Alexis Galarneau and Laurent Lokoli will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.86
Laurent Lokoli -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Laurent Lokoli
There is no head to head record between Alexis Galarneau and Laurent Lokoli since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 202, Alexis reached the 2nd round after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-4 6-3). During the match, Galarneau scored 70 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 52. The Canadian was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Galarneau managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexis Galarneau was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Galarneau broke Pablo Ficovich 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Galarneau has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (134-111). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Galarneau has an overall37-28 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Granby Challenger where he overcame Philip Sekulic in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3.
Galarneau has an overall 23-21 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-20 | 21-13 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 14-12 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 229, Laurent reached the 2nd round after beating Jack Anthrop 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Anthrop (6-1 6-0). During the match Lokoli scored 55 points vs Anthrop’s 26. Laurent was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Lokoli recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Laurent Lokoli was pretty effective on serve to win 94% (17/18) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Anthrop 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Noumea Challenger.
The French player has a composed 25-21 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 13 |
| Pts | 70-52 | 55-26 |
| Total Points | 122 | 81 |
| Winners | 20 | 17 |
| %Winners | 29% | 31% |
Both Galarneau and Lokoli played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Galarneau and Lokoli have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Galarneau played 6 games more than Lokoli. Galarneau scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Laurent recorded 17 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 25/58 | 18/33 |
| %1st in | 43% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 17/18 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 94% |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Galarneau made 6 aces . Lokoli fired 5 aces . Galarneau won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Lokoli won 94% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 44% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Galarneau broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alexis dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Laurent conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-52 | 70-52 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 25/58 | 25/58 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lokoli | |||
| R1 Anthrop |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 55-26 | |
| Total points | 81 | 81 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 17/18 | 17/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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