Antoine Bellier and Daniel Cox will face off in the qualifications of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Antoine Bellier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Antoine Bellier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Bellier -> 1.75
Daniel Cox -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Bellier vs. Daniel Cox
There is no head to head record between Antoine Bellier and Daniel Cox since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Antoine Bellier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-10 | 6-4 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-32 | 13-12 | 2-5 | 11-11 | 1-4 | 7-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 14-10 | 8-3 | 7-13 | 9-4 | 1-2 |
| 2021 | 35-31 | 14-12 | 3-6 | 11-9 | 3-1 | 4-3 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
Ranked no. 318, Bellier got to the qualifications after defeating Duje Ajdukovic 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-3 6-2). During the match, Bellier scored 56 points vs Ajdukovic’s 29. Bellier was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bellier blasted 10 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Antoine Bellier was very effective on serve to win 96% (26/27) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bellier broke Ajdukovic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Bellier has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (160-122). 4-2 on grass in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bellier has a composed7-3 win-loss record in the last 8 years on grass.
Bellier’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Manacor and the San Luis Potosi Challenger.
Antoine has a composed 25-16 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Bellier has never competed in this tournament before.
Daniel Cox
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-27 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 10-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-20 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 11-7 | 16-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-6 | 23-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 554, Daniel reached the qualifications after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 3-6 6-6 ret..
In the qualifications against Blancaneaux, Daniel had an good comeback after recovering from a 2-sets down deficit before winning (3-6 6-6 ret.).During the match Cox scored less points (7) than Blancaneaux. In fact, the world no. 318 won 70 points vs Blancaneaux’s. That means that Cox was more focused during the important points. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Cox scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Daniel Cox lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cox put 69% of his first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (7/24) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Cox’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Bath and M15 Torello.
Daniel has a compiled 17-9 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bellier | Cox |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 56-29 | 70-77 |
| Total Points | 85 | 147 |
| Winners | 26 | 34 |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% |
Both Bellier and Cox played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Daniel Cox surrendered 1 set while Antoine Bellier hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bellier has played 1 set(s) less than Cox (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bellier played 4 games less than Cox. The Swiss scored 26 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel bagged 34 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bellier | Cox |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 1 |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 54/78 |
| %1st in | 69% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 26/27 | 34/54 |
| %1st pts | 96% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 7/24 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 29% |
Bellier fired 10 aces . Cox fired 1 ace . Bellier won 96% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Cox won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 29% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bellier | Cox |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 75% | 40% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Antoine broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Antoine extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Brit broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Cox conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bellier | |||
| Q1 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-29 | 56-29 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 26/27 | 26/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 96% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cox | |||
| Q1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-6 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-77 | 70-77 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/78 | 54/78 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/24 | 7/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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