Quentin Halys and Alexei Popyrin will face off in the final of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on COURT IDEAL GROUPE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Quentin Halys who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Quentin Halys is the pick to win this match.
Quentin Halys -> 1.65
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Quentin Halys vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 4th time that Quentin Halys and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Halys (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Halys won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in the Aix En Provence Challenger back in 2020.
Quentin Halys
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-27 | 6-6 | 14-10 | 22-10 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-26 | 11-13 | 10-6 | 3-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-26 | 5-7 | 9-4 | 32-10 | 6-5 | 5-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 14-8 | 10-9 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 13-18 | 3-2 | 2-8 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 100 (career-high), Quentin reached the final after beating Hugo Grenier 7-5 6-4, Jack Sock 6-2 3-1 ret., Pablo Cuevas 5-7 7-64 6-4 and Pavel Kotov 6-710 6-2 7-63.
In the semifinal against Kotov, Quentin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-710 6-2 7-63). During the match, Halys scored 113 points vs Kotov’s 101. Quentin was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halys recorded 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Quentin Halys was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (56/65) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Kotov 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Quentin has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Halys has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (309-239). 9-2 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halys has a composed 84-74 record in the last years on clay.
Halys’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Forli 3 Challenger,the Pau Challenger,the Turin Challenger and the Lille Challenger.
Halys has an overall 36-10 win-loss record in 2022, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 127, Popyrin reached the final after beating Kimmer Coppejans 7-64 6-3, Carlos Taberner 6-3 3-6 6-3, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-75 7-5 6-4 and Andrea Pellegrino 6-1 3-6 6-3.
In the semifinal, Alexei defeated Pellegrino (6-1 3-6 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 85 points vs Pellegrino’s 66. Popyrin was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Popyrin blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (38/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Popyrin broke Pellegrino 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Popyrin has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Popyrin’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger.
Popyrin has an overall 10-14 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halys | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 103 | 109 |
| Pts | 333-283 | 378-326 |
| Total Points | 616 | 704 |
| Winners | 148 | 165 |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% |
Both Halys and Popyrin played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Quentin Halys dropped 2 sets, while Alexei Popyrin lost 3 sets. Talking about their workload, Halys and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 11. However, Halys played 6 games less than Popyrin. The French player scored 148 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 165 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halys | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 40 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 185/284 | 210/335 |
| %1st in | 65% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 148/185 | 165/210 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 58/99 | 64/125 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 51% |
Halys blasted 40 aces (10 per match). Popyrin struck 29 aces (7.3 per match). Halys won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halys | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 13 |
| Converted | 14/38 | 13/40 |
| % Converted | 37% | 33% |
| Conceded | 10 | 19 |
| Saved | 3 | 12 |
| % Saved | 30% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
The French player broke his opponents 14 times with a 37% conversion rate. Quentin dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 30% of the break points that he conceded. Popyrin broke his opponents 13 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Halys | ||||||
| R1 Grenier |
R2 Sock |
1/4 Cuevas |
1/2 Kotov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-2 3-1 ret. | 5-7 7-64 6-4 | 6-710 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 12 | 35 | 34 | 103 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 41-24 | 107-100 | 113-101 | 333-283 | |
| Total points | 130 | 65 | 207 | 214 | 616 | |
| Winners | 26 | 19 | 47 | 56 | 148 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 44% | 50% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/59 | 22/30 | 64/95 | 65/100 | 185/284 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 73% | 67% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 19/22 | 47/64 | 56/65 | 148/185 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 86% | 73% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 5/8 | 22/31 | 19/35 | 58/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 63% | 71% | 54% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 3/5 | 3/8 | 3/12 | 14/38 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 60% | 38% | 25% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 40% | 50% | 23% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Popyrin | ||||||
| R1 Coppejans |
R2 Taberner |
1/4 Munar Clar |
1/2 Pellegrino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 6-75 7-5 6-4 | 6-1 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 35 | 25 | 109 | |
| pts | 83-68 | 94-88 | 116-104 | 85-66 | 378-326 | |
| Total points | 151 | 182 | 220 | 151 | 704 | |
| Winners | 34 | 39 | 54 | 38 | 165 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 47% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 56/94 | 65/101 | 44/75 | 210/335 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 60% | 64% | 59% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 39/56 | 54/65 | 38/44 | 165/210 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 70% | 83% | 86% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 19/38 | 20/36 | 16/31 | 64/125 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 50% | 56% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/9 | 2/12 | 3/5 | 13/40 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 44% | 17% | 60% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 6/9 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 67% | 100% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
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