Nick Hardt and Elliot Benchetrit will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Maia 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Hardt who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Hardt is the pick to win this match.
Nick Hardt -> 1.41
Elliot Benchetrit -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Nick Hardt vs. Elliot Benchetrit
There is no head to head record between Nick Hardt and Elliot Benchetrit since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nick Hardt
Ranked no. 348 (career-high), the Dominican reached the 2nd round after defeating Joao Domingues 6-3 5-7 6-3.
In the 1st round, Hardt defeated Domingues (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match, Hardt scored 102 points vs Domingues’s 86. Hardt was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hardt fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nick Hardt lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hardt put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (42/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Nick broke Domingues 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Hardt has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (109-68). 35-12 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hardt has a compiled74-40 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Nick’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Belgrade,M25 Marburg and M25 Denia.
The Dominican has an overall 44-18 win-loss record in 2021, 35-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 2 Challenger
The Dominican has never competed in this tournament before.
Elliot Benchetrit
Ranked no. 388, Benchetrit reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexis Gautier 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Gautier (6-2 6-2). During the match Benchetrit scored 66 points vs Gautier’s 51. Elliot was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Benchetrit scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Elliot Benchetrit was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elliot broke Gautier 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Elliot has a compiled 11-19 win-loss record in 2021, 6-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hardt | Benchetrit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 |
| Pts | 102-86 | 66-51 |
| Total Points | 188 | 117 |
| Winners | 42 | 25 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Hardt and Benchetrit played 1 match. At the moment, Nick Hardt conceded 1 set while Elliot Benchetrit hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hardt has played 1 set more than Benchetrit (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hardt played 14 games more than Benchetrit. Hardt scored 42 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Elliot managed to score 25 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hardt | Benchetrit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 33/60 |
| %1st in | 65% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 25/33 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 14/27 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 52% |
Hardt scored 2 aces . Benchetrit scored 2 aces . Hardt won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Benchetrit won 76% of the points on 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 | Hardt | Benchetrit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 56% | 57% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 63% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Dominican broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Nick lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Elliot was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Hardt | |||
| R1 Domingues |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 102-86 | 102-86 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 63/97 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 42/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Benchetrit | |||
| R1 Gautier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 66-51 | 66-51 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/60 | 33/60 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| 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 | |
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