Benoit Paire and Lucas Gerch will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on BRENDA MYERS COURT. 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 Benoit Paire who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benoit Paire is the pick to win this match.
Benoit Paire -> 1.53
Lucas Gerch -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Lucas Gerch
There is no head to head record between Benoit Paire and Lucas Gerch since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-30 | 6-12 | 0-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Darian King 7-63 6-2.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against King (7-63 6-2). During the match, Paire scored 81 points vs King’s 68. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paire struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 44% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the 2nd serve. Paire broke King 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Paire has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (294-286). 4-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Paire has a compiled 71-54 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Puerto Vallarta Challenger where he beat Yuta Shimizu in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2 and the San Benedetto Challenger where he defeated Richard Gasquet in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.
Paire has an aggregate 40-34 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Paire has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Gerch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-23 | 0-2 | 35-16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 32-20 | 2-2 | 26-14 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-29 | 11-3 | 36-20 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-27 | 8-8 | 20-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-18 | 14-9 | 7-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 341, Gerch reached the 2nd round after defeating Stefan Kozlov 6-2 5-7 7-65.
In the 1st round, The German defeated Kozlov (6-2 5-7 7-65). During the match Gerch scored 108 points vs Kozlov’s 96. Lucas was pretty aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, Gerch struck 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Lucas Gerch lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gerch put 64% of his first serves in, winning 83% (53/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Gerch broke Kozlov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Lucas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Krsko,M15 Frankfurt am Main and M25 Oldenzaal.
The German has a compiled 33-20 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 33 |
| Pts | 81-68 | 108-96 |
| Total Points | 149 | 204 |
| Winners | 21 | 53 |
| %Winners | 26% | 49% |
Both Paire and Gerch played 1 match. At the moment, Lucas Gerch dropped 1 set while Benoit Paire hasn’t conceded a set so far. Paire has played 1 set(s) less than Gerch (2 vs 3). Therefore, Paire played 12 games less than Gerch. Benoit scored 21 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Lucas struck 53 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 13 |
| 1st in | 30/68 | 64/100 |
| %1st in | 44% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 53/64 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 15/36 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 42% |
Paire scored 6 aces . Gerch blasted 13 aces . Paire won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gerch won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paire | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 31% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Benoit broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Benoit dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Gerch conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paire | |||
| R1 King |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 81-68 | 81-68 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/68 | 30/68 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gerch | |||
| R1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 108-96 | 108-96 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 64/100 | 64/100 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 53/64 | 53/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 15/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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