Jules Marie and Ricardas Berankis will play each other in the semifinal of the Blois Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 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 Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.63
Jules Marie -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Jules Marie vs. Ricardas Berankis

This will be the 2^nd time that Jules Marie and Ricardas Berankis fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Berankis (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Berankis won 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Pozoblanco Challenger back in 2023.

Jules Marie

Ranked no. 246, the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Benjamin Lock 6-3 4-6 7-5, Remy Bertola 7-6³ 3-6 7-6⁵ and Florent Bax 6-7³ 6-3 6-1.

In the quarter against Bax, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 6-3 6-1). During the match, Marie scored 96 points vs Bax’s 75. Jules was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Marie fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jules Marie was quite effective on serve to win 73% (47/64) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Bax 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marie has conceded 3 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Marie has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (168-97). 4-3 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Marie has a composed 42-29 record in the last years on clay.

Jules’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Loule.

Marie has an overall 20-17 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Blois Challenger

Ricardas Berankis

Ranked no. 336, Berankis got to the semifinal after beating Hazem Naow 6-4 7-6⁴, Federico Iannaccone 6-3 6-0 and Arthur Gea 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, Richard had a good straight sets win against Gea (6-4 6-3). During the match Berankis scored 65 points vs Gea’s 56. The Lithuanian was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Berankis managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 46% of his first serves in, winning 64% (18/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the 2nd serve. Richard broke Gea 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Berankis’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.

Richard has a compiled 25-15 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Blois Challenger

Berankis has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Marie	Berankis
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	9	6
Tot Games	95	57
Pts	313-278	198-155
Total Points	591	353
Winners	144	78
%Winners	46%	39%

Both Marie and Berankis played 3 matches. At the moment, Jules Marie dropped 3 sets while Ricardas Berankis hasn’t dropped a set so far. Marie has played 3 sets more than Berankis (9 vs 6). Therefore, Marie played 38 games more than Berankis. Jules scored 144 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Lithuanian made 78 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Marie	Berankis
Aces	17	24
Avg per match	5.7	8
1st in	197/284	99/173
%1st in	69%	57%
1st pts	144/197	78/99
%1st pts	73%	79%
2nd pts	49/87	41/74
%2nd pts	56%	55%

Marie recorded 17 aces (5.7 per match). Berankis struck 24 aces (8 per match). Marie won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 79% 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	Marie	Berankis
Won	11	11
Converted	11/33	11/20
% Converted	33%	55%
Conceded	16	10
Saved	9	7
% Saved	56%	70%
Times Broken	7	3

Marie broke his opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Berankis broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Lithuanian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Marie
	R1 Lock	R2 Bertola	1/4 Bax	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 7-5	7-63 3-6 7-65	6-73 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	31	35	29	95
pts	99-85	118-118	96-75	313-278
Total points	184	236	171	591
Winners	40	57	47	144
%Winners	40%	48%	49%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	6	3	17
Double Faults	2	3	2	7
1st in	60/91	73/99	64/94	197/284
% 1st in	66%	74%	68%	69%
1st pts	40/60	57/73	47/64	144/197
% 1st pts	67%	78%	73%	73%
2nd pts	21/31	12/26	16/30	49/87
% 2nd pts	68%	46%	53%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	1	6	11
Converted	4/12	1/13	6/8	11/33
Converted %	33%	8%	75%	33%
Conceded	4	5	7	16
Saved	1/4	3/5	5/7	9
Saved %	25%	60%	71%	52%
Times Broken	3	2	2	7

Berankis
	R1 Naow	R2 Iannaccone	1/4 Gea	Total
Score	6-4 7-64	6-3 6-0	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	23	15	19	57
pts	71-64	62-35	65-56	198-155
Total points	135	97	121	353
Winners	33	27	18	78
%Winners	46%	44%	28%	39%
SERVE
Aces	10	10	4	24
Double Faults	5	2	2	9
1st in	38/66	33/46	28/61	99/173
% 1st in	58%	72%	46%	57%
1st pts	33/38	27/33	18/28	78/99
% 1st pts	87%	82%	64%	79%
2nd pts	14/28	6/13	21/33	41/74
% 2nd pts	50%	46%	64%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	5	4	11
Converted	2/2	5/11	4/7	11/20
Converted %	100%	45%	57%	55%
Conceded	1	4	5	10
Saved	0/1	3/4	4/5	7
Saved %	0%	75%	80%	52%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

Tennis Scores in Blois Challenger

• 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
• Jules MarieMarie – Florent BaxBax (6-7³ 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Arthur GeaGea (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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