Gijs Brouwer and Alexander Blockx will face off in the 2nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on CENTRALE. 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 Gijs Brouwer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gijs Brouwer is the pick to win this match.
Gijs Brouwer -> 1.76
Alexander Blockx -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Gijs Brouwer vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Gijs Brouwer and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Gijs Brouwer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-27 | 14-12 | 6-5 | 4-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-34 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 12-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-27 | 12-5 | 13-5 | 14-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 9-5 | 12-10 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 13-4 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 211, Gijs reached the 2nd round after beating Ugo Blanchet 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Brouwer had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (7-5 6-4). During the match, Brouwer scored 62 points vs Blanchet’s 50. Brouwer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brouwer scored 6 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Gijs Brouwer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dutch broke Blanchet 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Brouwer has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (287-198). 3-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Brouwer has an aggregate76-64 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Brouwer’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger.
Brouwer has a compiled 6-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Alexander Blockx
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 307 (career-high), Alexander got to the 2nd round after defeating Leandro Riedi 3-6 7-66 7-5.
In the 1st round against Riedi, Blockx recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-66 7-5). During the match Blockx and Riedi scored the same amount of points (105). However, the world no. 211 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 53 winners.
About the serving games, Blockx scored 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve 3 times and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 58% of his first serves in, winning 77% (53/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. Blockx was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Riedi 3 times.
Blockx’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger.
Alexander has an aggregate 6-7 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brouwer | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 34 |
| Pts | 62-50 | 105-105 |
| Total Points | 112 | 210 |
| Winners | 35 | 53 |
| %Winners | 56% | 50% |
Both Brouwer and Blockx played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Blockx surrendered 1 set while Gijs Brouwer hasn’t lost a set so far. Brouwer has played 1 set(s) less than Blockx (2 vs 3). Therefore, Brouwer played 12 games less than Blockx. The Dutch scored 35 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander blasted 53 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brouwer | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 12 |
| 1st in | 42/52 | 69/118 |
| %1st in | 81% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 35/42 | 53/69 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 23/49 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 47% |
Brouwer blasted 6 aces . Blockx bagged 12 aces . Brouwer won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brouwer | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 43% | 100% |
| Conceded | 1 | 17 |
| Saved | 0 | 14 |
| % Saved | 0% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Dutch broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Dutch surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brouwer | |||
| R1 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 62-50 | 62-50 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 42/52 | 42/52 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 35/42 | 35/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blockx | |||
| R1 Riedi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-66 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 105-105 | 105-105 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 69/118 | 69/118 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 53/69 | 53/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/49 | 23/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 14/17 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Lugano Challenger
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Remy BertolaBertola (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Mika BrunoldBrunold (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-77 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Leandro RiediRiedi (3-6 7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Johan NiklesNikles (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Remy BertolaBertola (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Alexander RitschardRitschard (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Joris De LooreDe Loore (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Henri SquireSquire (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
