Laurent Lokoli and Alexey Vatutin will face off in the 1st round of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:15 pm on PISTA 2. 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 Laurent Lokoli who should win in 3 sets.
Laurent Lokoli -> 1.63
Alexey Vatutin -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Laurent Lokoli vs. Alexey Vatutin
There is no head to head record between Laurent Lokoli and Alexey Vatutin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-11 | 8-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 14-12 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 175, the French player will start his run in the Madrid Challenger after he played his last match in the Barletta Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Agamenone in the quarter on the 7th of April.
Laurent has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Noumea Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Laurent has an overall 370-217 record. He has a positive 174-98 record on clay.
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Laurent has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexey Vatutin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-18 | 0-1 | 21-8 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-27 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 38-39 | 8-3 | 19-20 | 11-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-38 | 0-1 | 15-26 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-19 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 317, the Russian got to the 1st round after beating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-710 6-4 6-4 and Henri Squire 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Squire, Alexey recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Vatutin scored 84 points vs Squire’s 78. Alexey was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Vatutin managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexey Vatutin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vatutin put 71% of his first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Alexey broke Squire 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Manacor.
Vatutin has a composed 15-13 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Madrid Challenger
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Titouan DroguetDroguet (1-6 7-66 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Omar JasikaJasika (6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Emilio NavaNava (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Javier MartiMarti – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Andrea CollariniCollarini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miguel DamasDamas – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction