Michael Geerts

and Maks Kasnikowski will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Ortisei Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Maks Kasnikowski who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maks Kasnikowski is the pick to win this match.
Maks Kasnikowski -> 1.76
Michael Geerts -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Maks Kasnikowski

There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Maks Kasnikowski since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Michael Geerts

Ranked no. 268, the Belgian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Lorenzo Carboni 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Carboni (6-4 6-1). During the match, Geerts scored 63 points vs Carboni’s 39. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Geerts struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Geerts was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Michael broke Carboni 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Geerts has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (307-228). 6-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Geerts has an aggregate 45-42 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Michael’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Bigorre.

Michael has an aggregate 29-33 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Ortisei Challenger

Maks Kasnikowski

Ranked no. 310, Maks reached the 2^nd round after defeating Gauthier Onclin 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Onclin (6-1 6-4). During the match Kasnikowski scored 58 points vs Onclin’s 40. The Pole was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Kasnikowski bagged 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Maks Kasnikowski was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Maks broke Onclin 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Maks’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.

Kasnikowski has a composed 36-22 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Geerts	Kasnikowski
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
Pts	63-39	58-40
Total Points	102	98
Winners	21	29
%Winners	33%	50%

Both Geerts and Kasnikowski played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Geerts and Kasnikowski have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (17). Michael scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole scored 29 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Geerts	Kasnikowski
Aces	7	5
Avg per match	7	5
1st in	25/43	38/49
%1st in	58%	78%
1st pts	21/25	29/38
%1st pts	84%	76%
2nd pts	13/18	8/11
%2nd pts	72%	73%

Geerts struck 7 aces . Kasnikowski scored 5 aces . Geerts won 84% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Kasnikowski won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Geerts	Kasnikowski
Won	4	3
Converted	4/10	3/8
% Converted	40%	38%
Conceded	2	1
Saved	2	1
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Michael broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Michael pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Kasnikowski broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kasnikowski was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Geerts
	R1 Carboni	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	63-39	63-39
Total points	102	102
Winners	21	21
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	25/43	25/43
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	21/25	21/25
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	13/18	13/18
% 2nd pts	72%	72%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Kasnikowski
	R1 Onclin	Total
Score	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	58-40	58-40
Total points	98	98
Winners	29	29
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	38/49	38/49
% 1st in	78%	78%
1st pts	29/38	29/38
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	8/11	8/11
% 2nd pts	73%	73%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Ortisei Challenger

• Mathias BourgueBourgue – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Mirza BasicBasic – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco FortiForti – Norbert GombosGombos (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico GaioGaio – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Antoine BellierBellier – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Kacper ZukZuk (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Mirza BasicBasic – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco FortiForti – Norbert GombosGombos (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico GaioGaio – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mathias BourgueBourgue – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 6-7(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-4 6-1) – See score progression

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• Antoine BellierBellier – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lukas KleinKlein – Mirza BasicBasic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco FortiForti – Federico GaioGaio (1-1) – H2H and prediction