Benoit Paire and Lucas Pouille will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:45 pm on Court SOPRA STERIA. 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 Lucas Pouille who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lucas Pouille is the pick to win this match.
Lucas Pouille -> 1.87
Benoit Paire -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Lucas Pouille
This will be the 6th time that Benoit Paire and Lucas Pouille fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Pouille (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Paire won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2018.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-13 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, Benoit reached the 2nd round after beating Dennis Novak 4-6 7-62 6-2.
In the 1st round against Novak, Paire recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-62 6-2). During the match, Paire scored 108 points vs Novak’s 101. Benoit was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paire blasted 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 46% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (28/58) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Novak 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Paire has won exactly 50% of his matches (275-272) in the last 10 years. 9-9 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paire has an overall 93-94 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Puerto Vallarta Challenger where he beat Yuta Shimizu in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2.
Benoit has a composed 21-20 win-loss record in 2023, 9-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Pouille
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-11 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-10 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 7-3 | 2-7 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 402, Pouille reached the 2nd round after beating Nick Hardt 6-73 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Hardt, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-4). During the match Pouille scored 104 points vs Hardt’s 102. Pouille was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Pouille bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Lucas Pouille lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Pouille put 63% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the 2nd serve. Lucas broke Hardt 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
The French player has an aggregate 12-7 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 33 |
| Pts | 108-101 | 104-102 |
| Total Points | 209 | 206 |
| Winners | 33 | 41 |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% |
Both Paire and Pouille played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Benoit Paire dropped 1 set, while Lucas Pouille surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Paire and Pouille have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Paire played 2 games less than Pouille. The French player scored 33 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 41 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 49/107 | 62/99 |
| %1st in | 46% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 41/62 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 28/58 | 21/37 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 57% |
Paire struck 6 aces . Pouille made 5 aces . Paire won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Pouille won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paire | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 55% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Benoit conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Lucas broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Pouille conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paire | |||
| R1 Novak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 108-101 | 108-101 | |
| Total points | 209 | 209 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 49/107 | 49/107 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/58 | 28/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Pouille | |||
| R1 Hardt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 104-102 | 104-102 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 62/99 | 62/99 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 41/62 | 41/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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