Lasse Poertner and Louis Wessels will square off in the qualifications of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 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 Louis Wessels who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Louis Wessels is the pick to win this match.
Louis Wessels -> 1.22
Lasse Poertner -> 3.98
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Prediction and head to head Lasse Poertner vs. Louis Wessels
There is no head to head record between Lasse Poertner and Louis Wessels since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Lasse Poertner
4 - 7win/loss
855
855
LLWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-26 | 11-7 | 5-13 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2023 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Poertner reached the qualifications after beating Mathias Bourgue 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Bourgue, Poertner recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Poertner scored 88 points vs Bourgue’s 78. The German was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Poertner fired 3 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Lasse Poertner was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Poertner broke Bourgue 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Poertner has a losing record in the last 2 years having won 30% of his matches (6-14). 2-3 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Poertner has a composed4-8 record in the last 2 years on clay.
The German has a composed 4-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Poertner has never competed in this tournament before.
Louis Wessels
12 - 14win/loss
623
267
LLLWLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-30 | 6-3 | 20-20 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 37-36 | 4-4 | 26-18 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 7-4 | 39-27 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 32-19 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 383, the German got to the qualifications after defeating Federico Iannaccone 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Louis had a good straight sets win against Iannaccone (6-3 6-3). During the match Wessels scored 70 points vs Iannaccone’s 55. Louis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Wessels bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Louis Wessels was very effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Iannaccone 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Louis’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Feira de Santana.
Louis has an overall 12-14 win-loss record in 2024, 7-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2016, 2017 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Poertner | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 |
| Pts | 88-78 | 70-55 |
| Total Points | 166 | 125 |
| Winners | 34 | 28 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Poertner and Wessels played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Lasse Poertner surrendered 1 set while Louis Wessels hasn’t lost a set so far. Poertner has played 1 set more than Wessels (3 vs 2). Therefore, Poertner played 8 games more than Wessels. Lasse scored 34 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Wessels made 28 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Poertner | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 45/84 | 35/66 |
| %1st in | 54% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 28/35 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 17/31 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 55% |
Poertner recorded 3 aces . Wessels managed to score 6 aces . Poertner won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Wessels won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Poertner | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Poertner broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Poertner surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Wessels was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Poertner | |||
| Q1 Bourgue |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-78 | 88-78 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 45/84 | 45/84 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 21/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Wessels | |||
| Q1 Iannaccone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 70-55 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/66 | 35/66 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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