Maxime Cressy and Joao Sousa will face off in the qualifications of the Melbourne Summer Set for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:00 pm on Court 14. 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 Maxime Cressy who should win in 3 sets.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.48
Joao Sousa -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Joao Sousa
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Joao Sousa since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maxime Cressy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-15 | 0-1 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 15-10 | 1-5 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-30 | 15-11 | 5-7 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-32 | 14-10 | 2-8 | 16-8 | 4-4 | 7-2 |
Ranked no. 112 (career-high), Maxime will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in the Forli 3 Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 7-6(2) to Sachko in the quarter on the 10th of December.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about his overall career, Maxime has an overall 162-100 record. He has a positive 79-49 record on hard.
Previously in Melbourne
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, the Portuguese will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in the Helsinki Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Molcan in the final on the 21st of November.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
In terms of his career, Sousa has an overall 484-417 record. He has a negative 121-122 record on hard.
Previously in Melbourne
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
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