Holger Rune and Maxime Cressy will square off in the semifinal of the Open Sud de France for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on COURT PATRICE DOMINGUEZ. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Rune who should win in 2 sets.
Holger Rune -> 1.27
Maxime Cressy -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Maxime Cressy
This will be the 4th time that Holger Rune and Maxime Cressy fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Rune (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Rune won 7-5 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2023.
Highlights Holger Rune vs Maxime Cressy – Australian Open 19-January-2023
Holger Rune
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-23 | 21-11 | 11-6 | 10-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 10-10 | 16-4 | 11-8 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-27 | 8-9 | 21-11 | 21-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 73-29 | 11-5 | 41-17 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 32-16 | 1-3 | 28-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9 (career-high), Holger reached the semifinal after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-65 6-2 and Gregoire Barrere 7-62 7-65.
In the quarter, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Barrere (7-62 7-65). During the match, Rune scored 86 points vs Barrere’s 84. Holger was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rune made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Holger Rune lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Rune put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the 2nd serve. Rune broke Barrere once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Holger hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Rune has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (169-84). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rune has a compiled51-14 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Rune has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2023, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montpellier
Holger has never competed in this tournament before.
Maxime Cressy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-15 | 0-1 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 15-10 | 1-5 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-30 | 15-11 | 5-7 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-32 | 14-10 | 2-8 | 16-8 | 4-4 | 7-2 |
| 2020 | 19-17 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 51, Maxime reached the semifinal after beating Antoine Bellier 6-3 6-2
, Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-4 and Borna Coric 7-62 6-4.In the quarter, Cressy had a good straight sets win against Coric (7-62 6-4). During the match Cressy scored 69 points vs Coric’s 64. Cressy was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Cressy fired 18 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Maxime Cressy conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Cressy put 61% of his first serves in, winning 91% (40/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Maxime was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Coric once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Cressy has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rune | Cressy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 60 |
| Pts | 163-143 | 187-165 |
| Total Points | 306 | 352 |
| Winners | 65 | 107 |
| %Winners | 40% | 57% |
Rune played 2 matches while Cressy competed in 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Rune has played 2 set(s) less than Cressy (4 vs 6). Therefore, Rune played 13 games less than Cressy. Holger scored 65 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Cressy managed to score 107 winners (57%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rune | Cressy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 44 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 14.7 |
| 1st in | 91/134 | 124/189 |
| %1st in | 68% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 65/91 | 107/124 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 32/43 | 30/65 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 46% |
Rune managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Cressy made 44 aces (14.7 per match). Rune won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Cressy won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rune | Cressy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/14 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 21% | 55% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Rune broke his opponents 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Holger conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 10 break points.
| Rune | ||||
| R2 Huesler | 1/4 Barrere | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 7-62 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 26 | 47 | |
| pts | 77-59 | 86-84 | 163-143 | |
| Total points | 136 | 170 | 306 | |
| Winners | 32 | 33 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/57 | 51/77 | 91/134 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 33/51 | 65/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 65% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 19/26 | 32/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 73% | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 1/7 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 14% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cressy | |||||
| R1 Bellier | R2 Ruusuvuori | 1/4 Coric | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 23 | 60 | |
| pts | 62-47 | 56-54 | 69-64 | 187-165 | |
| Total points | 109 | 110 | 133 | 352 | |
| Winners | 31 | 36 | 40 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 64% | 58% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 15 | 18 | 44 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |
| 1st in | 39/57 | 41/60 | 44/72 | 124/189 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | 61% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 36/41 | 40/44 | 107/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 88% | 91% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 7/19 | 14/28 | 30/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 37% | 50% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 100% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/1 | 6/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Montpellier
- Robin Haase/Matwe MiddelkoopHaase/Matwe Middelkoop – Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz (4-6 6-3 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Maxime CressyCressy (3-0) – H2H and prediction