Luke Johnson and Yannick Mertens will face off in the qualifications of the Rennes Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT SAINT GREGOIRE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luke Johnson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luke Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Luke Johnson -> 1.533
Yannick Mertens -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Luke Johnson vs. Yannick Mertens
This will be the 2nd time that Luke Johnson and Yannick Mertens square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Mertens won 7-6(9) 6-4 in the 2nd round in M15 Troisdorf back in 2021.
Luke Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-19 | 8-9 | 13-6 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 4-1 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 20-23 | 9-14 | 3-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 801, Luke reached the qualifications after defeating Virgile Le Bourjois 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Le Bourjois (6-2 6-2). During the match, Johnson scored 64 points vs Le Bourjois’s 43. Luke was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Johnson struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luke Johnson lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Johnson put 74% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Le Bourjois 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Johnson has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (152-122). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Johnson has a composed27-23 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Johnson has an aggregate 2-6 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rennes Challenger
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Yannick Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-16 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-17 | 14-7 | 3-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2019 | 39-29 | 17-10 | 0-4 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 856, Yannick got to the qualifications after beating Ivan Liutarevich 7-5 7-69.
In the qualifications, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Liutarevich (7-5 7-69). During the match Mertens scored 84 points vs Liutarevich’s 74. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Mertens scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yannick Mertens was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (44/60) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Belgian broke Liutarevich 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Mertens has an overall 8-11 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 |
| Pts | 64-43 | 84-74 |
| Total Points | 107 | 158 |
| Winners | 27 | 44 |
| %Winners | 42% | 52% |
Both Johnson and Mertens played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Johnson and Mertens have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Johnson played 9 games less than Mertens. The Brit scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mertens bagged 44 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 60/80 |
| %1st in | 74% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 27/42 | 44/60 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 11/20 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 55% |
Johnson recorded 6 aces . Mertens blasted 1 ace . Johnson won 64% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 56% | 60% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Luke broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Johnson surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Mertens broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Mertens conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | |||
| Q1 Le |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 64-43 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 42/57 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mertens | |||
| Q1 Liutarevich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 84-74 | 84-74 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/80 | 60/80 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 44/60 | 44/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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