Hernan Casanova and Florent Bax 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 compete on Tuesday at 11:30 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hernan Casanova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hernan Casanova is the pick to win this match.
Hernan Casanova -> 1.25
Florent Bax -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Hernan Casanova vs. Florent Bax
There is no head to head record between Hernan Casanova and Florent Bax since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Hernan Casanova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 27-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 0-2 | 29-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 3-3 | 42-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 366, Hernan 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(2) 7-5 to Denolly in the 1st round on the 27th of February.
The Argentine has an aggregate 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Hernan’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este.
Talking about his overall career, Casanova has an overall 325-186 record. He has a positive 322-179 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Florent Bax
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-26 | 10-7 | 33-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-21 | 25-9 | 12-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 10-10 | 29-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 555, Florent got to the 1st round after defeating Courtney John Lock 7-5 4-3 ret. and Seita Watanabe 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Watanabe (6-1 6-4). During the match Bax scored 55 points vs Watanabe’s 33. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Bax scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Florent Bax was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Watanabe 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Florent has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
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