Constant Lestienne and Ugo Blanchet will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Malaga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Constant Lestienne who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Constant Lestienne is the pick to win this match.
Constant Lestienne -> 1.28
Ugo Blanchet -> 3.42
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Prediction and head to head Constant Lestienne vs. Ugo Blanchet
There is no head to head record between Constant Lestienne and Ugo Blanchet since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Constant Lestienne
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-16 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 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, Constant got to the 2nd round after beating Antoine Bellier 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Bellier (6-4 6-4). During the match, Lestienne scored 64 points vs Bellier’s 54. Lestienne was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lestienne scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Constant Lestienne was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Constant broke Bellier 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Lestienne has good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (362-252). 20-10 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lestienne has a composed 79-36 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering 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 beat Liam Broady in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Alicante Challenger where he defeated Hugo Grenier in the final 6-7(10) 6-2 6-4.
Constant has an overall 26-25 win-loss record in 2023, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Ugo Blanchet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-16 | 1-3 | 9-9 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-28 | 15-7 | 23-16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-24 | 15-4 | 27-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-21 | 35-12 | 6-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 324, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 4-0 ret., Daniel Rincon 6-4 7-5 and Sumit Nagal 6-1 3-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Nagal, the French player had a free pass after Nagal retired on a 6-1 3-0 . scoreline.
Blanchet’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Uriage and M25 Monastir.
The French player has an aggregate 34-24 win-loss record in 2023, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Blanchet has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lestienne | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 45 |
| Pts | 64-54 | 157-103 |
| Total Points | 118 | 260 |
| Winners | 27 | 68 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Lestienne played 1 match while Blanchet competed in 3 matches. Blanchet started his run from the qualifications while Lestienne had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Lestienne has played 6 set(s) less than Blanchet (2 vs 8). Therefore, Lestienne played 25 games less than Blanchet. Lestienne scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Ugo managed to score 68 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lestienne | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 79/127 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 68/79 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 26/48 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 54% |
Lestienne struck 1 ace . Blanchet also fired 17 aces (5.7 per match). Lestienne won 82% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Blanchet won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lestienne | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 38% | 56% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Constant broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Blanchet broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lestienne | |||
| R1 Bellier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 64-54 | 64-54 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 33/57 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blanchet | |||||
| Q1 Kirkin |
Q3 Rincon |
R1 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-0 ret. | 6-4 7-5 | 6-1 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 22 | 10 | 45 | |
| pts | 54-32 | 60-51 | 43-20 | 157-103 | |
| Total points | 86 | 111 | 63 | 260 | |
| Winners | 23 | 33 | 12 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 55% | 28% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 25/40 | 39/56 | 15/31 | 79/127 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 70% | 48% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 33/39 | 12/15 | 68/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 85% | 80% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 11/17 | 8/16 | 26/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 65% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/4 | 5/7 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 71% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWLWLL Tennis Scores in Malaga Challenger
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Adrian AndreevAndreev (4-6 6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Arthur CazauxCazaux (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 2-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Benoit PairePaire (6-0 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
