Henri Squire and Alexander Blockx will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Hamburg Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.64
Henri Squire -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Henri Squire vs. Alexander Blockx
This will be the 3rd time that Henri Squire and Alexander Blockx face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Squire (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Squire won 3-6 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round in the Neuve Challenger back in January 2024.
Henri Squire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-31 | 1-3 | 21-13 | 19-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-38 | 7-4 | 30-25 | 15-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 27-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-12 | 0-0 | 21-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 5-3 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 271, the German reached the semifinal after defeating Steven Diez 6-2 6-4, Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-4 6-2 and Rudolf Molleker 5-3 ret..
In the quarter against Molleker, Henri had a free pass after Molleker retired on a 5-3 . scoreline.
Squire has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (144-109). 11-7 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Squire has an aggregate58-31 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Squire has an overall 12-9 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg 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), Blockx reached the semifinal after beating Maks Kasnikowski 6-4 7-64, Bu Yunchaokete 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Alexander Ritschard 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, Blockx had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (7-5 6-2). During the match Blockx scored 74 points vs Ritschard’s 57. Blockx was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Blockx bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 73% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Ritschard 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Alexander’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger.
Blockx has a compiled 9-8 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Squire | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 67 |
| Pts | 143-103 | 245-195 |
| Total Points | 246 | 440 |
| Winners | 65 | 100 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Squire and Blockx played 3 matches. At the moment, Alexander Blockx lost 1 set while Henri Squire hasn’t lost a set so far. Squire has played 1 set(s) less than Blockx (6 vs 7). Therefore, Squire played 23 games less than Blockx. Squire scored 65 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian blasted 100 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Squire | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 71/112 | 143/213 |
| %1st in | 63% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 65/71 | 100/143 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 25/41 | 31/70 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 44% |
Squire struck 27 aces (9 per match). Blockx made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Squire won 92% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Squire | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 14 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 14/27 |
| % Converted | 44% | 52% |
| Conceded | 0 | 16 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Squire broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Henri was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Blockx broke his opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Squire | |||||
| R1 Diez |
R2 Uchiyama |
1/4 Molleker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 5-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 8 | 44 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 57-43 | 23-16 | 143-103 | |
| Total points | 107 | 100 | 39 | 246 | |
| Winners | 22 | 30 | 13 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 53% | 57% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 16 | 6 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 34/51 | 14/18 | 71/112 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 67% | 78% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/23 | 30/34 | 13/14 | 65/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 88% | 93% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 8/17 | 3/4 | 25/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 47% | 75% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 75% | 33% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blockx | |||||
| R1 Kasnikowski |
R2 Yunchaokete |
1/4 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 24 | 20 | 67 | |
| pts | 81-65 | 90-73 | 74-57 | 245-195 | |
| Total points | 146 | 163 | 131 | 440 | |
| Winners | 36 | 32 | 32 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/72 | 44/74 | 49/67 | 143/213 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 73% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 32/44 | 32/49 | 100/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 73% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/22 | 13/30 | 11/18 | 31/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 43% | 61% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/12 | 4/8 | 14/27 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 6/9 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 67% | 67% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Hamburg Challenger
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Michael AgwiAgwi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Mattia Bellucci/Remy BertolaBellucci/Remy Bertola – Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner (5-7 7-5 10-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Henri SquireSquire – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
