Marcello Serafini and Arthur Bouquier will play each other in the qualifications of the Lille Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on CENTER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Bouquier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Bouquier is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Bouquier -> 1.62
Marcello Serafini -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Marcello Serafini vs. Arthur Bouquier
There is no head to head record between Marcello Serafini and Arthur Bouquier since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marcello Serafini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-31 | 0-0 | 19-22 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 0-2 | 30-21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 14-6 | 20-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-21 | 12-6 | 15-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 445, Marcello reached the qualifications after beating Beibit Zhukayev 6-4 7-62.
In the qualifications, Serafini had a good straight sets win against Zhukayev (6-4 7-62). During the match, Serafini scored 78 points vs Zhukayev’s 68. Marcello was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Serafini recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marcello Serafini lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Serafini put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Marcello broke Zhukayev 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Serafini has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 56% of his matches (104-83). 5-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Serafini has an aggregate9-14 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Marcello’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Sunderland and Foncenex.
The Italian has an overall 8-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Marcello has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Bouquier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-16 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 26-11 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2023 | 30-23 | 18-13 | 0-1 | 8-7 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 26-15 | 0-0 | 12-9 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2021 | 36-26 | 27-16 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5-3 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
Ranked no. 608, the French player got to the qualifications after defeating Cem Ilkel 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-4 6-4). During the match Bouquier scored 70 points vs Ilkel’s 57. Bouquier was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Bouquier blasted 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Arthur Bouquier conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Bouquier put 71% of his first serves in, winning 88% (35/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Bouquier broke Ilkel twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Bouquier’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Bressuire and Foncenex.
Arthur has an aggregate 13-3 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Serafini | Bouquier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 |
| Pts | 78-68 | 70-57 |
| Total Points | 146 | 127 |
| Winners | 39 | 35 |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% |
Both Serafini and Bouquier played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Serafini and Bouquier have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Serafini played 3 games more than Bouquier. The Italian scored 39 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 35 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Serafini | Bouquier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 13 |
| 1st in | 51/74 | 40/56 |
| %1st in | 69% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 35/40 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 8/16 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 50% |
Serafini managed to score 8 aces . Bouquier fired 13 aces . Serafini won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Bouquier won 88% 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 | Serafini | Bouquier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 43% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Serafini broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Marcello lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Arthur broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Serafini | |||
| Q1 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-68 | 78-68 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/74 | 51/74 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 39/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bouquier | |||
| Q1 Ilkel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 70-57 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 35/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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