Clement Chidekh and Nicola Kuhn will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clement Chidekh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Clement Chidekh is the pick to win this match.
Clement Chidekh -> 1.56
Nicola Kuhn -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Clement Chidekh vs. Nicola Kuhn
There is no head to head record between Clement Chidekh and Nicola Kuhn since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Clement Chidekh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58-23 | 17-7 | 7-6 | 33-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-17 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 26-5 | 23-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320 (career-high), Clement got to the 2nd round after defeating Sarp Agabigun 6-1 6-3, Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 6-4 and Adrian Andreev 6-2 6-76 6-3.
In the 1st round, Clement defeated Andreev (6-2 6-76 6-3). During the match, Chidekh scored 119 points vs Andreev’s 98. Clement was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Chidekh struck 4 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Clement Chidekh lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Chidekh put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (39/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the 2nd serve. Clement broke Andreev 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Chidekh has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 69% of his matches (102-46). 19-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Chidekh has a composed52-23 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Glasgow Challenger where he overcame Paul Jubb in the final 0-6 6-4 6-1.
Clement has a composed 19-5 win-loss record in 2024, 19-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicola Kuhn
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-14 | 8-3 | 29-9 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-21 | 4-5 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-28 | 2-6 | 14-15 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 589, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Billy Harris 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round, Nicola had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-4 7-65). During the match Kuhn scored 75 points vs Harris’s 63. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Kuhn fired 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicola Kuhn was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicola broke Harris once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Kuhn’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
Nicola has a composed 13-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chidekh | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 23 |
| Pts | 253-189 | 75-63 |
| Total Points | 442 | 138 |
| Winners | 94 | 31 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Chidekh played 3 matches while Kuhn competed in 1 match. Chidekh started his run from the qualifications while Kuhn had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Clement Chidekh dropped 1 set while Nicola Kuhn hasn’t lost a set so far. Chidekh has played 5 sets more than Kuhn (7 vs 2). Therefore, Chidekh played 42 games more than Kuhn. Clement scored 94 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Nicola scored 31 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chidekh | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 10 |
| 1st in | 130/199 | 37/64 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 94/130 | 31/37 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 39/69 | 19/27 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 70% |
Chidekh blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Kuhn bagged 10 aces . Chidekh won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kuhn won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chidekh | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 1 |
| Converted | 15/43 | 1/2 |
| % Converted | 35% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 45% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
Chidekh broke his opponents 15 times with a 35% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Nicola broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Chidekh | |||||
| Q1 Agabigun |
Q3 Takahashi |
R1 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-76 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 30 | 65 | |
| pts | 69-40 | 65-51 | 119-98 | 253-189 | |
| Total points | 109 | 116 | 217 | 442 | |
| Winners | 22 | 33 | 39 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 51% | 33% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 24/39 | 43/60 | 63/100 | 130/199 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 33/43 | 39/63 | 94/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 77% | 62% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/17 | 23/37 | 39/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 47% | 62% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 3/10 | 7/16 | 15/43 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 30% | 44% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/3 | 3/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 43% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Kuhn | |||||
| R1 Harris |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |||
| pts | 75-63 | 75-63 | |||
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |||
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |||
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1st in | 37/64 | 37/64 | |||
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |||
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 31/37 | |||
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |||
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |||
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |||
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |||
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |||
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |||
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |||
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Hamburg Challenger
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-2 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Jakub PaulPaul – Remy BertolaBertola (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael AgwiAgwi – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-5 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Billy HarrisHarris (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Steven DiezDiez (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jakub PaulPaul – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Nicola KuhnKuhn (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
