Gilles Simon and Ruben Bemelmans will play each other in the 2nd round of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gilles Simon who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gilles Simon is the pick to win this match.
Gilles Simon -> 1.52
Ruben Bemelmans -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Gilles Simon vs. Ruben Bemelmans
There is no head to head record between Gilles Simon and Ruben Bemelmans since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Gilles Simon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25-29 | 7-6 | 4-10 | 11-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-24 | 2-4 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 4-4 | 1-5 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 28-27 | 8-11 | 5-5 | 7-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 35-26 | 8-7 | 10-8 | 13-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Emilio Nava 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round, Gilles had a good straight sets win against Nava (6-4 7-62). During the match, Simon scored 78 points vs Nava’s 69. Simon was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Simon made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gilles Simon was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gilles broke Nava once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Simon has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (249-223). 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Simon has an aggregate 79-60 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Simon has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Ruben Bemelmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8-15 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-20 | 3-3 | 1-6 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2019 | 23-31 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 7-10 | 9-4 | 1-1 |
| 2018 | 39-33 | 17-11 | 4-6 | 10-11 | 4-4 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 295, Bemelmans got to the 2nd round after defeating Elliot Benchetrit 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Benchetrit, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Bemelmans scored 99 points vs Benchetrit’s 89. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Bemelmans recorded 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ruben Bemelmans lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Bemelmans put 59% of his first serves in, winning 85% (41/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Benchetrit 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
The Belgian has a composed 4-5 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Simon | Bemelmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 30 |
| Pts | 78-69 | 99-89 |
| Total Points | 147 | 188 |
| Winners | 37 | 41 |
| %Winners | 47% | 41% |
Both Simon and Bemelmans played 1 match. At the moment, Ruben Bemelmans dropped 1 set while Gilles Simon hasn’t dropped a set so far. Simon has played 1 set(s) less than Bemelmans (2 vs 3). Therefore, Simon played 7 games less than Bemelmans. The French player scored 37 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian fired 41 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Simon | Bemelmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 48/81 |
| %1st in | 66% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 41/48 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/33 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 48% |
Simon fired 3 aces . Bemelmans made 9 aces . Simon won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Bemelmans won 85% of the points behind 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 | Simon | Bemelmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 25% | 30% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Gilles broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Simon had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Belgian broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Bemelmans conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Simon | |||
| R1 Nava |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 78-69 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 47/71 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 37/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bemelmans | |||
| R1 Benchetrit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 99-89 | 99-89 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 48/81 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 41/48 | 41/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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