Constant Lestienne and Maximilian Marterer will play each other in the semifinal of the Alicante Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 Constant Lestienne who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Constant Lestienne is the pick to win this match.
Constant Lestienne -> 1.69
Maximilian Marterer -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Constant Lestienne vs. Maximilian Marterer
This will be the 4th time that Constant Lestienne and Maximilian Marterer fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Marterer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Lestienne won 7-6(5) 7-6(4) in the qualifications in Rotterdam back in February 2023.
Constant Lestienne
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-31 | 17-15 | 0-3 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 22-12 | 0-5 | 7-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 25-6 | 4-7 | 18-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 10-3 | 4-9 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 107, Lestienne got to the semifinal after beating Federico Gaio 6-1 7-5, Emilio Nava 6-1 6-1 and Martin Landaluce 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter, Lestienne had a good straight sets win against Landaluce (6-3 7-65). During the match, Lestienne scored 74 points vs Landaluce’s 61. Lestienne was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lestienne bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Constant Lestienne lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lestienne put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 80% (20/25) on the 2nd serve. Lestienne broke Landaluce twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Lestienne has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (359-252). 17-10 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lestienne has a compiled 76-36 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Stanford Challenger where he defeated Emilio Nava in the final 7-6(4) 6-2 and the St. Tropez Challenger where he defeated Liam Broady in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Lestienne has an overall 23-25 win-loss record in 2023, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Alicante Challenger
Maximilian Marterer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-32 | 5-10 | 11-11 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-27 | 12-10 | 13-10 | 12-4 | 5-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 11-7 | 17-15 | 7-5 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-28 | 4-2 | 15-16 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 0-2 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
Ranked no. 125, Marterer reached the semifinal after defeating Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 6-4, Lukas Klein 6-3 7-5 and Martin Damm 7-5 7-5.
In the quarter, Marterer had a good straight sets win against Damm (7-5 7-5). During the match Marterer scored 78 points vs Damm’s 73. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Marterer bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Maximilian Marterer was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Damm 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Amersfoort Challenger where he defeated Titouan Droguet in the final 6-4 6-2.
The German has an aggregate 32-22 win-loss record in 2023, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lestienne | Marterer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 65 |
| Pts | 197-137 | 217-183 |
| Total Points | 334 | 400 |
| Winners | 73 | 85 |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% |
Both Lestienne and Marterer played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lestienne and Marterer have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Lestienne played 10 games less than Marterer. Lestienne scored 73 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The German recorded 85 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lestienne | Marterer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 95/162 | 103/191 |
| %1st in | 59% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 73/95 | 85/103 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 41/67 | 45/88 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 51% |
Lestienne struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Marterer recorded 18 aces (6 per match). Lestienne won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Marterer won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lestienne | Marterer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 11 |
| Converted | 12/24 | 11/27 |
| % Converted | 50% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 63% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Constant broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Marterer broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lestienne | |||||
| R1 Gaio |
R2 Nava |
1/4 Landaluce |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 | 22 | 55 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 52-24 | 74-61 | 197-137 | |
| Total points | 123 | 76 | 135 | 334 | |
| Winners | 26 | 20 | 27 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 22/37 | 39/64 | 95/162 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 59% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 20/22 | 27/39 | 73/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 91% | 69% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 5/15 | 20/25 | 41/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 33% | 80% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/7 | 2/7 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 86% | 29% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 50% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Marterer | |||||
| R1 Moro |
R2 Klein |
1/4 Damm |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 24 | 65 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 71-61 | 78-73 | 217-183 | |
| Total points | 117 | 132 | 151 | 400 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 33 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 32/57 | 30/56 | 41/78 | 103/191 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/30 | 33/41 | 85/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 87% | 80% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 16/26 | 19/37 | 45/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 62% | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/10 | 3/8 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 30% | 38% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 83% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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