Max Houkes and Matias Franco Descotte will play each other in the 2nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on ENRIQUE MOREA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Houkes who should win in 2 sets.
Max Houkes -> 1.35
Matias Franco Descotte -> 3.04
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Matias Franco Descotte
There is no head to head record between Max Houkes and Matias Franco Descotte since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 7-3 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 361, Max got to the 2nd round after beating Lautaro Midon 7-66 6-1.
In the 1st round, Max had a good straight sets win against Midon (7-66 6-1). During the match, Houkes scored 77 points vs Midon’s 61. Houkes was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Houkes scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 7 double faults. Max Houkes lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 63% of his first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Midon 4 times.
Houkes has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (206-111). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Houkes has an aggregate192-94 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Max has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Houkes has never competed in this tournament before.
Matias Franco Descotte
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 15-13 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 7-7 | 33-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 3-6 | 38-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 24-14 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-20 | 26-17 | 7-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 556, Franco Descotte got to the 2nd round after defeating Svyatoslav Gulin 4-6 7-62 6-2, Ignacio Monzon 6-4 6-1 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-4 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Matias defeated Pablo Ficovich (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match Franco Descotte scored 84 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 76. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Franco Descotte bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Matias Franco Descotte lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Franco Descotte put 58% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Pablo Ficovich 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Matias has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Houkes | Franco Descotte |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 74 |
| Pts | 77-61 | 257-213 |
| Total Points | 138 | 470 |
| Winners | 35 | 99 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Houkes played 1 match while Franco Descotte competed in 3 matches. Franco Descotte started his run from the qualifications while Houkes had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matias Franco Descotte surrendered 2 sets while Max Houkes hasn’t dropped a set so far. Houkes has played 6 set(s) less than Franco Descotte (2 vs 8). Therefore, Houkes played 54 games less than Franco Descotte. Houkes scored 35 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Franco Descotte made 99 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Houkes | Franco Descotte |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 138/232 |
| %1st in | 63% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 99/138 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 46/94 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 49% |
Houkes managed to score 1 ace . Franco Descotte also bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Houkes won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Franco Descotte won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Houkes | Franco Descotte |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 15 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 15/26 |
| % Converted | 100% | 58% |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 47% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Max broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Houkes lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Franco Descotte broke his opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Franco Descotte conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.
| Houkes | |||
| R1 Midon | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 77-61 | 77-61 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 46/73 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 12/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Franco Descotte | |||||
| Q1 Gulin | Q3 Monzon | R1 Pablo Ficovich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-62 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 | 26 | 74 | |
| pts | 105-90 | 68-47 | 84-76 | 257-213 | |
| Total points | 195 | 115 | 160 | 470 | |
| Winners | 43 | 25 | 31 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 57/92 | 34/59 | 47/81 | 138/232 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 25/34 | 31/47 | 99/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 66% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 12/25 | 16/34 | 46/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 48% | 47% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 15/26 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 100% | 60% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 2/3 | 1/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 67% | 20% | 144% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Timo StodderStodder (7-67 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gianluca MagerMager – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (3-6 7-67 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gianluca MagerMager – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (0-0) – H2H and prediction