Tim Handel and Dali Blanch will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Tim Handel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tim Handel is the pick to win this match.
Tim Handel -> 1.5
Dali Blanch -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Tim Handel vs. Dali Blanch
This will be the 2nd time that Tim Handel and Dali Blanch square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Blanch (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Blanch won 7-6(3) 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in M15 Cancun back in 2021.
Tim Handel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-12 | 2-2 | 8-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-30 | 2-3 | 41-19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 5-2 | 22-15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 9-9 | 31-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-5 | 7-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 512 (career-high), the German reached the 1st round after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 6-4 6-4 and Peter Gojowczyk w/o.
In the qualifications, Handel defeated Gojowczyk (w/o). During the match, Handel and Gojowczyk scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 512 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Tim was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Handel was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Tim Handel conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Handel has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (125-79). 18-7 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Handel has a composed84-41 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Handel’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Warmbad Villach and M25 Jablonec nad Nisou.
The German has a composed 23-15 win-loss record in 2023, 18-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Tim has never competed in this tournament before.
Dali Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-14 | 2-5 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 17-17 | 19-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-28 | 11-17 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-20 | 10-10 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 732, Blanch got to the 1st round after beating Daniel Masur 7-610 1-6 6-4 and Carlos Sanchez Jover 5-7 6-3 7-65.
In the qualifications against Sanchez Jover, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-65).During the match Blanch scored less points (3) than Sanchez Jover. In fact, the world no. 512 won 107 points vs Sanchez Jover’s. That means that Blanch was more focused during the important points. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Blanch scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dali Blanch lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 55% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (24/54) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Sanchez Jover 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dali started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 48% of the points he played.
The American has an overall 22-13 win-loss record in 2023, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Handel | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 64 |
| Pts | 57-48 | 205-220 |
| Total Points | 105 | 425 |
| Winners | 29 | 83 |
| %Winners | 51% | 40% |
Handel played 1 match while Blanch competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Dali Blanch conceded 2 sets while Tim Handel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Handel has played 4 set(s) less than Blanch (2 vs 6). Therefore, Handel played 44 games less than Blanch. The German scored 29 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Blanch fired 83 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Handel | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 132/244 |
| %1st in | 66% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 83/132 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 52/112 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 46% |
Handel scored 1 ace . Blanch also blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Handel won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Handel | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 9/13 |
| % Converted | 100% | 69% |
| Conceded | 4 | 31 |
| Saved | 3 | 21 |
| % Saved | 75% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 10 |
Tim broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Handel surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Dali broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Handel | ||||
| Q1 Orlov |
Q3 Gojowczyk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | – | 20 | |
| pts | 57-48 | – | 57-48 | |
| Total points | 105 | – | 105 | |
| Winners | 29 | – | 29 | |
| %Winners | 51% | – | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | – | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | – | 37/56 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | – | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | – | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | – | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | – | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | – | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | – | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | – | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | – | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Blanch | ||||
| Q1 Masur |
Q3 Sanchez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-610 1-6 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| pts | 98-110 | 107-110 | 205-220 | |
| Total points | 208 | 217 | 425 | |
| Winners | 40 | 43 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 67/125 | 65/119 | 132/244 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 55% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 40/67 | 43/65 | 83/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 66% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/58 | 24/54 | 52/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 44% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 6/10 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 60% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 19 | 12 | 31 | |
| Saved | 14/19 | 7/12 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 74% | 58% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
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