H2H, prediction of Preston Brown vs Max Houkes in Kigali 1 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 28th February 2024

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Prediction and head to head Preston Brown vs. Max Houkes

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Preston Brown
Preston Brown

6 - 5win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
0-1
Clay
3-1
Rank
828
High
828
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-25 6-10 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.

Brown
Kigali 1 Challenger
Brown's Record

Max Houkes

Max Houkes
Max Houkes

6 - 3win/loss

Clay
6-3
Rank
321
High
273
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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).

Houkes
Kigali 1 Challenger
Houkes's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Brown
M.Houkes
!
5h:35
5h:35
Time on court​
2h:10
2h:10
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
!
2h:10
2h:10
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
74
74
Games Played​
27
27
7
7
Set played​​
3
3
263
263
Total points​
98
98
87.7
87.7
Avg point​
98
98
134
134
Winners
45
45
44.7
44.7
Avg Winners​
45
45
51%
51%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
3
3
7
7
Avg Aces
3
3
18
18
Double Faults
4
4
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
4
4
134/159
134/159
1st won total​
45/60
45/60
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
39/84
39/84
2nd won total​
15/28
15/28
46%
46%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
9/19
9/19
BP won
4/13
4/13
3/6.3
3/6.3
Avg BP won
4/13
4/13
47%
47%
Won
31%
31%
14
14
Conceded
6
6
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
6
6
3
3
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
11
11
Saved
5
5

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

Win Loss
Brown
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Houkes
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2024 2023 2022
14 - 25
44 - 17
6-10
Hard
0-0
2-3
I Hard
0-0
6-12
Clay
44-17

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