Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Andreas Seppi will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Sofia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andreas Seppi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andreas Seppi is the pick to win this match.
Andreas Seppi -> 1.666
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Andreas Seppi
There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Andreas Seppi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-5 | 13-18 | 0-2 | 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 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 139 (career-high), Blancaneaux reached the qualifications after beating Robin Haase 4-6 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications against Haase, Geoffrey recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-3). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 82 points vs Haase’s 63. The French player was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blancaneaux fired 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Geoffrey Blancaneaux was very effective on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Geoffrey broke Haase 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Blancaneaux has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (244-173). 2-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Blancaneaux has an overall32-41 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo.
The French player has an aggregate 34-28 win-loss record in 2022, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Blancaneaux has never competed in this tournament before.
Andreas Seppi
15 - 16win/loss
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LLLWLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15-19 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-24 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 17-8 | 6-5 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-6 | 3-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 29-27 | 17-11 | 0-7 | 5-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 33-27 | 12-8 | 9-8 | 9-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 249, Andreas got to the qualifications after beating Alexander Donski 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Andreas had a good straight sets win against Donski (6-4 6-2). During the match Seppi scored 74 points vs Donski’s 56. Seppi was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Seppi blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Andreas Seppi lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Seppi put 60% of his first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Andreas broke Donski 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Seppi has a composed 15-16 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blancaneaux | Seppi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 |
| Pts | 82-63 | 74-56 |
| Total Points | 145 | 130 |
| Winners | 32 | 27 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Blancaneaux and Seppi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Geoffrey Blancaneaux surrendered 1 set while Andreas Seppi hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blancaneaux has played 1 set more than Seppi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Blancaneaux played 8 games more than Seppi. Geoffrey scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Seppi scored 27 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blancaneaux | Seppi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 2 |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 36/60 |
| %1st in | 55% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 27/36 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 50% |
Blancaneaux bagged 11 aces . Seppi recorded 2 aces . Blancaneaux won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Seppi won 75% 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 | Blancaneaux | Seppi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 83% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Geoffrey broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Andreas conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blancaneaux | |||
| Q1 Haase |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 82-63 | 82-63 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 40/73 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Seppi | |||
| Q1 Donski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 74-56 | 74-56 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 36/60 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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