Alexandre Muller and Yannick Hanfmann will face off in the semifinal of the Rio De Janeiro Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yannick Hanfmann who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yannick Hanfmann is the pick to win this match.
Yannick Hanfmann -> 1.66
Alexandre Muller -> 2.10

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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Yannick Hanfmann

This will be the 2^nd time that Alexandre Muller and Yannick Hanfmann face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hanfmann (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Hanfmann won 2-6 6-0 7-5 in the qualifications in Halle back in 2021.

Alexandre Muller

Ranked no. 149, the French player reached the semifinal after beating Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-4, Sumit Nagal 4-6 6-1 6-3 and Luciano Darderi 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Darderi (7-5 6-3). During the match, Muller scored 68 points vs Darderi’s 52. Alexandre was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Muller managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexandre Muller was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Muller broke Darderi 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player has lost 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Muller has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (317-205). 27-19 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Muller has an aggregate194-120 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Alexandre’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Blois Challenger.

Alexandre has an overall 38-30 win-loss record in 2022, 27-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger

Alexandre has never competed in this tournament before.

Yannick Hanfmann

Ranked no. 166, Yannick reached the semifinal after defeating Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-1 6-1, Jan Choinski 6-2 6-4 and Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Hanfmann had a good straight sets win against Pablo Patino-Samudio (6-3 6-2). During the match Hanfmann scored 66 points vs Pablo Patino-Samudio’s 46. Yannick was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Hanfmann bagged 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yannick Hanfmann was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hanfmann broke Pablo Patino-Samudio 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hanfmann hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

The German’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Kitzbuhel.

Hanfmann has an aggregate 26-21 win-loss record in 2022, 20-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Muller	Hanfmann
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	67	49
Pts	233-185	192-127
Total Points	418	319
Winners	107	76
%Winners	46%	40%

Both Muller and Hanfmann played 3 matches. At the moment, Alexandre Muller surrendered 1 set while Yannick Hanfmann hasn’t conceded a set so far. Muller has played 1 set more than Hanfmann (7 vs 6). Therefore, Muller played 18 games more than Hanfmann. The French player scored 107 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Hanfmann fired 76 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Muller	Hanfmann
Aces	15	15
Avg per match	5	5
1st in	147/203	95/135
%1st in	72%	70%
1st pts	107/147	76/95
%1st pts	73%	80%
2nd pts	35/56	24/40
%2nd pts	63%	60%

Muller bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Hanfmann fired 15 aces (5 per match). Muller won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Hanfmann won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Muller	Hanfmann
Won	10	13
Converted	10/19	13/29
% Converted	53%	45%
Conceded	14	6
Saved	11	5
% Saved	79%	83%
Times Broken	3	1

Alexandre broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Muller surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Yannick broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Yannick conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Muller
	R1 Fa Rodriguez Taverna	R2 Nagal	1/4 Darderi	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	4-6 6-1 6-3	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	20	26	21	67
pts	76-64	89-69	68-52	233-185
Total points	140	158	120	418
Winners	34	39	34	107
%Winners	45%	44%	50%	46%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	11	15
Double Faults	0	1	2	3
1st in	48/60	56/79	43/64	147/203
% 1st in	80%	71%	67%	72%
1st pts	34/48	39/56	34/43	107/147
% 1st pts	71%	70%	79%	73%
2nd pts	9/12	14/23	12/21	35/56
% 2nd pts	75%	61%	57%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	5	3	10
Converted	2/6	5/9	3/4	10/19
Converted %	33%	56%	75%	53%
Conceded	3	8	3	14
Saved	3/3	6/8	2/3	11
Saved %	100%	75%	67%	81%
Times Broken	0	2	1	3

Hanfmann
	R1 Lucas Reis Da	R2 Choinski	1/4 Pablo Patino-Samudio	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	14	18	17	49
pts	57-33	69-48	66-46	192-127
Total points	90	117	112	319
Winners	19	30	27	76
%Winners	33%	43%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	4	15
Double Faults	2	0	0	2
1st in	22/39	37/52	36/44	95/135
% 1st in	56%	71%	82%	70%
1st pts	19/22	30/37	27/36	76/95
% 1st pts	86%	81%	75%	80%
2nd pts	10/17	8/15	6/8	24/40
% 2nd pts	59%	53%	75%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	4	4	13
Converted	5/8	4/11	4/10	13/29
Converted %	63%	36%	40%	45%
Conceded	2	4	0	6
Saved	2/2	3/4	0/0	5
Saved %	100%	75%	–	58%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1

Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro Challenger

• Guido Andreozzi/Guillermo DuranAndreozzi/Guillermo Duran – Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva/Marcelo ZormannLucas Reis Da Silva/Marcelo Zormann (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Federico CoriaCoria – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction