Radu Albot and Lucas Poullain will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rennes Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on LE LIBERTE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.36
Lucas Poullain -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Lucas Poullain
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Lucas Poullain since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-19 | 3-3 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, the Moldovan got to the 2nd round after defeating Mark Lajal 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Albot had a good straight sets win against Lajal (6-1 6-2). During the match, Albot scored 57 points vs Lajal’s 35. Albot was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Radu Albot was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Moldovan broke Lajal 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Albot has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (350-290). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Albot has a compiled 65-54 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Albot’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.
The Moldovan has a composed 28-26 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rennes Challenger
Radu has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Poullain
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 6-3 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 63-26 | 29-11 | 8-2 | 26-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-10 | 8-4 | 5-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 14-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 296 (career-high), Lucas got to the 2nd round after beating Gabriel Debru 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Poullain had a good straight sets win against Debru (6-3 6-3). During the match Poullain scored 67 points vs Debru’s 48. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Poullain was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Lucas Poullain was quite effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lucas broke Debru 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Poullain’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Bressuire,M25 Faro,M25 Loule,M25 Nottingham,M25 Carnac,M25 Bakio and M25+H Ajaccio.
Lucas has an aggregate 52-18 win-loss record in 2023, 17-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rennes Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2014 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Poullain |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 |
| Pts | 57-35 | 67-48 |
| Total Points | 92 | 115 |
| Winners | 22 | 24 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Albot and Poullain played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Albot and Poullain have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Albot played 3 games less than Poullain. Radu scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Lucas struck 24 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Poullain |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 28/39 | 31/49 |
| %1st in | 72% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 24/31 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 15/18 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 83% |
Albot didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Poullain also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Albot won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Poullain won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 83% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Poullain |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 56% | 30% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Albot broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Albot very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Poullain broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Poullain was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Albot | |||
| R1 Lajal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-35 | 57-35 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Poullain | |||
| R1 Debru |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 67-48 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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