Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Adrian Andreev will face off in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on PISTA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Adrian Andreev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Adrian Andreev is the pick to win this match.
Adrian Andreev -> 1.7
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Adrian Andreev
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Adrian Andreev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-17 | 1-2 | 5-8 | 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, Pierre-Hugues reached the 2nd round after defeating Carles Cordoba 6-2 6-1, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 0-6 7-64 6-1 and Corentin Moutet 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Moutet, Herbert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Herbert scored 85 points vs Moutet’s 76. Herbert was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Herbert scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 8 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Pierre-Hugues broke Moutet 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Herbert has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (265-208). 4-3 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Herbert has an overall 48-51 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Pierre-Hugues’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger,the St. Brieuc Challenger and Metz.
Herbert has a composed 25-21 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Herbert has never competed in this tournament before.
Adrian Andreev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 7-4 | 12-8 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-29 | 7-7 | 16-16 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 49-29 | 7-7 | 29-15 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-22 | 6-7 | 20-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-8 | 10-2 | 12-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, the Bulgarian reached the 2nd round after defeating Alex Marti Pujolras 6-2 6-3, Henri Squire 6-3 6-3 and Oleksii Krutykh 2-6 6-2 7-65.
In the 1st round against Krutykh, Adrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 7-65).During the match Andreev scored less points (3) than Krutykh. In fact, the world no. 250 won 84 points vs Krutykh’s. That means that Andreev was more focused during the important points. The Bulgarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Andreev managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Adrian Andreev lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Andreev put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (41/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Andreev broke Krutykh twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
The Bulgarian has a compiled 24-27 win-loss record in 2023, 14-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia 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 | Herbert | Andreev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 64 |
| Pts | 223-180 | 226-195 |
| Total Points | 403 | 421 |
| Winners | 94 | 97 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Both Herbert and Andreev played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Pierre-Hugues Herbert dropped 2 sets, while Adrian Andreev conceded 1 set. Herbert has played 1 set more than Andreev (8 vs 7). Therefore, Herbert played 3 games more than Andreev. The French player scored 94 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Andreev struck 97 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Andreev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 125/208 | 136/207 |
| %1st in | 60% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 94/125 | 97/136 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 44/83 | 34/71 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 48% |
Herbert scored 13 aces (4.3 per match). Andreev fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Herbert won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Andreev won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Andreev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/20 | 12/26 |
| % Converted | 60% | 46% |
| Conceded | 16 | 15 |
| Saved | 10 | 10 |
| % Saved | 63% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
Pierre-Hugues broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Adrian broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | |||||
| Q1 Cordoba |
Q3 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R1 Moutet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 0-6 7-64 6-1 | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 26 | 26 | 67 | |
| pts | 58-29 | 80-75 | 85-76 | 223-180 | |
| Total points | 87 | 155 | 161 | 403 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 36 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 47/72 | 53/90 | 125/208 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 65% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 37/47 | 36/53 | 94/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 79% | 68% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 11/25 | 18/37 | 44/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 44% | 49% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/6 | 5/8 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 63% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/5 | 5/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 40% | 63% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Andreev | |||||
| Q1 Marti |
Q3 Squire |
R1 Krutykh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | 2-6 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 29 | 64 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 75-55 | 84-87 | 226-195 | |
| Total points | 120 | 130 | 171 | 421 | |
| Winners | 25 | 31 | 41 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% | 49% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/62 | 40/59 | 56/86 | 136/207 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 31/40 | 41/56 | 97/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 78% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/22 | 12/19 | 14/30 | 34/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 63% | 47% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 3/9 | 2/6 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 33% | 33% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 3/3 | 0/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 100% | 0% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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