Enzo Couacaud and Alexis Galarneau will fight against each other in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 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 Enzo Couacaud who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Enzo Couacaud is the pick to win this match.
Enzo Couacaud -> 1.75
Alexis Galarneau -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Enzo Couacaud vs. Alexis Galarneau
There is no head to head record between Enzo Couacaud and Alexis Galarneau since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Enzo Couacaud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-18 | 8-6 | 21-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 12-9 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-28 | 27-13 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-24 | 5-4 | 16-17 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 178, Enzo got to the quarter after beating Aidan Mayo 6-2 7-5 and Federico Agustin Gomez 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Agustin Gomez (7-5 6-4). During the match, Couacaud scored 70 points vs Agustin Gomez’s 56. The French player was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Couacaud blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Enzo Couacaud was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Agustin Gomez 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Couacaud hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Couacaud has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (292-195). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Couacaud has an aggregate 46-43 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Couacaud’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Sarasota Challenger and the Tallahassee Challenger.
The French player has an overall 25-20 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
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 got to the quarter after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-4 6-3 and Laurent Lokoli 7-5 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Lokoli (7-5 7-65). During the match Galarneau scored 87 points vs Lokoli’s 79. Galarneau was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Galarneau fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexis Galarneau was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (35/44) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexis broke Lokoli twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Galarneau hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Granby Challenger where he beat Philip Sekulic in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3.
The Canadian has a compiled 24-21 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Couacaud | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 44 |
| Pts | 140-115 | 157-131 |
| Total Points | 255 | 288 |
| Winners | 53 | 55 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Couacaud and Galarneau played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Couacaud and Galarneau have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Couacaud played 2 games less than Galarneau. Couacaud scored 53 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Alexis blasted 55 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Couacaud | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 67/128 | 69/138 |
| %1st in | 52% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 53/67 | 55/69 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 34/61 | 41/69 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 59% |
Couacaud struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Galarneau recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Couacaud won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Couacaud | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 44% | 46% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Couacaud surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Galarneau broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Couacaud | ||||
| R1 Mayo |
R2 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| pts | 70-59 | 70-56 | 140-115 | |
| Total points | 129 | 126 | 255 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 37/67 | 30/61 | 67/128 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 49% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 23/30 | 53/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 18/31 | 34/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 58% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/8 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Galarneau | ||||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
R2 Lokoli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| pts | 70-52 | 87-79 | 157-131 | |
| Total points | 122 | 166 | 288 | |
| Winners | 20 | 35 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 40% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 25/58 | 44/80 | 69/138 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 55% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 35/44 | 55/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 20/36 | 41/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 56% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/4 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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