Marc Polmans and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Sarasota Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 7. 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 Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.71
Marc Polmans -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
This will be the 4th time that Marc Polmans and Geoffrey Blancaneaux clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Polmans (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Polmans won 6-4 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in the Kobe Challenger back in 2023.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172, Marc got to the 2nd round after beating Felix Corwin 6-3 6-73 6-4.
In the 1st round, Polmans defeated Corwin (6-3 6-73 6-4). During the match, Polmans scored 99 points vs Corwin’s 86. Marc was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Polmans struck 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Marc Polmans was very effective on serve to win 74% (45/61) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Polmans broke Corwin 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Polmans has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (303-231). 2-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Polmans has a composed 88-65 record in the last years on clay.
Marc has an overall 5-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
8 - 10win/loss
261
134
LWLWLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 6-5 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 221, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Gerard Campana Lee 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Campana Lee, Blancaneaux recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Blancaneaux scored 91 points vs Campana Lee’s 90. Blancaneaux was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Blancaneaux scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 71% of his first serves in, winning 61% (46/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the 2nd serve. Geoffrey broke Campana Lee twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
His best result of the season was winning the title the New Delhi Challenger where he defeated Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-4 6-2.
Blancaneaux has a compiled 8-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 27 |
| Pts | 99-86 | 91-90 |
| Total Points | 185 | 181 |
| Winners | 45 | 46 |
| %Winners | 45% | 51% |
Both Polmans and Blancaneaux played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Marc Polmans surrendered 1 set, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Polmans and Blancaneaux have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Polmans played 5 games more than Blancaneaux. Polmans scored 45 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Blancaneaux made 46 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 61/94 | 75/106 |
| %1st in | 65% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 45/61 | 46/75 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/31 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 61% |
Polmans fired 7 aces . Blancaneaux recorded 1 ace . Polmans won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polmans | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 71% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 10 |
| % Saved | 40% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Polmans conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Blancaneaux broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Geoffrey conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | |||
| R1 Corwin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-73 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 99-86 | 99-86 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 61/94 | 61/94 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 45/61 | 45/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R1 Campana |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-90 | 91-90 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 75/106 | 75/106 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 46/75 | 46/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 19/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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