Radu Albot and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will face off in the semifinal of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.46
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.64

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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux

There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Geoffrey Blancaneaux since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Radu Albot

Radu Albot

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Rank
448
High
39
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-33 15-13 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
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Ranked no. 108, Radu got to the semifinal after defeating Filip Cristian Jianu 7-66 6-4, Henri Squire 6-4 6-3 and Beibit Zhukayev 6-2 4-6 7-64.

In the quarter, The Moldovan defeated Zhukayev (6-2 4-6 7-64). During the match, Albot scored 94 points vs Zhukayev’s 83. Radu was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Albot scored just 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Radu Albot was very efficient on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 74% (20/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Moldovan broke Zhukayev 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Radu has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Albot has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (363-286). 17-10 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Albot has an aggregate 157-112 match record in the last years on hard.

The Moldovan’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Chicago Challenger.

Albot has an aggregate 32-25 win-loss record in 2022, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Istanbul Challenger
Albot's Record

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

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Rank
248
High
134
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-35 0-5 23-22 7-7 0-1 0-0
2024 24-33 6-5 13-19 5-9 0-0 0-0
2023 29-37 7-10 14-18 8-8 0-1 0-0
2022 40-38 17-10 14-15 8-10 1-3 0-0
2021 26-31 8-6 17-19 0-3 0-1 1-2
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Ranked no. 144 (career-high), Blancaneaux got to the semifinal after beating Alibek Kachmazov 6-4 6-4, Alastair Gray 6-74 6-2 6-2 and Harold Mayot 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Blancaneaux had a good straight sets win against Mayot (6-3 6-4). During the match Blancaneaux scored 79 points vs Mayot’s 63. Geoffrey was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Blancaneaux scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Geoffrey Blancaneaux was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Mayot 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Blancaneaux has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo.

Blancaneaux has an overall 33-26 win-loss record in 2022, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Istanbul Challenger
Blancaneaux's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Albot
G.Blancaneaux
5h:22
5h:22
Time on court​
6h:05
6h:05
!
2h:08
2h:08
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
3
3
Match played
3
3
73
73
Games Played​
68
68
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
242
242
Total points​
253
253
80.7
80.7
Avg point​
84.3
84.3
102
102
Winners
93
93
34
34
Avg Winners​
31
31
42%
42%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
5
5
3
3
Avg Aces
1.7
1.7
7
7
Double Faults
12
12
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
4
4
102/140
102/140
1st won total​
93/132
93/132
!
73%
73%
1st won %
70%
70%
42/66
42/66
2nd won total​
48/89
48/89
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
10/27
10/27
BP won
14/22
14/22
3.3/9
3.3/9
Avg BP won
4.7/7.3
4.7/7.3
37%
37%
Won
!
64%
64%
16
16
Conceded
15
15
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
5
5
6
6
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
10
10
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Albot Blancaneaux
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 73 68
Pts 242-207 253-203
Total Points 449 456
Winners 102 93
%Winners 42% 37%

Both Albot and Blancaneaux played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Radu Albot lost 1 set, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Albot and Blancaneaux have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Albot played 5 games more than Blancaneaux. Radu scored 102 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Blancaneaux recorded 93 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Albot Blancaneaux
Aces 9 5
Avg per match 3 1.7
1st in 140/206 132/221
%1st in 68% 60%
1st pts 102/140 93/132
%1st pts 73% 70%
2nd pts 42/66 48/89
%2nd pts 64% 54%

Albot fired 9 aces (3 per match). Blancaneaux bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Albot won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Albot Blancaneaux
Won 10 14
Converted 10/27 14/22
% Converted 37% 64%
Conceded 16 15
Saved 10 9
% Saved 63% 60%
Times Broken 6 6

Radu broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Albot conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Geoffrey broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Blancaneaux conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Albot
R1
Cristian		 R2
Squire		 1/4
Zhukayev		 Total
Score 7-66 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-64
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 23 19 31 73
pts 76-66 72-58 94-83 242-207
Total points 142 130 177 449
Winners 31 32 39 102
%Winners 41% 44% 41% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 4 1 9
Double Faults 0 6 1 7
1st in 45/67 41/58 54/81 140/206
% 1st in 67% 71% 67% 68%
1st pts 31/45 32/41 39/54 102/140
% 1st pts 69% 78% 72% 73%
2nd pts 16/22 6/17 20/27 42/66
% 2nd pts 73% 35% 74% 64%
Breaks
Won 3 4 3 10
Converted 3/4 4/13 3/10 10/27
Converted % 75% 31% 30% 37%
Conceded 6 7 3 16
Saved 4/6 5/7 1/3 10
Saved % 67% 71% 33% 57%
Times Broken 2 2 2 6
Blancaneaux
R1
Kachmazov		 R2
Gray		 1/4
Mayot		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-74 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 20 29 19 68
pts 72-60 102-80 79-63 253-203
Total points 132 182 142 456
Winners 31 29 33 93
%Winners 43% 28% 42% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 1 5
Double Faults 4 3 5 12
1st in 41/59 47/77 44/85 132/221
% 1st in 69% 61% 52% 60%
1st pts 31/41 29/47 33/44 93/132
% 1st pts 76% 62% 75% 70%
2nd pts 7/18 20/30 21/41 48/89
% 2nd pts 39% 67% 51% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 7 3 14
Converted 4/9 7/9 3/4 14/22
Converted % 44% 78% 75% 64%
Conceded 4 3 8 15
Saved 2/4 0/3 7/8 9
Saved % 50% 0% 88% 46%
Times Broken 2 3 1 6

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

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