Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Mate Valkusz will play each other in the 2nd round of the Ostrava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. 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 Mate Valkusz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mate Valkusz is the pick to win this match.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.53
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Mate Valkusz
There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Mate Valkusz since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 6-5 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 174, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Pol Martin Tiffon 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Geoffrey had a good straight sets win against Martin Tiffon (6-4 6-3). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 64 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 49. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blancaneaux scored 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Blancaneaux broke Martin Tiffon 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Blancaneaux has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (260-195). 2-1 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Blancaneaux has a compiled124-88 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Blancaneaux’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.
Blancaneaux has a compiled 10-12 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ostrava Challenger
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-6 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297, Valkusz reached the 2nd round after defeating Patrik Rikl 6-3 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Hungarian defeated Rikl (6-3 4-6 6-1). During the match Valkusz scored 86 points vs Rikl’s 70. The Hungarian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Valkusz managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Mate Valkusz lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 61% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Valkusz broke Rikl 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Mate’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Valkusz has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blancaneaux | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 |
| Pts | 64-49 | 86-70 |
| Total Points | 113 | 156 |
| Winners | 27 | 35 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Blancaneaux and Valkusz played 1 match. At the moment, Mate Valkusz dropped 1 set while Geoffrey Blancaneaux hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blancaneaux has played 1 set(s) less than Valkusz (2 vs 3). Therefore, Blancaneaux played 7 games less than Valkusz. The French player scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mate blasted 35 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blancaneaux | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 48/79 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 35/48 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 15/31 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 48% |
Blancaneaux bagged 3 aces . Valkusz made 6 aces . Blancaneaux won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Valkusz won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blancaneaux | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 63% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 57% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Blancaneaux broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Blancaneaux lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-49 | 64-49 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 39/62 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 9/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Valkusz | |||
| R1 Rikl |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 86-70 | 86-70 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 48/79 | 48/79 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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