Max Houkes and Mohamed Safwat will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Houkes who should win in 2 sets.
Max Houkes -> 1.32
Mohamed Safwat -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Mohamed Safwat
There is no head to head record between Max Houkes and Mohamed Safwat since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-32 | 8-3 | 44-27 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 333, Max will start his run in the Kigali 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-4 6-3 to Majchrzak in the semifinal on the 1st of March.
Max has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Max’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Houkes has an overall 212-115 record. He has a positive 198-98 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history
.Mohamed Safwat
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-24 | 25-8 | 15-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 61-28 | 36-10 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 2-6 | 22-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-24 | 1-2 | 5-14 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 369, Safwat will start his run in the Kigali 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he lost 7-6(9) 6-1 to Pablo Paz in the 1st round on the 27th of February.
Mohamed has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Safwat’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
In terms of his career, Mohamed has an overall 507-334 record. He has a positive 243-165 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Kigali 2 Challenger
- Aziz OuakaaOuakaa – Guy Orly IradukundaOrly Iradukunda (4-6 6-1 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Yshai OlielOliel (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clement TaburTabur – Emilien VoisinVoisin (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Joshua SheehySheehy (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Max HoukesHoukes (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Jacob BrummBrumm (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Noah SchachterSchachter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bogdan BobrovBobrov – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thomas FancuttFancutt – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Akram El SallalyEl Sallaly – David PichlerPichler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Florent BaxBax – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Damien WengerWenger (2-0) – H2H and prediction