Preston Brown and Max Houkes will face off in the 2nd round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Houkes who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Houkes is the pick to win this match.
Max Houkes -> 1.018
Preston Brown -> 11.25
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Prediction and head to head Preston Brown vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Preston Brown and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Preston Brown
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-28 | 7-13 | 6-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-27 | 15-17 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-27 | 7-13 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-25 | 28-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 6-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Preston got to the 2nd round after defeating Parikshit Somani 6-74 7-66 6-2, Lawrence Bataljin 6-4 7-67 and S D Prajwal Dev 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Preston had a good straight sets win against D Prajwal Dev (6-3 6-2). During the match, Brown scored 56 points vs D Prajwal Dev’s 35. Brown was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brown bagged 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Preston Brown conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 70% of his first serves in, win 88% (29/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The American broke D Prajwal Dev 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Brown has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 42% of his matches (97-133). 3-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brown has an aggregate13-32 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The American has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
Preston has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 7-3 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, the Dutch reached the 2nd round after beating Alafia Ayeni 6-1 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Dutch defeated Ayeni (6-1 5-7 6-2). During the match Houkes scored 98 points vs Ayeni’s 78. The Dutch was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Houkes recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Max Houkes was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (45/60) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Houkes broke Ayeni 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Max has a composed 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brown | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 27 |
| Pts | 263-220 | 98-78 |
| Total Points | 483 | 176 |
| Winners | 134 | 45 |
| %Winners | 51% | 46% |
Brown played 3 matches while Houkes competed in 1 match. Brown started his run from the qualifications while Houkes had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Preston Brown surrendered 1 set, while Max Houkes surrendered 1 set. Brown has played 4 sets more than Houkes (7 vs 3). Therefore, Brown played 47 games more than Houkes. Brown scored 134 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch recorded 45 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brown | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 159/243 | 60/88 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 134/159 | 45/60 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 39/84 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 54% |
Brown made 21 aces (7 per match). Houkes fired 3 aces . Brown won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 75% 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 | Brown | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 4 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 47% | 31% |
| Conceded | 14 | 6 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 79% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brown | |||||
| Q1 Somani |
Q3 Bataljin |
R1 D Prajwal Dev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-66 6-2 | 6-4 7-67 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 23 | 17 | 74 | |
| pts | 113-102 | 94-83 | 56-35 | 263-220 | |
| Total points | 215 | 177 | 91 | 483 | |
| Winners | 54 | 51 | 29 | 134 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 54% | 52% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 64/100 | 62/96 | 33/47 | 159/243 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 54/64 | 51/62 | 29/33 | 134/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 82% | 88% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 11/34 | 7/14 | 39/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 32% | 50% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 60% | 75% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 10/12 | 0/0 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 83% | – | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Houkes | |||||
| R1 Ayeni |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-2 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |||
| pts | 98-78 | 98-78 | |||
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |||
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |||
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |||
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1st in | 60/88 | 60/88 | |||
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |||
| 1st pts | 45/60 | 45/60 | |||
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |||
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |||
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |||
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |||
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |||
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |||
| Saved % | 83% | 28% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |||
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Kigali 1 Challenger
- Max HoukesHoukes – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – Benjamin LockLock (4-6 7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Joshua SheehySheehy (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-69 6-1) – See score progression
- Damien WengerWenger – Luca FantiniFantini (6-0 7-60) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Clement TaburTabur (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – David PichlerPichler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Preston BrownBrown – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Ivan DenisovDenisov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Guy Orly IradukundaOrly Iradukunda – Jacob BrummBrumm (3-6 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Emilien VoisinVoisin – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Noah SchachterSchachter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti – Ivan GakhovGakhov (5-7 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Ernest HabiyambereHabiyambere (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Damien WengerWenger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – Yshai OlielOliel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Preston BrownBrown – Max HoukesHoukes (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilien VoisinVoisin – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Guy Orly IradukundaOrly Iradukunda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
