Carlos Sanchez Jover and Benjamin Lock will square off in the qualifications of the Chennai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Lock who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Lock is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Lock -> 1.87
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Sanchez Jover vs. Benjamin Lock
There is no head to head record between Carlos Sanchez Jover and Benjamin Lock since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 0-0 | 18-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 4-3 | 48-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 1-3 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 369, Sanchez Jover got to the qualifications after beating Bharath Nishok Kumaran 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Nishok Kumaran (6-3 6-3). During the match, Sanchez Jover scored 61 points vs Nishok Kumaran’s 46. Sanchez Jover was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sanchez Jover scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Carlos Sanchez Jover lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez Jover put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Nishok Kumaran 4 times.
Sanchez Jover has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (176-111). 1-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sanchez Jover has a composed17-20 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Sanchez Jover has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Lock
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-16 | 2-5 | 20-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 13-16 | 25-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 18-17 | 21-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-30 | 20-18 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 8-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 392, the got to the qualifications after beating Sean Cuenin 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, The had a good straight sets win against Cuenin (6-4 6-1). During the match Lock scored 59 points vs Cuenin’s 35. Lock was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Lock managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Lock conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 78% of his first serves in, win 89% (34/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Cuenin 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Lock has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanchez Jover | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 61-46 | 59-35 |
| Total Points | 107 | 94 |
| Winners | 25 | 34 |
| %Winners | 41% | 58% |
Both Sanchez Jover and Lock played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sanchez Jover and Lock have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sanchez Jover played 1 game more than Lock. The Spaniard scored 25 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The managed to score 34 winners (58%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez Jover | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 13 |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 38/49 |
| %1st in | 60% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 34/38 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 5/11 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 45% |
Sanchez Jover scored 1 ace . Lock also fired 13 aces . Sanchez Jover won 69% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Lock won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sanchez Jover | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 100% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 83% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Carlos broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Benjamin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sanchez Jover | |||
| Q1 Nishok Kumaran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-46 | 61-46 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 36/60 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lock | |||
| Q1 Cuenin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 59-35 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 34/38 | 34/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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