Mate Valkusz and Mathias Bourgue will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Skopje Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. 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 Mate Valkusz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mate Valkusz is the pick to win this match.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.4
Mathias Bourgue -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Mate Valkusz vs. Mathias Bourgue
There is no head to head record between Mate Valkusz and Mathias Bourgue since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 279, Mate reached the qualifications after beating Berk Bugarikj 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Valkusz had a good straight sets win against Bugarikj (6-4 6-1). During the match, Valkusz scored 64 points vs Bugarikj’s 50. The Hungarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Valkusz scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Mate Valkusz lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 64% of his first serves in, winning 57% (20/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Valkusz broke Bugarikj 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Valkusz has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (185-82). 12-8 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Valkusz has a composed145-50 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Valkusz’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Ostrava Challenger.
The Hungarian has a compiled 17-12 win-loss record in 2023, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
Valkusz has never competed in this tournament before.
Mathias Bourgue
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 8-12 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 6-4 | 22-13 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 22-19 | 5-5 | 7-10 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 6-7 | 11-9 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 2-2 | 7-7 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 392, Bourgue got to the qualifications after beating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Mathias had a good straight sets win against Villanueva (6-2 6-2). During the match Bourgue scored 59 points vs Villanueva’s 32. Mathias was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Bourgue managed to score 6 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mathias Bourgue was quite effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mathias broke Villanueva 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Bourgue’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Sabadell.
Bourgue has a compiled 17-10 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Valkusz | Bourgue |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 64-50 | 59-32 |
| Total Points | 114 | 91 |
| Winners | 20 | 21 |
| %Winners | 31% | 36% |
Both Valkusz and Bourgue played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Valkusz and Bourgue have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Valkusz played 1 game more than Bourgue. Mate scored 20 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Bourgue blasted 21 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Valkusz | Bourgue |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 25/45 |
| %1st in | 64% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 20/35 | 21/25 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 13/20 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 65% |
Valkusz made 1 ace . Bourgue also recorded 6 aces . Valkusz won 57% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Bourgue won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Valkusz | Bourgue |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Hungarian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mate dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Valkusz | |||
| Q1 Bugarikj |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 64-50 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 35/55 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bourgue | |||
| Q1 Villanueva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-32 | 59-32 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 25/45 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 21/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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