Michael Geerts and Hazem Naow will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Lille Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hazem Naow who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hazem Naow is the pick to win this match.
Hazem Naow -> 1.87
Michael Geerts -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Hazem Naow
This will be the 2nd time that Michael Geerts and Hazem Naow face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Geerts (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Geerts won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in the Braunschweig Challenger back in 2022.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-16 | 3-3 | 5-6 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 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. 279, the Belgian reached the 1st round after defeating Kenny de Schepper 6-75 6-3 6-4 and Oscar Otte 5-7 7-63 6-4.
In the qualifications against Otte, Michael recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-63 6-4). During the match, Geerts scored 115 points vs Otte’s 108. Michael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Geerts managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 61% of his first serves in, winning 80% (52/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Geerts broke Otte twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Geerts started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Geerts has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (287-215). 7-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Geerts has a compiled 51-49 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Geerts’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Geerts has an overall 9-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Hazem Naow
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-8 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 16-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2023 | 48-24 | 17-5 | 25-14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-4 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 14-6 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 42-18 | 32-13 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 337 (career-high), Naow got to the 1st round after beating Cyril Vandermeersch 7-5 6-3 and Eliakim Coulibaly 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Syrian had a good straight sets win against Coulibaly (6-3 6-4). During the match Naow scored 62 points vs Coulibaly’s 52. The Syrian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Naow recorded 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Hazem Naow was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Syrian broke Coulibaly 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hazem started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Hazem’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Kish Island.
Hazem has an aggregate 23-5 win-loss record in 2024, 13-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Naow has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Geerts | Naow |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 40 |
| Pts | 224-206 | 139-117 |
| Total Points | 430 | 256 |
| Winners | 108 | 64 |
| %Winners | 48% | 46% |
Both Geerts and Naow played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Michael Geerts surrendered 2 sets while Hazem Naow hasn’t lost a set so far. Geerts has played 2 sets more than Naow (6 vs 4). Therefore, Geerts played 27 games more than Naow. Geerts scored 108 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Syrian blasted 64 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Geerts | Naow |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 141/219 | 88/140 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 108/141 | 64/88 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 43/78 | 26/52 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 50% |
Geerts recorded 18 aces (9 per match). Naow struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Geerts won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Naow won 73% 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 | Geerts | Naow |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 80% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Belgian broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Michael surrendered his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Naow broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Syrian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Geerts | ||||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Q3 Otte |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 35 | 67 | |
| pts | 109-98 | 115-108 | 224-206 | |
| Total points | 207 | 223 | 430 | |
| Winners | 56 | 52 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 45% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 76/113 | 65/106 | 141/219 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 56/76 | 52/65 | 108/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 80% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 20/41 | 43/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 49% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/3 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Naow | ||||
| Q1 Vandermeersch |
Q3 Coulibaly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 40 | |
| pts | 77-65 | 62-52 | 139-117 | |
| Total points | 142 | 114 | 256 | |
| Winners | 35 | 29 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 37/59 | 88/140 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 29/37 | 64/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 78% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 12/22 | 26/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 55% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/8 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 38% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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