Ivan Gakhov and Max Houkes will fight against each other in the quarter of the Amersfoort Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on VAN MOSSEL KIA 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 Ivan Gakhov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.8
Max Houkes -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Max Houkes
This will be the 2nd time that Ivan Gakhov and Max Houkes square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Houkes (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Houkes won 6-4 6-7(9) 7-5 in the quarter in M15 Antalya back in March 2022.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-19 | 1-2 | 11-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 350, Gakhov reached the quarter after defeating Sem Verbeek 7-63 7-66, Sidane Pontjodikromo 6-2 5-7 6-2, Deney Wassermann 6-4 7-63 and Arthur Fils 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Gakhov had a good straight sets win against Fils (6-3 6-1). During the match, Gakhov scored 57 points vs Fils’s 36. Gakhov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gakhov bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 72% of his first serves in, winning 81% (25/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (4/12) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Fils 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gakhov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (323-187). 27-11 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gakhov has an aggregate280-144 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Ivan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Shymkent.
Gakhov has an overall 30-17 win-loss record in 2022, 27-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 7-3 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 783 (career-high), Max reached the quarter after defeating Timofey Skatov 7-61 7-64 and Carlos Taberner 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Max had a good straight sets win against Taberner (6-3 6-3). During the match Houkes scored 69 points vs Taberner’s 55. Houkes was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Houkes recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Max Houkes was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Houkes broke Taberner 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Max hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Max’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Antalya.
Max has an aggregate 24-9 win-loss record in 2022, 24-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 93 | 44 |
| Pts | 310-246 | 169-139 |
| Total Points | 556 | 308 |
| Winners | 126 | 61 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Gakhov played 4 matches while Houkes competed in 2 matches. Gakhov started his run from the qualifications while Houkes had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ivan Gakhov surrendered 1 set while Max Houkes hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gakhov has played 5 sets more than Houkes (9 vs 4). Therefore, Gakhov played 49 games more than Houkes. Ivan scored 126 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Houkes managed to score 61 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 157/245 | 79/147 |
| %1st in | 64% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 126/157 | 61/79 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 53/88 | 39/68 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 57% |
Gakhov fired 26 aces (6.5 per match). Houkes scored 14 aces (7 per match). Gakhov won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 5 |
| Converted | 14/26 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 54% | 45% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 45% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
The Russian broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Max broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | ||||||
| Q1 Verbeek |
Q3 Pontjodikromo |
R1 Wassermann |
R2 Fils |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-66 | 6-2 5-7 6-2 | 6-4 7-63 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 93 | |
| pts | 89-75 | 89-77 | 75-58 | 57-36 | 310-246 | |
| Total points | 164 | 166 | 133 | 93 | 556 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | 31 | 25 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | 41% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 43/71 | 46/72 | 37/59 | 31/43 | 157/245 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 63% | 72% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/43 | 35/46 | 31/37 | 25/31 | 126/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 84% | 81% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/28 | 12/26 | 16/22 | 4/12 | 53/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 46% | 73% | 33% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 5/9 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 40% | 56% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 75% | 67% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Houkes | ||||||
| R1 Skatov |
R2 Taberner |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 7-64 | 6-3 6-3 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 44 | |||
| pts | 100-84 | 69-55 | 169-139 | |||
| Total points | 184 | 124 | 308 | |||
| Winners | 34 | 27 | 61 | |||
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 36% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 3 | 14 | |||
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 1st in | 47/88 | 32/59 | 79/147 | |||
| % 1st in | 53% | 54% | 54% | |||
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 27/32 | 61/79 | |||
| % 1st pts | 72% | 84% | 77% | |||
| 2nd pts | 25/41 | 14/27 | 39/68 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 52% | 57% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/7 | 5/11 | |||
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 45% | |||
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Saved | 5/7 | 2/2 | 7 | |||
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 43% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Head 2 Head
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