Alibek Kachmazov and Lucas Bouquet will face off in the 2nd round of the Blois Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.27
Lucas Bouquet -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Lucas Bouquet
There is no head to head record between Alibek Kachmazov and Lucas Bouquet since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alibek Kachmazov
21 - 14win/loss
194
179
LLWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 17-13 | 6-6 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, Kachmazov reached the 2nd round after defeating Mathias Bourgue 6-3 7-66.
In the 1st round, Kachmazov had a good straight sets win against Bourgue (6-3 7-66). During the match, Kachmazov scored 74 points vs Bourgue’s 68. Kachmazov was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kachmazov managed to score 11 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Alibek Kachmazov was very effective on serve to win 73% (37/51) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alibek broke Bourgue once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Kachmazov has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (172-106). 4-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kachmazov has an aggregate25-22 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Saint Dizier.
The Russian has a compiled 19-14 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
Alibek has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Bouquet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-23 | 0-0 | 44-19 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-22 | 0-0 | 22-19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-24 | 0-0 | 24-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-14 | 0-0 | 35-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 665 (career-high), Lucas got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexey Zakharov 6-4 0-6 6-3, Blake Bayldon 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Martin Krumich 7-69 4-6 7-66.
In the 1st round, The French player defeated Krumich (7-69 4-6 7-66).During the match Bouquet scored less points (1) than Krumich. In fact, the world no. 262 won 112 points vs Krumich’s. That means that Bouquet was more focused during the important points. Lucas was quite aggressive to blast 56 winners.
About the serving games, Bouquet blasted 14 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Lucas Bouquet was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (56/69) of his 1st serve and 66% (29/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.
The French player best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Kalmar.
Lucas has an overall 33-12 win-loss record in 2024, 33-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kachmazov | Bouquet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 85 |
| Pts | 74-68 | 265-248 |
| Total Points | 142 | 513 |
| Winners | 37 | 122 |
| %Winners | 50% | 46% |
Kachmazov played 1 match while Bouquet competed in 3 matches. Bouquet started his run from the qualifications while Kachmazov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Lucas Bouquet surrendered 3 sets while Alibek Kachmazov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kachmazov has played 7 set(s) less than Bouquet (2 vs 9). Therefore, Kachmazov played 63 games less than Bouquet. Alibek scored 37 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Bouquet bagged 122 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kachmazov | Bouquet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 51/83 | 157/258 |
| %1st in | 61% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 122/157 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 57/101 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 56% |
Kachmazov made 11 aces . Bouquet blasted 25 aces (8.3 per match). Kachmazov won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Bouquet won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kachmazov | Bouquet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 7 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 33% | 37% |
| Conceded | 6 | 17 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 100% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Kachmazov broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Kachmazov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. Bouquet broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Lucas conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kachmazov | |||
| R1 Bourgue |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-68 | 74-68 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/83 | 51/83 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bouquet | |||||
| Q1 Zakharov |
Q3 Bayldon |
R1 Krumich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 6-3 | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | 7-69 4-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 24 | 36 | 85 | |
| pts | 71-75 | 82-60 | 112-113 | 265-248 | |
| Total points | 146 | 142 | 225 | 513 | |
| Winners | 29 | 37 | 56 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% | 50% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 10 | 14 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/73 | 45/72 | 69/113 | 157/258 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 63% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 37/45 | 56/69 | 122/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 82% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/27 | 29/44 | 57/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 52% | 66% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/7 | 0/3 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 57% | 0% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 75% | 83% | 201% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Blois Challenger
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 4-6 7-5) – 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
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Darwin BlanchBlanch (6-3 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 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
- 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
- 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
- Florent BaxBax – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Clement TaburTabur (7-5 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
