Benoit Paire and Aziz Dougaz will fight against each other in the quarter of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:30 pm on ESTADIO PUERTO MAGICO. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benoit Paire who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benoit Paire is the pick to win this match.
Benoit Paire -> 1.58
Aziz Dougaz -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Aziz Dougaz
There is no head to head record between Benoit Paire and Aziz Dougaz since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-30 | 6-12 | 0-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, the French player got to the quarter after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-73 6-1 7-65 and Daniel Rincon 6-2 5-7 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Benoit defeated Rincon (6-2 5-7 6-2). During the match, Paire scored 98 points vs Rincon’s 83. Paire was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Paire managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 51% of his first serves in, winning 81% (35/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (16/41) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Rincon 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Benoit has conceded 2 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Paire has won exactly 50% of his matches (261-260) in the last 10 years. 6-6 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paire has a composed 94-103 record in the last years on hard.
Paire has a compiled 7-8 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Aziz Dougaz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-28 | 15-12 | 25-12 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-38 | 28-17 | 9-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 68-33 | 53-23 | 7-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-29 | 38-17 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-16 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269 (career-high), Aziz reached the quarter after beating Marco Trungelliti 6-1 7-61 and Denis Yevseyev 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Aziz had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-1 6-0). During the match Dougaz scored 54 points vs Yevseyev’s 25. Aziz was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Dougaz blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aziz Dougaz was very efficient on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aziz broke Yevseyev 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dougaz hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Dougaz’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Monastir.
The Tunisian has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 33 |
| Pts | 210-186 | 128-82 |
| Total Points | 396 | 210 |
| Winners | 74 | 51 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Both Paire and Dougaz played 2 matches. At the moment, Benoit Paire dropped 2 sets while Aziz Dougaz hasn’t dropped a set so far. Paire has played 2 sets more than Dougaz (6 vs 4). Therefore, Paire played 28 games more than Dougaz. Benoit scored 74 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Dougaz recorded 51 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 12.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 92/186 | 64/99 |
| %1st in | 49% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 74/92 | 51/64 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 43/94 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 60% |
Paire managed to score 25 aces (12.5 per match). Dougaz bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Paire won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Dougaz 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 | Paire | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 8 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 52% | 53% |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 45% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
Benoit broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Benoit conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Aziz broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Dougaz was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Paire | ||||
| R1 Mejia |
R2 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-1 7-65 | 6-2 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 28 | 61 | |
| pts | 112-103 | 98-83 | 210-186 | |
| Total points | 215 | 181 | 396 | |
| Winners | 39 | 35 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 9 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 14 | 6 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 49/102 | 43/84 | 92/186 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 51% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 35/43 | 74/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 81% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/53 | 16/41 | 43/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 39% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/12 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 3/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 50% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Dougaz | ||||
| R1 Trungelliti |
R2 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-61 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 13 | 33 | |
| pts | 74-57 | 54-25 | 128-82 | |
| Total points | 131 | 79 | 210 | |
| Winners | 30 | 21 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 24/36 | 64/99 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 21/24 | 51/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 88% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 7/12 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/10 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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