Alibek Kachmazov and Michael Geerts will play each other in the qualifications of the Ottignies for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.55
Michael Geerts -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Alibek Kachmazov and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-16 | 8-6 | 6-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 267, the Russian reached the qualifications after beating David Jorda Sanchis 7-64 6-76 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kachmazov defeated Jorda Sanchis (7-64 6-76 6-4). During the match, Kachmazov scored 111 points vs Jorda Sanchis’s 106. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kachmazov scored 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alibek Kachmazov was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (49/60) of his 1st serve and 63% (26/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alibek broke Jorda Sanchis twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Kachmazov has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (154-93). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kachmazov has an aggregate67-26 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Alibek has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Louvain
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-21 | 8-3 | 8-10 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 291, Geerts got to the qualifications after defeating Steven Diez 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Michael had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-3 6-3). During the match Geerts scored 66 points vs Diez’s 49. Michael was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Geerts struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Geerts was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Diez 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Geerts has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Louvain
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kachmazov | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 18 |
| Pts | 111-106 | 66-49 |
| Total Points | 217 | 115 |
| Winners | 49 | 27 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Both Kachmazov and Geerts played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alibek Kachmazov surrendered 1 set while Michael Geerts hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kachmazov has played 1 set more than Geerts (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kachmazov played 18 games more than Geerts. Kachmazov scored 49 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Michael scored 27 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kachmazov | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 60/101 | 34/53 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 49/60 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 26/41 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 63% |
Kachmazov fired 5 aces . Geerts blasted 3 aces . Kachmazov won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kachmazov | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 29% | 60% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Kachmazov conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Geerts was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Kachmazov | |||
| Q1 Jorda Sanchis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-76 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 111-106 | 111-106 | |
| Total points | 217 | 217 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 60/101 | 60/101 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 49/60 | 49/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Geerts | |||
| Q1 Diez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 66-49 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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