Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Alexander Blockx will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Nottingham Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.77
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 1.95

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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Alexander Blockx

This will be the 2nd time that Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Alexander Blockx clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Blockx (see full H2H stats

), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Blockx won 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Koblenz Challenger back in January 2024.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

6 - 4win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
3-2
Rank
31
High
30
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-25 15-9 10-5 13-7 10-4 0-0
2023 37-27 21-12 9-9 5-5 2-1 0-0
2022 33-23 0-0 31-18 2-5 0-0 0-0
2021 24-22 5-6 15-9 4-7 0-0 0-0
2020 1-3 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 198, Giovanni reached the semifinal after defeating Ryan Peniston 6-3 6-2, Manuel Guinard 6-3 3-6 7-63 and Hamish Stewart 7-67 7-63.

In the quarter, Mpetshi Perricard had a good straight sets win against Stewart (7-67 7-63). During the match, Mpetshi Perricard scored 92 points vs Stewart’s 89. Mpetshi Perricard was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mpetshi Perricard fired 15 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mpetshi Perricard put 63% of his first serves in, winning 73% (49/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Stewart twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Mpetshi Perricard has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (104-89). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mpetshi Perricard has a composed14-23 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Giovanni has a composed 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham Challenger

Mpetshi Perricard has never competed in this tournament before.

Nottingham Challenger
Mpetshi Perricard's Record

Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx

4 - 4win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
4-2
Rank
203
High
203
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-24 7-11 7-3 17-10 0-0 0-0
2023 39-15 4-3 11-7 24-5 0-0 0-0
2022 4-7 2-2 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 338 (career-high), Alexander reached the semifinal after defeating Valentin Royer 6-77 6-3 7-64, Alexander Ritschard 7-69 3-6 6-4 and Abedallah Shelbayh 7-60 6-3.

In the quarter, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Shelbayh (7-60 6-3). During the match Blockx scored 89 points vs Shelbayh’s 73. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Blockx bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexander Blockx was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (37/50) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blockx broke Shelbayh twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Blockx has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Blockx has an aggregate 4-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Nottingham Challenger
Blockx's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

G.Mpetshi Perricard
A.Blockx
4h:49
4h:49
Time on court​
6h:29
6h:29
1h:50
1h:50
Last match​
1h:43
1h:43
3
3
Match played
3
3
74
74
Games Played​
89
89
7
7
Set played​​
8
8
250
250
Total points​
305
305
83.3
83.3
Avg point​
101.7
101.7
131
131
Winners
153
153
43.7
43.7
Avg Winners​
51
51
52%
52%
Ratio winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
48
48
Aces
33
33
!
16
16
Avg Aces
!
11
11
13
13
Double Faults
6
6
4.3
4.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
131/170
131/170
1st won total​
153/200
153/200
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
43/85
43/85
2nd won total​
51/95
51/95
51%
51%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
7/23
7/23
2/3.7
2/3.7
Avg BP won
2.3/7.7
2.3/7.7
!
55%
55%
Won
30%
30%
16
16
Conceded
28
28
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
9.3
9.3
3
3
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
13
13
Saved
22
22
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mpetshi Perricard Blockx
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 8
Tot Games 74 89
Pts 250-225 305-272
Total Points 475 577
Winners 131 153
%Winners 52% 50%

Both Mpetshi Perricard and Blockx played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard dropped 1 set, while Alexander Blockx lost 2 sets. Mpetshi Perricard has played 1 set(s) less than Blockx (7 vs 8). Therefore, Mpetshi Perricard played 15 games less than Blockx. Giovanni scored 131 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian managed to score 153 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mpetshi Perricard Blockx
Aces 48 33
Avg per match 16 11
1st in 170/255 200/295
%1st in 67% 68%
1st pts 131/170 153/200
%1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 43/85 51/95
%2nd pts 51% 54%

Mpetshi Perricard fired 48 aces (16 per match). Blockx bagged 33 aces (11 per match). Mpetshi Perricard won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mpetshi Perricard Blockx
Won 6 7
Converted 6/11 7/23
% Converted 55% 30%
Conceded 16 28
Saved 13 22
% Saved 81% 79%
Times Broken 3 6

The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Mpetshi Perricard surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Mpetshi Perricard
R1
Peniston		 R2
Guinard		 1/4
Stewart 		Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-63 7-67 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 17 31 26 74
pts 71-51 87-85 92-89 250-225
Total points 122 172 181 475
Winners 32 50 49 131
%Winners 45% 57% 53% 52%
SERVE
Aces 12 21 15 48
Double Faults 3 2 8 13
1st in 39/59 64/90 67/106 170/255
% 1st in 66% 71% 63% 67%
1st pts 32/39 50/64 49/67 131/170
% 1st pts 82% 78% 73% 77%
2nd pts 9/20 15/26 19/39 43/85
% 2nd pts 45% 58% 49% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 1 2 6
Converted 3/5 1/2 2/4 6/11
Converted % 60% 50% 50% 55%
Conceded 3 5 8 16
Saved 3/3 4/5 6/8 13
Saved % 100% 80% 75% 85%
Times Broken 0 1 2 3
Blockx
R1
Royer		 R2
Ritschard		 1/4
Shelbayh		 Total
Score 6-77 6-3 7-64 7-69 3-6 6-4 7-60 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 35 32 22 89
pts 112-100 104-99 89-73 305-272
Total points 212 203 162 577
Winners 62 54 37 153
%Winners 55% 52% 42% 50%
SERVE
Aces 21 8 4 33
Double Faults 2 1 3 6
1st in 79/117 71/103 50/75 200/295
% 1st in 68% 69% 67% 68%
1st pts 62/79 54/71 37/50 153/200
% 1st pts 78% 76% 74% 77%
2nd pts 22/38 14/32 15/25 51/95
% 2nd pts 58% 44% 60% 54%
Breaks
Won 2 3 2 7
Converted 2/4 3/9 2/10 7/23
Converted % 50% 33% 20% 30%
Conceded 9 11 8 28
Saved 8/9 7/11 7/8 22
Saved % 89% 64% 88% 80%
Times Broken 1 4 1 6

Tennis Scores in Nottingham Challenger

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