Clement Tabur and Damien Wenger will square off in the semifinal of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:30 am on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clement Tabur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Clement Tabur is the pick to win this match.
Clement Tabur -> 1.49
Damien Wenger -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Clement Tabur vs. Damien Wenger
There is no head to head record between Clement Tabur and Damien Wenger since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Clement Tabur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-33 | 2-4 | 25-26 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 62-25 | 16-7 | 45-14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-26 | 20-8 | 16-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-22 | 9-4 | 25-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 11-4 | 6-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 225, Clement reached the semifinal after beating Emilien Voisin 6-1 6-4, Hernan Casanova 6-4 6-3 and Calvin Hemery 4-6 7-64 6-4.
In the quarter against Hemery, Tabur recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 6-4). During the match, Tabur scored 100 points vs Hemery’s 92. Tabur was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tabur fired 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Clement Tabur was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (46/57) of his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Hemery once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tabur has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Tabur has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (233-145). 9-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tabur has a compiled132-75 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
The French player has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Damien Wenger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-23 | 4-2 | 30-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 0-1 | 16-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 395, Wenger reached the semifinal after defeating Nicholas David Ionel 7-5 6-1, Aziz Ouakaa 3-6 6-4 3-0 ret. and Daniel Cukierman 1-6 6-3 7-62.
In the quarter against Cukierman, Wenger recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-62). During the match Wenger scored 96 points vs Cukierman’s 89. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Wenger made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Damien Wenger lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Wenger put 67% of his first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. Damien broke Cukierman 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Wenger has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Wenger has an overall 11-5 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tabur | Wenger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 70 |
| Pts | 239-185 | 240-206 |
| Total Points | 424 | 446 |
| Winners | 105 | 96 |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% |
Both Tabur and Wenger played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Clement Tabur lost 1 set, while Damien Wenger conceded 2 sets. Tabur has played 2 set(s) less than Wenger (7 vs 9). Therefore, Tabur played 1 game less than Wenger. The French player scored 105 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Wenger scored 96 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tabur | Wenger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 129/205 | 140/216 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 105/129 | 96/140 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 45/76 | 42/76 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 55% |
Tabur managed to score 23 aces (7.7 per match). Wenger fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Tabur won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Wenger won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tabur | Wenger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 11 |
| Converted | 7/22 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 32% | 55% |
| Conceded | 7 | 18 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 71% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Tabur broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tabur | |||||
| R1 Voisin |
R2 Casanova |
1/4 Hemery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 4-6 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 33 | 69 | |
| pts | 62-35 | 77-58 | 100-92 | 239-185 | |
| Total points | 97 | 135 | 192 | 424 | |
| Winners | 27 | 32 | 46 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 42/63 | 57/96 | 129/205 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 59% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 32/42 | 46/57 | 105/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 76% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 11/21 | 24/39 | 45/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 52% | 62% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/11 | 1/2 | 7/22 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 27% | 50% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 75% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wenger | |||||
| R1 David |
R2 Ouakaa |
1/4 Cukierman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 3-6 6-4 3-0 ret. | 1-6 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 29 | 70 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 76-66 | 96-89 | 240-206 | |
| Total points | 119 | 142 | 185 | 446 | |
| Winners | 31 | 28 | 37 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 41/65 | 60/89 | 140/216 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 28/41 | 37/60 | 96/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 68% | 62% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 12/24 | 19/29 | 42/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 66% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 3/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 43% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – Damien WengerWenger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
