Radu Albot and Henri Squire will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 9 LIMAK. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.102
Henri Squire -> 6.35
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Henri Squire
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Henri Squire since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-34 | 15-14 | 11-16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, Albot reached the 2nd round after defeating Filip Cristian Jianu 7-66 6-4.
In the 1st round, Albot had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (7-66 6-4). During the match, Albot scored 76 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 66. Albot was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Albot bagged 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the 2nd serve. Albot broke Cristian Jianu 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Albot has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (361-286). 15-10 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Albot has a compiled 155-112 record in the last years on hard.
Albot’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Chicago Challenger.
Radu has a compiled 30-25 win-loss record in 2022, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Henri Squire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-32 | 1-3 | 31-21 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 1-3 | 21-13 | 19-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-38 | 7-4 | 30-25 | 15-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 27-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-12 | 0-0 | 21-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 5-3 |
Ranked no. 314, Henri got to the 2nd round after beating Bogdan Ionut Apostol 6-2 0-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Henri defeated Ionut Apostol (6-2 0-0 ret.). During the match Squire scored 29 points vs Ionut Apostol’s 19. Henri was extremely aggressive to blast 11 winners.
About the serving games, Squire blasted 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Henri Squire conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 52% of his first serves in, win 100% (11/11) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Squire broke Ionut Apostol twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
The German’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Glasgow.
The German has a compiled 30-23 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Squire |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 8 |
| Pts | 76-66 | 29-19 |
| Total Points | 142 | 48 |
| Winners | 31 | 11 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Albot and Squire played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Albot has played 1 set(s) less than Squire (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Albot played 15 games more than Squire. Albot scored 31 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The German made 11 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Squire |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8 |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 11/21 |
| %1st in | 67% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 11/11 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 100% |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 5/10 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 50% |
Albot recorded 4 aces . Squire blasted 8 aces . Albot won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Squire won 100% 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 | Albot | Squire |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 75% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Albot broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Moldovan lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Henri broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Squire was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Albot | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-66 | 76-66 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 45/67 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Squire | |||
| R1 Ionut Apostol |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 8 | |
| pts | 29-19 | 29-19 | |
| Total points | 48 | 48 | |
| Winners | 11 | 11 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 11/11 | 11/11 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Dominik PalanPalan (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Marek GengelGengel (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 5-7 6-0) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Cengiz AksuAksu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Ben PataelPatael (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alastair GrayGray – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Sarp AgabigunAgabigun (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol (6-2 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Aldin SetkicSetkic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Berk IlkelIlkel (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Koray KirciKirci – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (6-79 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Koray KirciKirci (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas RosolRosol – Robin HaaseHaase (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
