Michael Geerts and Corentin Denolly will play each other in the 2nd round of the Blois Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Michael Geerts who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Geerts is the pick to win this match.
Michael Geerts -> 1.51
Corentin Denolly -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Corentin Denolly
There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Corentin Denolly since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Michael Geerts
22 - 20win/loss
300
212
LWLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-37 | 18-11 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 350, Geerts reached the 2nd round after beating Vilius Gaubas 7-62 6-3.
In the 1st round, Geerts had a good straight sets win against Gaubas (7-62 6-3). During the match, Geerts scored 65 points vs Gaubas’s 49. Michael was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Geerts recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Geerts was extremely efficient on serve to win 100% (29/29) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Gaubas once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Geerts has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (300-227). 7-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Geerts has an aggregate 108-92 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Geerts’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Martos.
The Belgian has an overall 22-19 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
Corentin Denolly
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55-23 | 0-0 | 55-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 32-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 2-4 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 379, Corentin got to the 2nd round after defeating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Denolly had a good straight sets win against Karlovskiy (6-2 6-4). During the match Denolly scored 63 points vs Karlovskiy’s 47. The French player was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Denolly scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Corentin Denolly was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Karlovskiy 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Hammamet and M15 Orange Park.
Denolly has a compiled 29-13 win-loss record in 2024, 29-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Geerts | Denolly |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 |
| Pts | 65-49 | 63-47 |
| Total Points | 114 | 110 |
| Winners | 29 | 24 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Geerts and Denolly played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Geerts and Denolly have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Geerts played 4 games more than Denolly. Michael scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Corentin scored 24 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Geerts | Denolly |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 29/57 | 29/53 |
| %1st in | 51% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 29/29 | 24/29 |
| %1st pts | 100% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 15/24 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 63% |
Geerts scored 8 aces . Denolly fired 4 aces . Geerts won 100% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Denolly won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Geerts | Denolly |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 27% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Belgian broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. The Belgian extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Corentin broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Corentin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Gaubas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 65-49 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/57 | 29/57 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 29/29 | 29/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Denolly | |||
| R1 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-47 | 63-47 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Blois Challenger
- Florent BaxBax – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Vilius GaubasGaubas (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Darwin BlanchBlanch (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Hazem NaowNaow (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-74 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – Martin KrumichKrumich (7-69 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Edas ButvilasButvilas – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-79 7-69 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Gabriel Debru/Paul InchauspeDebru/Paul Inchauspe – Blake Bayldon/Mats HermansBayldon/Mats Hermans (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico IannacconeIannaccone – Elmer MollerMoller (6-75 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Benjamin Lock/Courtney John LockLock/Courtney John Lock – Anthony Genov/Bruno Pujol NavarroGenov/Bruno Pujol Navarro (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Thomas FaurelFaurel (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Clement TaburTabur (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jiri Barnat/Filip DudaBarnat/Filip Duda – Moez Echargui/Federico IannacconeEchargui/Federico Iannaccone (4-6 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
- Siddhant Banthia/Divij SharanBanthia/Divij Sharan – James Davis/James MackinlayDavis/James Mackinlay (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Moez EcharguiEchargui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Jules MarieMarie (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico IannacconeIannaccone – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Florent BaxBax – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
