Hernan Casanova and Kenny de Schepper will square off in the 2nd round of the Blois Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hernan Casanova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hernan Casanova is the pick to win this match.
Hernan Casanova -> 1.666
Kenny de Schepper -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Hernan Casanova vs. Kenny de Schepper
There is no head to head record between Hernan Casanova and Kenny de Schepper since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Hernan Casanova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-18 | 0-0 | 25-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 0-2 | 29-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 3-3 | 42-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, Hernan got to the 2nd round after beating Evgeny Donskoy 1-6 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round against Donskoy, Casanova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-65 6-1).During the match, Casanova scored less points (2) than Donskoy. In fact, the world no. 262 won 90 points vs Donskoy’s. That means that Casanova was more focused during the important points. Casanova was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Casanova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Hernan Casanova lost the serve 6 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Casanova put 83% of his first serves in, winning 51% (40/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Donskoy 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).
Casanova has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (306-166). 17-13 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Casanova has an overall303-160 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Palmanova.
Hernan has an aggregate 17-14 win-loss record in 2023, 17-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
Hernan has never competed in this tournament before.
Kenny de Schepper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 422, De Schepper got to the 2nd round after beating Arjun Kadhe 6-3 6-4, Jules Marie 6-4 6-2 and Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, De Schepper defeated Moro Canas (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match de Schepper scored 91 points vs Moro Canas’s 76. De Schepper was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, de Schepper managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Kenny de Schepper was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (36/50) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Kenny broke Moro Canas 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
The French player has an aggregate 15-15 win-loss record in 2023, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Casanova | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 65 |
| Pts | 90-92 | 217-176 |
| Total Points | 182 | 393 |
| Winners | 40 | 93 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Casanova played 1 match while de Schepper competed in 3 matches. de Schepper started his run from the qualifications while Casanova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Hernan Casanova lost 1 set, while Kenny de Schepper dropped 1 set. Casanova has played 4 set(s) less than de Schepper (3 vs 7). Therefore, Casanova played 38 games less than de Schepper. Casanova scored 40 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Kenny recorded 93 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Casanova | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 6 |
| 1st in | 78/94 | 127/180 |
| %1st in | 83% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 40/78 | 93/127 |
| %1st pts | 51% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 31/53 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 58% |
Casanova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. de Schepper struck 18 aces (6 per match). Casanova won 51% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, de Schepper won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Casanova | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 12 |
| Converted | 7/9 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 78% | 43% |
| Conceded | 15 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 6 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Casanova broke his opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Hernan surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Kenny broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kenny conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Casanova | |||
| R1 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 90-92 | 90-92 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 78/94 | 78/94 | |
| % 1st in | 83% | 83% | |
| 1st pts | 40/78 | 40/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 51% | 51% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 78% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 9/15 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| de Schepper | |||||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Q3 Marie |
R1 Moro Canas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 28 | 65 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 65-55 | 91-76 | 217-176 | |
| Total points | 106 | 120 | 167 | 393 | |
| Winners | 29 | 28 | 36 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% | 40% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/48 | 39/62 | 50/70 | 127/180 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 63% | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 28/39 | 36/50 | 93/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 72% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/10 | 11/23 | 11/20 | 31/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 90% | 48% | 55% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/7 | 5/17 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 57% | 29% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/4 | 2/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 40% | 215% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLWWLL Tennis Scores in Blois Challenger
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (7-67 7-5) – See score progression
- Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (7-63 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-72 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Clement TaburTabur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Alvaro Lopez San MartinLopez San Martin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (1-6 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Dan AddedAdded (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Gianluca MagerMager (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Harold MayotMayot (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Calvin HemeryHemery (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
