Nicaise Muamba and Colin Markes will play each other in the qualifications of the Drummondville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Colin Markes who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Colin Markes is the pick to win this match.
Colin Markes -> 1.28
Nicaise Muamba -> 3.42
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Prediction and head to head Nicaise Muamba vs. Colin Markes
This will be the 2nd time that Nicaise Muamba and Colin Markes clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Markes (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Markes won 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in M25 Tulsa back in 2019.
Nicaise Muamba
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-7 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Muamba got to the qualifications after beating Kai Wehnelt 6-4 4-6 7-63.
In the qualifications, The Canadian defeated Wehnelt (6-4 4-6 7-63). During the match, Muamba scored 109 points vs Wehnelt’s 99. Muamba was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muamba struck 11 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Nicaise Muamba was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (47/64) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Muamba broke Wehnelt 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Muamba has a negative record in the last 5 years having won 48% of his matches (27-29). 5-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Muamba has an overall5-6 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The Canadian has an overall 19-12 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Drummondville Challenger
Colin Markes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-34 | 18-20 | 3-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-33 | 47-28 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-8 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 745, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Kuang Qing Xu 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Markes had a good straight sets win against Qing Xu (6-4 6-3). During the match Markes scored 62 points vs Qing Xu’s 46. Colin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Markes bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Colin Markes lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Markes put 56% of his first serves in, winning 63% (15/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Markes broke Qing Xu 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Markes has an overall 22-31 win-loss record in 2023, 2-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muamba | Markes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 19 |
| Pts | 109-99 | 62-46 |
| Total Points | 208 | 108 |
| Winners | 47 | 15 |
| %Winners | 43% | 24% |
Both Muamba and Markes played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nicaise Muamba lost 1 set while Colin Markes hasn’t conceded a set so far. Muamba has played 1 set more than Markes (3 vs 2). Therefore, Muamba played 14 games more than Markes. Nicaise scored 47 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Markes bagged 15 winners (24%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muamba | Markes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 4 |
| 1st in | 64/97 | 24/43 |
| %1st in | 66% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 47/64 | 15/24 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 63% |
Muamba blasted 11 aces . Markes made 4 aces . Muamba won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Markes won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muamba | Markes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/14 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 21% | 55% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 40% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Nicaise broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Canadian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Markes broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Muamba | |||
| Q1 Wehnelt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 109-99 | 109-99 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 64/97 | 64/97 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 47/64 | 47/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Markes | |||
| Q1 Qing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-46 | 62-46 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 24% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 24/43 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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