Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Pedro Sousa will fight against each other in the quarter of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.31
Pedro Sousa -> 3.3

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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Pedro Sousa

This will be the 2nd time that Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Pedro Sousa fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Herbert won 6-1 6-3

in the 1st round in Miami back in 2021.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
156
High
36
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-27 1-5 8-11 15-8 3-3 0-0
2024 33-31 3-5 8-11 19-12 3-3 0-0
2023 26-22 2-4 5-4 16-11 3-3 0-0
2022 18-15 0-0 2-5 10-7 6-3 0-0
2021 17-21 4-7 4-6 9-7 0-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 304, Herbert reached the quarter after beating Matteo Gigante 3-6 6-4 6-4 and Filip Cristian Jianu 3-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Cristian Jianu, Pierre-Hugues recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Herbert scored 85 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 71. Pierre-Hugues was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Herbert managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Cristian Jianu 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Herbert has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Herbert has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (242-188). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Herbert has an aggregate 101-59 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Herbert has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger

Oeiras 2 Challenger
Herbert's Record

Pedro Sousa

Pedro Sousa

2 - 2win/loss

Rank
497
High
99
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 9-9 1-3 6-4 2-2 0-0 0-0
2022 13-17 1-2 12-14 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 6-17 1-5 5-11 0-0 0-1 0-0
2020 22-16 0-2 21-13 1-1 0-0 0-0
2019 35-29 0-4 35-23 0-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 494, the Portuguese reached the quarter after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 7-63 6-3 and Pol Martin Tiffon 3-6 7-5 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Martin Tiffon, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4).During the match Sousa scored less points (1) than Martin Tiffon. In fact, the world no. 304 won 97 points vs Martin Tiffon’s. That means that Sousa was more focused during the important points. Sousa was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Sousa recorded 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Pedro Sousa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 43% of his first serves in, winning 84% (36/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (27/56) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Martin Tiffon 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sousa has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Portuguese has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Oeiras 2 Challenger
Sousa's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

P.Herbert
P.Sousa
3h:53
3h:53
Time on court​
3h:33
3h:33
1h:50
1h:50
Last match​
1h:59
1h:59
2
2
Match played
2
2
55
55
Games Played​
53
53
6
6
Set played​​
5
5
179
179
Total points​
176
176
89.5
89.5
Avg point​
88
88
75
75
Winners
73
73
37.5
37.5
Avg Winners​
36.5
36.5
42%
42%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
21
21
6.5
6.5
Avg Aces
!
10.5
10.5
6
6
Double Faults
9
9
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
75/100
75/100
1st won total​
73/90
73/90
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
27/59
27/59
2nd won total​
40/84
40/84
46%
46%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
8/22
8/22
BP won
7/13
7/13
4/11
4/11
Avg BP won
3.5/6.5
3.5/6.5
36%
36%
Won
!
54%
54%
12
12
Conceded
17
17
6
6
Avg Conceded
8.5
8.5
6
6
Broken
5
5
3
3
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
6
6
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Herbert Sousa
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 5
Tot Games 55 53
Pts 179-165 176-160
Total Points 344 336
Winners 75 73
%Winners 42% 41%

Both Herbert and Sousa played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Pierre-Hugues Herbert conceded 2 sets, while Pedro Sousa conceded 1 set. Herbert has played 1 set more than Sousa (6 vs 5). Therefore, Herbert played 2 games more than Sousa. Pierre-Hugues scored 75 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Sousa fired 73 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Herbert Sousa
Aces 13 21
Avg per match 6.5 10.5
1st in 100/159 90/174
%1st in 63% 52%
1st pts 75/100 73/90
%1st pts 75% 81%
2nd pts 27/59 40/84
%2nd pts 46% 48%

Herbert managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Sousa managed to score 21 aces (10.5 per match). Herbert won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Herbert Sousa
Won 8 7
Converted 8/22 7/13
% Converted 36% 54%
Conceded 12 17
Saved 6 12
% Saved 50% 71%
Times Broken 6 5

Herbert broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Pierre-Hugues surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Herbert
R1
Gigante		 R2
Cristian		 Total
Score 3-6 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 29 26 55
pts 94-94 85-71 179-165
Total points 188 156 344
Winners 41 34 75
%Winners 44% 40% 42%
SERVE
Aces 6 7 13
Double Faults 3 3 6
1st in 56/92 44/67 100/159
% 1st in 61% 66% 63%
1st pts 41/56 34/44 75/100
% 1st pts 73% 77% 75%
2nd pts 14/36 13/23 27/59
% 2nd pts 39% 57% 46%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/8 4/14 8/22
Converted % 50% 29% 36%
Conceded 8 4 12
Saved 4/8 2/4 6
Saved % 50% 50% 50%
Times Broken 4 2 6
Sousa
R1
Sanchez-Izquierdo		 R2
Martin		 Total
Score 7-63 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 22 31 53
pts 79-62 97-98 176-160
Total points 141 195 336
Winners 37 36 73
%Winners 47% 37% 41%
SERVE
Aces 11 10 21
Double Faults 3 6 9
1st in 47/75 43/99 90/174
% 1st in 63% 43% 52%
1st pts 37/47 36/43 73/90
% 1st pts 79% 84% 81%
2nd pts 13/28 27/56 40/84
% 2nd pts 46% 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/3 4/10 7/13
Converted % 100% 40% 54%
Conceded 9 8 17
Saved 7/9 5/8 12
Saved % 78% 63% 71%
Times Broken 2 3 5

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