Max Purcell and Michael Geerts will face off in the 2nd round of the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.178
Michael Geerts -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, Max reached the 2nd round after beating Andrea Arnaboldi 3-6 6-1 7-63.
In the 1st round against Arnaboldi, Max recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-63). During the match, Purcell scored 96 points vs Arnaboldi’s 87. Purcell was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Max Purcell was very effective on serve to win 80% (39/49) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Max broke Arnaboldi twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (232-162). 22-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Purcell has an aggregate172-113 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Chennai Challenger where he beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he defeated Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
Max has an overall 22-3 win-loss record in 2023, 22-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger
Max has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-32 | 17-10 | 10-12 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 233, Geerts reached the 2nd round after beating Ulises Blanch 6-4 7-61.
In the 1st round, Geerts had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-4 7-61). During the match Geerts scored 84 points vs Blanch’s 72. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Geerts fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 55% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Geerts broke Blanch 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Michael has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 23 |
| Pts | 96-87 | 84-72 |
| Total Points | 183 | 156 |
| Winners | 39 | 34 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Purcell and Geerts played 1 match. At the moment, Max Purcell dropped 1 set while Michael Geerts hasn’t dropped a set so far. Purcell has played 1 set more than Geerts (3 vs 2). Therefore, Purcell played 6 games more than Geerts. The Australian scored 39 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Michael struck 34 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 45/82 |
| %1st in | 58% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 34/45 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 18/37 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 49% |
Purcell made 6 aces . Geerts scored 5 aces . Purcell won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 29% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Max broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Max dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||
| R1 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 96-87 | 96-87 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 49/84 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 39/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 84-72 | 84-72 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/82 | 45/82 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Las Franquesas Del Valles Challenger
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-3 5-7 7-64) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (3-6 6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Joao DominguesDomingues (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Karl FribergFriberg – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-4 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Lukas RosolRosol (7-65 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Rimpei KawakamiKawakami (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel CoxCox – Aleksandr BrayninBraynin (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Steven DiezDiez (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – John EcheverriaEcheverria (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Edan LeshemLeshem (7-68 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel CoxCox – Hugo GrenierGrenier (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karl FribergFriberg – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Skander MansouriMansouri (1-1) – H2H and prediction
