Ulises Blanch and Ben Jones will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Kachreti Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Ulises Blanch who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ulises Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Ulises Blanch -> 1.23
Ben Jones -> 3.88
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Prediction and head to head Ulises Blanch vs. Ben Jones
There is no head to head record between Ulises Blanch and Ben Jones since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-4 | 10-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 489, Blanch reached the qualifications after beating Giorgi Giorgadze 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, Ulises had a good straight sets win against Giorgadze (6-0 6-0). During the match, Blanch scored 53 points vs Giorgadze’s 20. Ulises was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanch recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ulises Blanch was quite efficient on serve to win 94% (17/18) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Giorgadze 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Blanch has good match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (205-184). 8-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blanch has a composed 84-79 match record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Blanch has an aggregate 8-2 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kachreti Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Jones
16 - 13win/loss
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LWLWLLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 3-2 |
| 2023 | 22-30 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 15-16 | 0-2 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-28 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 18-13 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 19-10 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 863 (career-high), the Brit got to the qualifications after beating Evgeny Philippov 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Philippov, Jones recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Jones scored 83 points vs Philippov’s 79. Jones was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Jones fired 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Jones lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 68% of his first serves in, winning 75% (46/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Ben broke Philippov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Brit has a compiled 16-13 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 26 |
| Pts | 53-20 | 83-79 |
| Total Points | 73 | 162 |
| Winners | 17 | 46 |
| %Winners | 32% | 55% |
Both Blanch and Jones played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ben Jones conceded 1 set while Ulises Blanch hasn’t dropped a set so far. Blanch has played 1 set(s) less than Jones (2 vs 3). Therefore, Blanch played 14 games less than Jones. The American scored 17 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit scored 46 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 18/29 | 61/90 |
| %1st in | 62% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 17/18 | 46/61 |
| %1st pts | 94% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 13/29 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 45% |
Blanch scored 5 aces . Jones recorded 13 aces . Blanch won 94% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Jones won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 60% | 75% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Ulises broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Blanch pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Jones broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | |||
| Q1 Giorgadze |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 53-20 | 53-20 | |
| Total points | 73 | 73 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 17/18 | 17/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Jones | |||
| Q1 Philippov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 83-79 | 83-79 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 61/90 | 61/90 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 46/61 | 46/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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