 2-6 6-3 6-4, Gastao Elias w/o and Nuno Borges 7-63 6-0.
In the semifinal, Blancaneaux had a good straight sets win against Borges (7-63 6-0). During the match Blancaneaux scored 67 points vs Borges’s 55. Geoffrey was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Blancaneaux scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 79% of his first serves in, winning 58% (28/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the 2nd serve. Blancaneaux was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Borges 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Geoffrey started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Maia 1 Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 25-31 win-loss record in 2021, 16-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsin Tseng | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 72 |
| Pts | 247-200 | 239-220 |
| Total Points | 447 | 459 |
| Winners | 84 | 105 |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% |
Hsin Tseng played 4 matches while Blancaneaux competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost 2 sets while Chun Hsin Tseng hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Hsin Tseng and Blancaneaux have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Hsin Tseng played 3 games more than Blancaneaux. Chun scored 84 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Geoffrey recorded 105 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsin Tseng | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 124/219 | 166/237 |
| %1st in | 57% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 84/124 | 105/166 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 44/95 | 41/71 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 58% |
Hsin Tseng scored 3 aces (0.8 per match). Blancaneaux made 5 aces (1.7 per match). Hsin Tseng won 68% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hsin Tseng | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 13 |
| Converted | 23/41 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 56% | 54% |
| Conceded | 23 | 25 |
| Saved | 12 | 17 |
| % Saved | 52% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 8 |
Hsin Tseng broke his opponents 23 times with a 56% conversion rate. Chun surrendered his serve 11 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded. Blancaneaux broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hsin Tseng | ||||||
| R1 Moraing |
R2 David Ionel |
1/4 Hemery |
1/2 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 75 | |
| pts | 68-50 | 64-54 | 56-43 | 59-53 | 247-200 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | 99 | 112 | 447 | |
| Winners | 22 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% | 30% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 33/60 | 26/47 | 34/53 | 124/219 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 55% | 55% | 64% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 24/33 | 17/26 | 21/34 | 84/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 73% | 65% | 62% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 13/27 | 10/21 | 7/19 | 44/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 48% | 37% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/10 | 6/11 | 7/11 | 23/41 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 55% | 64% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 1/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 60% | 50% | 17% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Blancaneaux | ||||||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R2 Oliveira |
1/4 Elias |
1/2 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | w/o | 7-63 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 27 | – | 19 | 72 | |
| pts | 88-80 | 84-85 | – | 67-55 | 239-220 | |
| Total points | 168 | 169 | – | 122 | 459 | |
| Winners | 33 | 44 | – | 28 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 52% | – | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | – | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 52/82 | 66/94 | – | 48/61 | 166/237 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 70% | – | 79% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 44/66 | – | 28/48 | 105/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 67% | – | 58% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 14/28 | – | 10/13 | 41/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | – | 77% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | – | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/7 | – | 5/5 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 43% | – | 100% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 | – | 6 | 25 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 9/12 | – | 4/6 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 75% | – | 67% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | 8 | |
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