Benoit Paire and Gabriel Debru will square off in the quarter of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday 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 Benoit Paire who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benoit Paire is the pick to win this match.
Benoit Paire -> 1.45
Gabriel Debru -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Gabriel Debru
There is no head to head record between Benoit Paire and Gabriel Debru since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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, the French player got to the quarter after beating Dennis Novak 4-6 7-62 6-2 and Lucas Pouille 3-6 7-66 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Pouille, Benoit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-66 6-2). During the match, Paire scored 103 points vs Pouille’s 95. Benoit was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paire managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Benoit Paire was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 63% (33/52) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Paire broke Pouille twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Paire has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Paire has won exactly 50% of his matches (276-272) in the last 10 years. 10-9 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paire has a compiled 94-94 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Puerto Vallarta Challenger where he beat Yuta Shimizu in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2.
Benoit has an overall 22-20 win-loss record in 2023, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Paire has never competed in this tournament before.
Gabriel Debru
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 4-2 | 31-13 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-18 | 5-3 | 11-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 522, the French player got to the quarter after beating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1 5-7 6-4 and Ivan Gakhov 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Gabriel had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (7-5 6-3). During the match Debru scored 78 points vs Gakhov’s 58. Debru was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Debru fired 6 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Gabriel Debru was very effective on serve to win 89% (34/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Gakhov twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Gabriel’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir and M15 Antalya.
The French player has a compiled 19-13 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 50 |
| Pts | 211-196 | 177-145 |
| Total Points | 407 | 322 |
| Winners | 64 | 80 |
| %Winners | 30% | 45% |
Both Paire and Debru played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Benoit Paire lost 2 sets, while Gabriel Debru conceded 1 set. Paire has played 1 set more than Debru (6 vs 5). Therefore, Paire played 11 games more than Debru. Paire scored 64 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Debru bagged 80 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 89/199 | 106/155 |
| %1st in | 45% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 64/89 | 80/106 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 61/110 | 25/49 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 51% |
Paire struck 14 aces (7 per match). Debru made 10 aces (5 per match). Paire won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Debru won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paire | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/20 | 7/22 |
| % Converted | 40% | 32% |
| Conceded | 16 | 6 |
| Saved | 10 | 3 |
| % Saved | 63% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Debru broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. Gabriel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paire | ||||
| R1 Novak |
R2 Pouille |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-62 6-2 | 3-6 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 30 | 61 | |
| pts | 108-101 | 103-95 | 211-196 | |
| Total points | 209 | 198 | 407 | |
| Winners | 33 | 31 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 49/107 | 40/92 | 89/199 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 43% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 31/40 | 64/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 78% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/58 | 33/52 | 61/110 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 63% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 2/8 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 80% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Debru | ||||
| R1 Martinez Portero |
R2 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 21 | 50 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 78-58 | 177-145 | |
| Total points | 186 | 136 | 322 | |
| Winners | 46 | 34 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 68/101 | 38/54 | 106/155 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 46/68 | 34/38 | 80/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 89% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 10/16 | 25/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 63% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 2/10 | 7/22 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 20% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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