Benoit Paire and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Noumea Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 8:30 pm on COURT N’GODRELA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.87
Benoit Paire -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux

This will be the 2nd time that Benoit Paire and Geoffrey Blancaneaux face off. The head to head is 1-0

for Paire (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Paire won 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in August 2023.

Benoit Paire

Benoit Paire

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Rank
798
High
18
LLLLLLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-16 3-6 3-5 1-5 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 117, Benoit will start his run in the Noumea Challenger after he played his last match in the Maia Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Borges in the final on the 3rd of December.

Benoit has a compiled 45-38 win-loss record in 2023, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Puerto Vallarta Challenger where he defeated Yuta Shimizu in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2 and the San Benedetto Challenger where he beat Richard Gasquet in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.

Talking about his overall career, Benoit has an overall 558-475 record. He has a positive 147-142 record on hard.

Previously in the Noumea Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

Noumea Challenger
Paire's Record

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

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Rank
255
High
134
LWLLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-36 0-5 24-23 7-7 0-1 0-0
2024 24-33 6-5 13-19 5-9 0-0 0-0
2023 29-37 7-10 14-18 8-8 0-1 0-0
2022 40-38 17-10 14-15 8-10 1-3 0-0
2021 26-31 8-6 17-19 0-3 0-1 1-2

Ranked no. 233, the French player will start his run in the Noumea Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokkaichi Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(6) to Tu in the 2nd round on the 30th of November.

Geoffrey has a compiled 29-37 win-loss record in 2023, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Blancaneaux’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Tunis Challenger.

In terms of his career, Geoffrey has an overall 279-220 record. He has a positive 91-49 record on hard.

Noumea Challenger
Blancaneaux's Record

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