Andy Murray and Laurent Lokoli will face off in the 2nd round of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on COURT CREDIT AGRICOLE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andy Murray who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andy Murray is the pick to win this match.
Andy Murray -> 1.41
Laurent Lokoli -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Laurent Lokoli
There is no head to head record between Andy Murray and Laurent Lokoli since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Andy Murray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-18 | 13-10 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-20 | 12-11 | 2-0 | 5-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-16 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 12-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 52, Murray reached the 2nd round after defeating Gael Monfils 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Murray had a good straight sets win against Monfils (6-3 6-2). During the match, Murray scored 62 points vs Monfils’s 42. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Murray scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Andy Murray was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Murray broke Monfils 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Murray has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 74% of his matches (314-113). 1-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Murray has an aggregate 58-16 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Murray’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Doha.
The Brit has an overall 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 8-6 | 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. 187, Laurent reached the 2nd round after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 3-6 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round against Ramos-Vinolas, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Lokoli scored 99 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 92. The French player was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Lokoli blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Laurent Lokoli lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lokoli put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (40/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. Laurent broke Ramos-Vinolas 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in the Noumea Challenger.
Laurent has an aggregate 14-10 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Murray | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 |
| Pts | 62-42 | 99-92 |
| Total Points | 104 | 191 |
| Winners | 24 | 40 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Murray and Lokoli played 1 match. At the moment, Laurent Lokoli lost 1 set while Andy Murray hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Murray has played 1 set(s) less than Lokoli (2 vs 3). Therefore, Murray played 14 games less than Lokoli. Murray scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Lokoli recorded 40 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Murray | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 51/86 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 40/51 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 15/35 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 43% |
Murray recorded 1 ace . Lokoli also bagged 6 aces . Murray won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Lokoli won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Murray | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Murray broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Murray | |||
| R1 Monfils |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-42 | 62-42 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 30/51 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lokoli | |||
| R1 Ramos-Vinolas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 99-92 | 99-92 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/86 | 51/86 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/51 | 40/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 15/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Aix En Provence Challenger
- Quentin HalysHalys – Robin HaaseHaase (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (4-6 7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Arthur CazauxCazaux (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Joao SousaSousa (6-4 6-72 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-64 7-67) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Benoit PairePaire (7-60 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikael YmerYmer – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
