Max Purcell and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Surbiton Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.64
Max Purcell -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Pierre-Hugues Herbert since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 170, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Toby Samuel 6-4 7-5, Jason Jung 4-6 6-4 6-4 and Sam Querrey 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Querrey (6-4 7-65). During the match, Purcell scored 76 points vs Querrey’s 65. Max was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell recorded 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Purcell broke Querrey twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Purcell has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (188-145). 3-0 on grass in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purcell has a compiled12-9 record in the last 8 years on grass.
Purcell has a composed 14-15 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-24 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 13-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172, Herbert got to the 2nd round after defeating Julian Cash 6-2 6-76 6-3, Antoine Bellier 6-2 7-5 and James Duckworth 6-75 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round against Duckworth, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-1 6-3). During the match Herbert scored 102 points vs Duckworth’s 82. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Herbert scored 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (39/49) of his 1st serve and 63% (25/40) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Herbert broke Duckworth 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Pierre-Hugues’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
The French player has a composed 15-12 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 79 |
| Pts | 248-209 | 260-205 |
| Total Points | 457 | 465 |
| Winners | 105 | 117 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Both Purcell and Herbert played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell dropped 1 set, while Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost 2 sets. Purcell has played 1 set(s) less than Herbert (7 vs 8). Therefore, Purcell played 4 games less than Herbert. Max scored 105 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Pierre-Hugues bagged 117 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 10.3 |
| 1st in | 141/215 | 139/221 |
| %1st in | 66% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 105/141 | 117/139 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 47/74 | 54/82 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 66% |
Purcell made 23 aces (7.7 per match). Herbert bagged 31 aces (10.3 per match). Purcell won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 10/25 |
| % Converted | 57% | 40% |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 64% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Max broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Herbert was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Purcell | |||||
| Q1 Samuel |
Q3 Jung |
R1 Querrey |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 30 | 23 | 75 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 94-83 | 76-65 | 248-209 | |
| Total points | 139 | 177 | 141 | 457 | |
| Winners | 37 | 41 | 27 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% | 36% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 49/63 | 57/87 | 35/65 | 141/215 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 66% | 54% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 41/57 | 27/35 | 105/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 72% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 20/30 | 18/30 | 47/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/8 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Herbert | |||||
| Q1 Cash |
Q3 Bellier |
R1 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-76 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-75 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 20 | 29 | 79 | |
| pts | 96-79 | 62-44 | 102-82 | 260-205 | |
| Total points | 175 | 106 | 184 | 465 | |
| Winners | 49 | 29 | 39 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 47% | 38% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 15 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 57/82 | 33/50 | 49/89 | 139/221 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 66% | 55% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 49/57 | 29/33 | 39/49 | 117/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 88% | 80% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 12/17 | 25/40 | 54/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 71% | 63% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/6 | 4/9 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 50% | 44% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Yuichi SugitaSugita (4-6 7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Marius CopilCopil (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (4-6 7-610 6-2) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alastair GrayGray – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-75 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Denis KudlaKudla (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
