Maxime Cressy and Tristan Schoolkate will play each other in the semifinal of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Maxime Cressy who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maxime Cressy is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.39
Tristan Schoolkate -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Tristan Schoolkate

There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Tristan Schoolkate since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Maxime Cressy

Ranked no. 178, the American reached the semifinal after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-3, Mark Lajal 6-3 3-6 6-3 and Yuta Shimizu 6-4 4-6 7-6³.

In the quarter, The American defeated Shimizu (6-4 4-6 7-6³). During the match, Cressy scored 124 points vs Shimizu’s 120. Maxime was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cressy made 19 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 17 double faults. Maxime Cressy lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cressy put 50% of his first serves in, winning 82% (50/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (28/60) on the 2nd serve. Cressy broke Shimizu twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Maxime has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Cressy has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (232-170). 11-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cressy has a compiled108-76 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Maxime’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Cuernavaca Challenger.

Maxime has a compiled 17-9 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Tristan Schoolkate

Ranked no. 241, Tristan reached the semifinal after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 3-0 ret., Mattia Bellucci 6-0 7-6⁵ and Yu Hsiou Hsu 3-6 6-4 7-5.

In the quarter against Hsiou Hsu, Tristan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Schoolkate scored 111 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 106. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Schoolkate fired 11 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Tristan Schoolkate lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Schoolkate put 58% of his first serves in, winning 73% (48/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (21/48) on the 2nd serve. Schoolkate broke Hsiou Hsu 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Schoolkate has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Tristan’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Burnie 2 Challenger.

Tristan has a composed 17-12 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cressy	Schoolkate
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	78	61
Pts	294-259	228-181
Total Points	553	409
Winners	118	88
%Winners	40%	39%

Both Cressy and Schoolkate played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maxime Cressy conceded 2 sets, while Tristan Schoolkate surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cressy and Schoolkate have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Cressy played 17 games more than Schoolkate. Cressy scored 118 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Schoolkate made 88 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cressy	Schoolkate
Aces	38	25
Avg per match	12.7	8.3
1st in	145/270	115/197
%1st in	54%	58%
1st pts	118/145	88/115
%1st pts	81%	77%
2nd pts	58/125	43/82
%2nd pts	46%	52%

Cressy struck 38 aces (12.7 per match). Schoolkate bagged 25 aces (8.3 per match). Cressy won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Schoolkate won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cressy	Schoolkate
Won	9	12
Converted	9/32	12/38
% Converted	28%	32%
Conceded	16	17
Saved	11	11
% Saved	69%	65%
Times Broken	5	6

Cressy broke his opponents 9 times with a 28% conversion rate. Cressy lost his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Tristan broke his opponents 12 times with a 32% conversion rate. Tristan conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Cressy
	R1 Moriya	R2 Lajal	1/4 Shimizu	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-3 3-6 6-3	6-4 4-6 7-63
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	18	27	33	78
pts	82-64	88-75	124-120	294-259
Total points	146	163	244	553
Winners	25	43	50	118
%Winners	30%	49%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	10	9	19	38
Double Faults	14	11	17	42
1st in	31/61	53/88	61/121	145/270
% 1st in	51%	60%	50%	54%
1st pts	25/31	43/53	50/61	118/145
% 1st pts	81%	81%	82%	81%
2nd pts	14/30	16/35	28/60	58/125
% 2nd pts	47%	46%	47%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	9
Converted	4/16	3/3	2/13	9/32
Converted %	25%	100%	15%	28%
Conceded	4	6	6	16
Saved	3/4	4/6	4/6	11
Saved %	75%	67%	67%	70%
Times Broken	1	2	2	5

Schoolkate
	R1 Yevseyev	R2 Bellucci	1/4 Hsiou	Total
Score	6-2 3-0 ret.	6-0 7-65	3-6 6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	11	19	31	61
pts	46-22	71-53	111-106	228-181
Total points	68	124	217	409
Winners	16	24	48	88
%Winners	35%	34%	43%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	9	11	25
Double Faults	0	1	9	10
1st in	20/34	29/49	66/114	115/197
% 1st in	59%	59%	58%	58%
1st pts	16/20	24/29	48/66	88/115
% 1st pts	80%	83%	73%	77%
2nd pts	8/14	14/20	21/48	43/82
% 2nd pts	57%	70%	44%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	12
Converted	4/8	4/19	4/11	12/38
Converted %	50%	21%	36%	32%
Conceded	2	1	14	17
Saved	1/2	0/1	10/14	11
Saved %	50%	0%	71%	40%
Times Broken	1	1	4	6

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger

• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – James DuckworthDuckworth (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Maxime CressyCressy – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-4 4-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Remy Bertola/Antoine EscoffierBertola/Antoine Escoffier – Piotr Matuszewski/Matthew Christopher RomiosMatuszewski/Matthew Christopher Romios (6-7⁵ 7-5 10-3) – See score progression
• Ji Sung Nam/Patrik Niklas-SalminenSung Nam/Patrik Niklas-Salminen – Luke Saville/Li TuSaville/Li Tu (6-7² 7-6⁴ 10-4) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 5-7 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Adam WaltonWalton – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H and prediction