Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Mattia Bellucci will square off in the 2nd round of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.42
Mattia Bellucci -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Mattia Bellucci
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Mattia Bellucci since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating David Goffin 7-62 6-73 7-5.
In the 1st round, Herbert defeated Goffin (7-62 6-73 7-5). During the match, Herbert scored 129 points vs Goffin’s 119. Herbert was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about the service games, Herbert fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was very efficient on serve to win 75% (53/71) of his 1st serve and 58% (26/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Herbert broke Goffin 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Herbert has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (231-183). 7-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Herbert has a compiled 100-63 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Quimper Challenger where he overcame Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 6-2.
Pierre-Hugues has an overall 8-3 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Mattia Bellucci
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-32 | 31-17 | 5-2 | 9-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-34 | 22-19 | 2-9 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-23 | 30-4 | 25-12 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-18 | 29-10 | 5-3 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-6 | 13-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 190, Mattia got to the 2nd round after defeating Matteo Martineau 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Martineau (6-3 7-65). During the match Bellucci scored 75 points vs Martineau’s 67. Mattia was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Bellucci blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mattia Bellucci lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bellucci put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Martineau twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Mattia has an aggregate 3-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 22 |
| Pts | 129-119 | 75-67 |
| Total Points | 248 | 142 |
| Winners | 53 | 32 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Herbert and Bellucci played 1 match. At the moment, Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost 1 set while Mattia Bellucci hasn’t dropped a set so far. Herbert has played 1 set more than Bellucci (3 vs 2). Therefore, Herbert played 16 games more than Bellucci. Pierre-Hugues scored 53 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 32 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 71/116 | 47/73 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 32/47 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 26/45 | 19/26 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 73% |
Herbert managed to score 8 aces . Bellucci managed to score 2 aces . Herbert won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Bellucci won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 31% | 29% |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 |
| Saved | 9 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Herbert broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Bellucci broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | |||
| R1 Goffin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-73 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 129-119 | 129-119 | |
| Total points | 248 | 248 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 71/116 | 71/116 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 53/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/45 | 26/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bellucci | |||
| R1 Martineau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-67 | 75-67 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/73 | 47/73 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 32/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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