Max Houkes and Blaise Bicknell will face off in the qualifications of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Houkes who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Houkes is the pick to win this match.
Max Houkes -> 1.24
Blaise Bicknell -> 3.72
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Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Blaise Bicknell
There is no head to head record between Max Houkes and Blaise Bicknell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 7-3 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 374, Houkes reached the qualifications after defeating Ricardo Ledesma Candelo 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Ledesma Candelo (6-0 6-1). During the match, Houkes scored 50 points vs Ledesma Candelo’s 14. Max was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Houkes blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Max Houkes was exceptionally effective on serve to win 95% (18/19) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Houkes broke Ledesma Candelo 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Houkes has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (155-73). 60-15 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Houkes has a composed142-59 record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Dutch’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Innsbruck,M15 Kottingbrunn,M25 Oldenzaal,M15 Haren and M15 Casablanca.
The Dutch has an overall 60-15 win-loss record in 2022, 60-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Max has never competed in this tournament before.
Blaise Bicknell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 6-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 13-10 | 15-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 805, the American reached the qualifications after defeating John Moncada Salazar 6-2 6-75 6-2.
In the qualifications, Bicknell defeated Moncada Salazar (6-2 6-75 6-2). During the match Bicknell scored 100 points vs Moncada Salazar’s 76. Blaise was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Bicknell struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Blaise Bicknell lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bicknell put 62% of his first serves in, winning 87% (45/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Blaise broke Moncada Salazar 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Bicknell’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Lubbock.
The American has an overall 26-17 win-loss record in 2022, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Houkes | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 29 |
| Pts | 50-14 | 100-76 |
| Total Points | 64 | 176 |
| Winners | 18 | 45 |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% |
Both Houkes and Bicknell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Blaise Bicknell dropped 1 set while Max Houkes hasn’t lost a set so far. Houkes has played 1 set(s) less than Bicknell (2 vs 3). Therefore, Houkes played 16 games less than Bicknell. Max scored 18 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Blaise blasted 45 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Houkes | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 19/29 | 52/84 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 18/19 | 45/52 |
| %1st pts | 95% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 16/32 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 50% |
Houkes recorded 5 aces . Bicknell made 5 aces . Houkes won 95% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Bicknell won 87% 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 | Houkes | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 86% | 56% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Max broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Max very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Bicknell broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Bicknell conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Houkes | |||
| Q1 Ledesma |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 50-14 | 50-14 | |
| Total points | 64 | 64 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 18/19 | 18/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bicknell | |||
| Q1 Moncada |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-75 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 100-76 | 100-76 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 52/84 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 45/52 | 45/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 16/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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