Gerald Melzer and Laurent Lokoli will play each other in the quarter of the Tampere Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Laurent Lokoli who should win in 3 sets.
Laurent Lokoli -> 1.9
Gerald Melzer -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Laurent Lokoli
This will be the 2nd time that Gerald Melzer and Laurent Lokoli face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lokoli (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Lokoli won 6-3 7-6(6) in the quarter in the Meknes Challenger back in 2013.
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 199, Melzer got to the quarter after defeating Mats Moraing 6-75 6-4 6-1 and Sebastian Ofner 6-3 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Gerald had a good straight sets win against Ofner (6-3 7-64). During the match, Melzer scored 78 points vs Ofner’s 62. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Melzer scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Gerald Melzer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 64% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Gerald broke Ofner 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Melzer has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (260-182). 10-9 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Melzer has a compiled 228-143 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Gerald’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Bogota Challenger.
Gerald has a compiled 10-10 win-loss record in 2022, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-18 | 17-7 | 13-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-22 | 24-14 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 14-12 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, Lokoli reached the quarter after defeating Arthur Fils 6-74 6-4 6-2 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Agustin Tirante, Laurent recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Lokoli scored 98 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 84. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Lokoli wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Laurent Lokoli lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lokoli put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Agustin Tirante 4 times after converting 22% of his break points (4/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lokoli has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir,M15 Monastir,M25 Vale do Lobo,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 La Nucia and M25 Skopje.
Lokoli has an aggregate 50-12 win-loss record in 2022, 26-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melzer | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 57 |
| Pts | 179-150 | 213-189 |
| Total Points | 329 | 402 |
| Winners | 72 | 87 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Melzer and Lokoli played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Gerald Melzer surrendered 1 set, while Laurent Lokoli dropped 2 sets. Melzer has played 1 set(s) less than Lokoli (5 vs 6). Therefore, Melzer played 5 games less than Lokoli. Melzer scored 72 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 87 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melzer | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 99/156 | 119/189 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 72/99 | 87/119 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 29/57 | 40/70 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 57% |
Melzer struck 4 aces (2 per match). Lokoli recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Melzer won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Lokoli won 73% 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 | Melzer | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 7/25 |
| % Converted | 45% | 28% |
| Conceded | 9 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 44% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Melzer broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Austrian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Lokoli broke his opponents 7 times with a 28% conversion rate. Laurent conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Melzer | ||||
| R1 Moraing | R2 Ofner | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 22 | 52 | |
| pts | 101-88 | 78-62 | 179-150 | |
| Total points | 189 | 140 | 329 | |
| Winners | 40 | 32 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/92 | 41/64 | 99/156 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 32/41 | 72/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 78% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 10/23 | 29/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 43% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/9 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 44% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Lokoli | ||||
| R1 Fils | R2 Agustin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 6-2 | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 26 | 57 | |
| pts | 115-105 | 98-84 | 213-189 | |
| Total points | 220 | 182 | 402 | |
| Winners | 52 | 35 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 68/106 | 51/83 | 119/189 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 52/68 | 35/51 | 87/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 18/32 | 40/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/18 | 7/25 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 22% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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