Blake Ellis and Blaise Bicknell will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Granby Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 Blaise Bicknell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaise Bicknell is the pick to win this match.
Blaise Bicknell -> 1.87
Blake Ellis -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Blake Ellis vs. Blaise Bicknell
There is no head to head record between Blake Ellis and Blaise Bicknell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Blake Ellis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-16 | 14-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 484, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Ajeet Rai 5-7 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications against Rai, Blake recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 7-5).During the match, Ellis scored less points (1) than Rai. In fact, the world no. 484 won 115 points vs Rai’s. That means that Ellis was more focused during the important points. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ellis blasted 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Blake Ellis was quite effective on serve to win 71% (51/72) of his 1st serve and 51% (29/57) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Blake broke Rai 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Ellis has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (155-119). 22-12 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ellis has a compiled120-100 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Blake’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Mysuru.
Blake has a compiled 29-15 win-loss record in 2023, 22-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Ellis has never competed in this tournament before.
Blaise Bicknell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 6-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 13-10 | 15-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 724 (career-high), Blaise reached the qualifications after defeating Christian Langmo 6-1 7-68.
In the qualifications, Bicknell had a good straight sets win against Langmo (6-1 7-68). During the match Bicknell scored 77 points vs Langmo’s 56. Bicknell was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Bicknell recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Blaise Bicknell was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Langmo 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Blaise’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 San Diego and M25 Laval.
The American has an overall 16-3 win-loss record in 2023, 13-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ellis | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 20 |
| Pts | 115-116 | 77-56 |
| Total Points | 231 | 133 |
| Winners | 51 | 33 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Both Ellis and Bicknell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Blake Ellis surrendered 1 set while Blaise Bicknell hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ellis has played 1 set more than Bicknell (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ellis played 14 games more than Bicknell. The Australian scored 51 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Bicknell made 33 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ellis | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 72/129 | 43/65 |
| %1st in | 56% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 51/72 | 33/43 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 29/57 | 14/22 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 64% |
Ellis made 8 aces . Bicknell fired 4 aces . Ellis won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Bicknell won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ellis | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 43% | 33% |
| Conceded | 13 | 6 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 85% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Ellis broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Blake lost his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Bicknell conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ellis | |||
| Q1 Rai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 115-116 | 115-116 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 72/129 | 72/129 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 51/72 | 51/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/57 | 29/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bicknell | |||
| Q1 Langmo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 77-56 | 77-56 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/65 | 43/65 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 33/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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