Alex Bolt and Ben Jones will square off in the qualifications of the Surbiton Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.188
Ben Jones -> 4.35
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Ben Jones
There is no head to head record between Alex Bolt and Ben Jones since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex Bolt
30 - 11win/loss
179
125
WLLLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-23 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 21-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 240, Bolt reached the qualifications after defeating William Jansen 7-63 6-2.
In the qualifications, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Jansen (7-63 6-2). During the match, Bolt scored 77 points vs Jansen’s 66. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bolt scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Bolt lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Bolt put 66% of his first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Jansen 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Bolt has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (252-180). 10-0 on grass in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bolt has a compiled 62-26 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.
The Australian has an overall 29-11 win-loss record in 2024, 10-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Ben Jones
17 - 15win/loss
664
654
LLLLLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-26 | 14-13 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 1-1 | 8-2 |
| 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), Jones reached the qualifications after defeating Marc Polmans 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Polmans, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Jones scored 82 points vs Polmans’s 76. Jones was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Jones recorded 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ben Jones lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 72% of his first serves in, winning 75% (43/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Jones broke Polmans 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Jones has an aggregate 17-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bolt | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 26 |
| Pts | 77-66 | 82-76 |
| Total Points | 143 | 158 |
| Winners | 32 | 43 |
| %Winners | 42% | 52% |
Both Bolt and Jones played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ben Jones lost 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bolt has played 1 set(s) less than Jones (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bolt played 5 games less than Jones. The Australian scored 32 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit fired 43 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bolt | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 10 |
| 1st in | 51/77 | 57/79 |
| %1st in | 66% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 32/51 | 43/57 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Bolt managed to score 6 aces . Jones bagged 10 aces . Bolt won 63% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Jones won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bolt | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 36% | 38% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 78% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Bolt broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Bolt surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Ben broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Jones conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bolt | |||
| Q1 Jansen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-66 | 77-66 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/77 | 51/77 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Jones | |||
| Q1 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 82-76 | 82-76 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/79 | 57/79 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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