Calvin Hemery and Alibek Kachmazov will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Blois Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Calvin Hemery who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Calvin Hemery is the pick to win this match.
Calvin Hemery -> 1.68
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Calvin Hemery vs. Alibek Kachmazov

There is no head to head record between Calvin Hemery and Alibek Kachmazov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Calvin Hemery

Ranked no. 215, the French player reached the semifinal after beating Jacopo Berrettini 6-3 6-3, Moez Echargui 6-2 6-3 and Corentin Denolly 7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6³.

In the quarter, The French player defeated Denolly (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6³).During the match, Hemery scored less points (5) than Denolly. In fact, the world no. 215 won 97 points vs Denolly’s. That means that Hemery was more focused during the important points. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hemery overwhelmed his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Calvin Hemery was very efficient on serve to win 77% (51/66) of his 1st serve and 71% (22/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Calvin has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Hemery has good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (299-211). 14-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Hemery has a compiled 160-104 match record in the last years on clay.

The French player best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Tallahassee Challenger.

Calvin has an overall 15-18 win-loss record in 2024, 14-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Blois Challenger

Alibek Kachmazov

Ranked no. 262, the Russian reached the semifinal after beating Mathias Bourgue 6-3 7-6⁶, Lucas Bouquet 6-2 7-5 and Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-2 6-4). During the match Kachmazov scored 58 points vs Kirkin’s 43. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Kachmazov managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Kirkin 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alibek hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Saint Dizier.

Alibek has a composed 21-14 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Blois Challenger

Alibek has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hemery	Kachmazov
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	70	60
Pts	218-176	207-165
Total Points	394	372
Winners	113	84
%Winners	52%	41%

Both Hemery and Kachmazov played 3 matches. At the moment, Calvin Hemery surrendered 1 set while Alibek Kachmazov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hemery has played 1 set more than Kachmazov (7 vs 6). Therefore, Hemery played 10 games more than Kachmazov. Calvin scored 113 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Kachmazov managed to score 84 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hemery	Kachmazov
Aces	50	35
Avg per match	16.7	11.7
1st in	135/195	107/188
%1st in	69%	57%
1st pts	113/135	84/107
%1st pts	84%	79%
2nd pts	37/60	50/81
%2nd pts	62%	62%

Hemery struck 50 aces (16.7 per match). Kachmazov struck 35 aces (11.7 per match). Hemery won 84% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hemery	Kachmazov
Won	6	8
Converted	6/12	8/17
% Converted	50%	47%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6	6
% Saved	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Calvin broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hemery surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Kachmazov broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Kachmazov conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Hemery
	R1 Berrettini	R2 Echargui	1/4 Denolly	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-2 6-3	7-65 3-6 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	18	17	35	70
pts	63-42	58-32	97-102	218-176
Total points	105	90	199	394
Winners	33	29	51	113
%Winners	52%	50%	53%	52%
SERVE
Aces	16	13	21	50
Double Faults	2	0	3	5
1st in	39/52	30/46	66/97	135/195
% 1st in	75%	65%	68%	69%
1st pts	33/39	29/30	51/66	113/135
% 1st pts	85%	97%	77%	84%
2nd pts	7/13	8/16	22/31	37/60
% 2nd pts	54%	50%	71%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	3	0	6
Converted	3/6	3/4	0/2	6/12
Converted %	50%	75%	0%	50%
Conceded	4	0	3	7
Saved	4/4	0/0	2/3	6
Saved %	100%	–	67%	56%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Kachmazov
	R1 Bourgue	R2 Bouquet	1/4 Kirkin	Total
Score	6-3 7-66	6-2 7-5	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	22	20	18	60
pts	74-68	75-54	58-43	207-165
Total points	142	129	101	372
Winners	37	23	24	84
%Winners	50%	31%	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	11	14	10	35
Double Faults	0	4	3	7
1st in	51/83	27/56	29/49	107/188
% 1st in	61%	48%	59%	57%
1st pts	37/51	23/27	24/29	84/107
% 1st pts	73%	85%	83%	79%
2nd pts	20/32	17/29	13/20	50/81
% 2nd pts	63%	59%	65%	62%
Breaks
Won	1	4	3	8
Converted	1/3	4/10	3/4	8/17
Converted %	33%	40%	75%	47%
Conceded	6	1	0	7
Saved	6/6	0/1	0/0	6
Saved %	100%	0%	–	33%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1

Tennis Scores in Blois Challenger

• Jules MarieMarie – Florent BaxBax (6-7³ 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Arthur GeaGea (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Corentin DenollyDenolly (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Benjamin Lock/Courtney John LockLock/Courtney John Lock – Siddhant Banthia/Divij SharanBanthia/Divij Sharan (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Corentin Denolly/Arthur GeaDenolly/Arthur Gea – Remy Bertola/Michael GeertsBertola/Michael Geerts (w/o) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jules MarieMarie – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Calvin HemeryHemery – (0-0) – H2H and prediction