Corentin Moutet and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will square off in the 1st round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on PISTA 2. 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 Corentin Moutet who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Corentin Moutet is the pick to win this match.
Corentin Moutet -> 1.54
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Corentin Moutet vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
This will be the 2nd time that Corentin Moutet and Pierre-Hugues Herbert fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Herbert won 6-0 7-6(1) in the qualifications in Metz back in 2014.
Corentin Moutet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 21-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-25 | 5-10 | 3-6 | 7-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 13-6 | 20-8 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-16 | 8-4 | 5-8 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 8-3 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 132, Corentin will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Danderyd Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 6-1 to Blockx in the 2nd round on the 16th of November.
The French player has an aggregate 19-24 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Helsinki Challenger where he beat Sumit Nagal in the final 6-3 3-6 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 276-182 record. He has a positive 157-82 record on clay.
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-18 | 1-2 | 5-9 | 12-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 250, Herbert got to the 1st round after beating Carles Cordoba 6-2 6-1 and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 0-6 7-64 6-1.
In the qualifications against Sanchez-Izquierdo, Pierre-Hugues recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-64 6-1). During the match Herbert scored 80 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 75. Herbert was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Herbert made 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 65% of his first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Pierre-Hugues broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Herbert started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Pierre-Hugues’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger,the St. Brieuc Challenger and Metz.
The French player has an aggregate 24-21 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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