Hady Habib and Blaise Bicknell will play each other in the qualifications of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hady Habib who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hady Habib is the pick to win this match.
Hady Habib -> 1.65
Blaise Bicknell -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Hady Habib vs. Blaise Bicknell
This will be the 2nd time that Hady Habib and Blaise Bicknell play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Habib (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Habib won 7-6(5) 6-1 in the Rubber 2 in 0 back in 2023.
Hady Habib
30 - 21win/loss
265
259
WLLWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-28 | 14-10 | 24-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-27 | 38-11 | 17-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-25 | 21-14 | 9-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-13 | 31-10 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-4 | 2-2 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 272, Hady got to the qualifications after defeating Taha Baadi 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 and Blaise Bicknell .
In the qualifications against Baadi, Habib recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-3 6-4). During the match, Habib and Baadi scored the same amount of points (101). However, the world no. 272 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Hady was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Habib struck 19 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Hady Habib was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 58% (31/53) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Habib broke Baadi twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Habib has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (284-153). 11-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Habib has a composed 174-82 record in the last years on hard.
Habib’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Quinta Do Lago,the Santos Challenger and M25 Pensacola.
Hady has a compiled 29-21 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger
Blaise Bicknell
12 - 16win/loss
466
306
LLWLWWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 9-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 13-10 | 15-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 325, Blaise reached the qualifications after defeating Justin Boulais 6-3 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, Blaise had a good straight sets win against Boulais (6-3 7-64). During the match Bicknell scored 75 points vs Boulais’s 67. Blaise was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Bicknell fired 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Blaise Bicknell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bicknell put 63% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Blaise broke Boulais 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Indian Wells 2 Challenger where he beat Zachary Svajda in the final 6-3 6-2.
Bicknell has an aggregate 12-15 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Habib | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 22 |
| Pts | 101-101 | 75-67 |
| Total Points | 202 | 142 |
| Winners | 44 | 36 |
| %Winners | 44% | 48% |
Both Habib and Bicknell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Hady Habib surrendered 1 set while Blaise Bicknell hasn’t dropped a set so far. Habib has played 1 set more than Bicknell (3 vs 2). Therefore, Habib played 10 games more than Bicknell. Habib scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Jamaican managed to score 36 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Habib | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 19 | 6 |
| 1st in | 59/112 | 50/79 |
| %1st in | 53% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 36/50 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 31/53 | 12/29 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 41% |
Habib recorded 19 aces . Bicknell made 6 aces . Habib won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Bicknell won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Habib | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 22% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Habib broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The Lebanese pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. Blaise broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Bicknell conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Habib | |||
| Q1 Baadi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 101-101 | 101-101 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 19 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 59/112 | 59/112 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/53 | 31/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bicknell | |||
| Q1 Boulais |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-67 | 75-67 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/79 | 50/79 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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