Enzo Couacaud and Johan Nikles will face off in the quarter of the Bengalaru 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Enzo Couacaud who should win in 2 sets.
Enzo Couacaud -> 1.22
Johan Nikles -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Enzo Couacaud vs. Johan Nikles
There is no head to head record between Enzo Couacaud and Johan Nikles since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Enzo Couacaud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-20 | 8-6 | 21-11 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 12-9 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-28 | 27-13 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-24 | 5-4 | 16-17 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 155 (career-high), Enzo reached the quarter after defeating Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-1 6-1 and Arjun Kadhe 7-67 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kadhe (7-67 7-5). During the match, Couacaud scored 103 points vs Kadhe’s 96. The French player was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Couacaud scored 12 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Enzo Couacaud lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Couacaud put 56% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Couacaud broke Kadhe 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Couacaud has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (271-159). 11-4 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Couacaud has an aggregate 151-54 match record in the last years on hard.
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Enzo has a composed 11-4 win-loss record in 2022, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-25 | 11-5 | 33-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 350, the Swiss got to the quarter after defeating Raul Brancaccio 6-71 6-1 7-5 and Markos Kalovelonis 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Johan had a good straight sets win against Kalovelonis (6-2 6-3). During the match Nikles scored 63 points vs Kalovelonis’s 45. Nikles was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Johan Nikles was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nikles broke Kalovelonis 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nikles has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Johan has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Couacaud | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 49 |
| Pts | 158-129 | 174-152 |
| Total Points | 287 | 326 |
| Winners | 41 | 62 |
| %Winners | 26% | 36% |
Both Couacaud and Nikles played 2 matches. At the moment, Johan Nikles dropped 1 set while Enzo Couacaud hasn’t dropped a set so far. Couacaud has played 1 set(s) less than Nikles (4 vs 5). Therefore, Couacaud played 10 games less than Nikles. The French player scored 41 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss fired 62 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Couacaud | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 62/125 | 98/152 |
| %1st in | 50% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 41/62 | 62/98 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 38/63 | 26/54 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 48% |
Couacaud recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Nikles blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Couacaud won 66% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Couacaud | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/29 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 34% | 52% |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Enzo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Couacaud | ||||
| R1 Kumar | R2 Kadhe | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 7-67 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 25 | 39 | |
| pts | 55-33 | 103-96 | 158-129 | |
| Total points | 88 | 199 | 287 | |
| Winners | 10 | 31 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 18% | 30% | 26% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 15/41 | 47/84 | 62/125 | |
| % 1st in | 37% | 56% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 10/15 | 31/47 | 41/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/26 | 18/37 | 38/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 49% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/15 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 33% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Nikles | ||||
| R1 Brancaccio | R2 Kalovelonis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-1 7-5 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 49 | |
| pts | 111-107 | 63-45 | 174-152 | |
| Total points | 218 | 108 | 326 | |
| Winners | 33 | 29 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 46% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 61/105 | 37/47 | 98/152 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 79% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/61 | 29/37 | 62/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 78% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 6/10 | 26/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 60% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 9/20 | 4/5 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 80% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/8 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
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