Blaise Bicknell and Keegan Smith will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Temuco Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA 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 Blaise Bicknell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaise Bicknell is the pick to win this match.
Blaise Bicknell -> 1.58
Keegan Smith -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Blaise Bicknell vs. Keegan Smith
This will be the 2nd time that Blaise Bicknell and Keegan Smith face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bicknell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Bicknell won 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the qualifications in the Brasilia Challenger back in November 2023.
Blaise Bicknell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 9-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 13-10 | 15-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 425, Bicknell got to the 2nd round after defeating Gabriel Decamps 6-76 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round against Decamps, Blaise recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 7-64). During the match, Bicknell scored 112 points vs Decamps’s 104. Bicknell was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bicknell scored 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Blaise Bicknell lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bicknell put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (25/48) on the 2nd serve. Bicknell broke Decamps 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Bicknell has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (84-54). 21-8 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bicknell has an aggregate51-29 record in the last 6 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 San Diego,M25 Laval and the Lima Challenger.
Blaise has an aggregate 33-15 win-loss record in 2023, 21-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Temuco Challenger
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-23 | 30-18 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 644, Smith reached the 2nd round after defeating Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos Santos 6-4 6-75 6-4, Ignacio Antonio Becerra Otarola 6-3 6-4 and Guido Andreozzi 3-6 7-64 7-5.
In the 1st round against Andreozzi, Keegan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 7-5).During the match Smith scored less points (7) than Andreozzi. In fact, the world no. 425 won 104 points vs Andreozzi’s. That means that Smith was more focused during the important points. Keegan was very aggressive to blast 64 winners.
Talking about serving, Smith struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Keegan Smith lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Smith put 82% of his first serves in, winning 70% (64/92) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Andreozzi twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Rancho Santa Fe,M15 San Diego and M15 Albuquerque.
Keegan has an overall 34-23 win-loss record in 2023, 30-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Temuco Challenger
Smith has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bicknell | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 86 |
| Pts | 112-104 | 282-254 |
| Total Points | 216 | 536 |
| Winners | 41 | 151 |
| %Winners | 37% | 54% |
Bicknell played 1 match while Smith competed in 3 matches. Smith started his run from the qualifications while Bicknell had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Blaise Bicknell dropped 1 set, while Keegan Smith dropped 2 sets. Bicknell has played 5 set(s) less than Smith (3 vs 8). Therefore, Bicknell played 50 games less than Smith. The American scored 41 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Smith managed to score 151 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bicknell | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7.7 |
| 1st in | 61/109 | 202/256 |
| %1st in | 56% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 41/61 | 151/202 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 25/48 | 28/54 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Bicknell bagged 2 aces . Smith blasted 23 aces (7.7 per match). Bicknell won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bicknell | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 8/24 |
| % Converted | 60% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 29% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Blaise broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Blaise conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Smith conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bicknell | |||
| R1 Decamps |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 112-104 | 112-104 | |
| Total points | 216 | 216 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 61/109 | 61/109 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/48 | 25/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Smith | |||||
| Q1 Andre Saraiva Dos |
Q3 Antonio Becerra Otarola |
R1 Andreozzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 19 | 34 | 86 | |
| pts | 109-89 | 69-54 | 104-111 | 282-254 | |
| Total points | 198 | 123 | 215 | 536 | |
| Winners | 57 | 30 | 64 | 151 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 43% | 62% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 5 | 7 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 67/83 | 43/61 | 92/112 | 202/256 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 70% | 82% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 57/67 | 30/43 | 64/92 | 151/202 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 70% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/18 | 8/20 | 28/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 56% | 40% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 4/9 | 2/4 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 44% | 50% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/4 | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 71% | 121% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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