Benoit Paire and Matteo Martineau will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on JEAN JAURES. 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 Matteo Martineau who should win in 3 sets.
Matteo Martineau -> 1.77
Benoit Paire -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Matteo Martineau
There is no head to head record between Benoit Paire and Matteo Martineau since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-14 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, Paire reached the 2nd round after beating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (7-5 6-4). During the match, Paire scored 67 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 61. The French player was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Paire made 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benoit Paire conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 63% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Mpetshi Perricard twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Paire has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (288-275). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paire has an overall 74-59 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Benoit has an aggregate 4-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Matteo Martineau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-17 | 0-1 | 7-10 | 12-6 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 0-1 | 23-17 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 36-31 | 2-1 | 23-20 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-26 | 4-4 | 27-15 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 7-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 |
Ranked no. 218 (career-high), the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Mae Malige 6-2 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Matteo defeated Malige (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Martineau scored 90 points vs Malige’s 71. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Martineau struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matteo Martineau lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Martineau put 67% of his first serves in, winning 79% (38/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Martineau broke Malige 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Martineau’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Nottingham Challenger.
Martineau has a compiled 9-5 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 24 |
| Pts | 67-61 | 90-71 |
| Total Points | 128 | 161 |
| Winners | 37 | 38 |
| %Winners | 55% | 42% |
Both Paire and Martineau played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Martineau dropped 1 set while Benoit Paire hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Paire has played 1 set(s) less than Martineau (2 vs 3). Therefore, Paire played 2 games less than Martineau. Benoit scored 37 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo scored 38 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 4 |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 48/72 |
| %1st in | 63% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 38/48 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Paire bagged 11 aces . Martineau bagged 4 aces . Paire won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Martineau won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paire | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 36% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Benoit quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paire | |||
| R1 Mpetshi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 67-61 | 67-61 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 45/71 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 37/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Martineau | |||
| R1 Malige | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 90-71 | 90-71 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Cherbourg Challenger
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mark LajalLajal – Lucas PoullainPoullain (7-65 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benoit PairePaire – Matteo MartineauMartineau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jules MarieMarie – Nikolay VylegzhaninVylegzhanin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hazem NaowNaow – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction