Fernando Verdasco and Constant Lestienne will square off in the 2nd round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.45
Constant Lestienne -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Constant Lestienne
This will be the 2nd time that Fernando Verdasco and Constant Lestienne play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lestienne (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Lestienne won 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Alicante Challenger back in 2021.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, Fernando got to the 2nd round after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-0 0-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Verdasco defeated Kukushkin (6-0 0-0 ret.). During the match, Verdasco scored 30 points vs Kukushkin’s 15. Verdasco was extremely aggressive to blast 7 winners.
Talking about the service games, Verdasco wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Fernando Verdasco was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (7/9) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Verdasco broke Kukushkin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Verdasco has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (235-219). 2-1 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Verdasco has a compiled 23-23 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Verdasco’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 23-16 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Verdasco has never competed in this tournament before.
Constant Lestienne
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 12-13 | 0-3 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 22-12 | 0-5 | 7-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 25-6 | 4-7 | 18-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 10-3 | 4-9 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 164, Lestienne reached the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Fery 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Fery, Lestienne recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Lestienne scored 106 points vs Fery’s 90. Lestienne was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Lestienne struck 6 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Constant Lestienne lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lestienne put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Constant broke Fery 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
The French player best result of the year was reaching the final in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Constant has an aggregate 18-15 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Lestienne |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 6 | 31 |
| Pts | 30-15 | 106-90 |
| Total Points | 45 | 196 |
| Winners | 7 | 42 |
| %Winners | 23% | 40% |
Both Verdasco and Lestienne played 1 match. At the moment, Constant Lestienne lost 1 set while Fernando Verdasco hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Verdasco and Lestienne have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Verdasco played 25 games less than Lestienne. Fernando scored 7 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, Lestienne struck 42 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Lestienne |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 6 |
| 1st in | 9/18 | 62/92 |
| %1st in | 50% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 7/9 | 42/62 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 15/30 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 50% |
Verdasco didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Lestienne struck 6 aces . Verdasco won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Lestienne won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Verdasco | Lestienne |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Fernando broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Spaniard pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Constant conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | |||
| R1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 6 | 6 | |
| pts | 30-15 | 30-15 | |
| Total points | 45 | 45 | |
| Winners | 7 | 7 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lestienne | |||
| R1 Fery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 106-90 | 106-90 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 62/92 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 42/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWLLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Ilkley Challenger
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Lucas PouillePouille (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-710 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Jurij RodionovRodionov (5-7 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-68 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel CoxCox – Charles BroomBroom (7-61 7-61) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Felix GillGill (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Borna GojoGojo (7-65 7-66) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Arthur FeryFery (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-0 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel CoxCox – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – Daniel MasurMasur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Andreas SeppiSeppi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
