Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicola Kuhn will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on BRAWO CENTER COURT. 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 Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.72
Nicola Kuhn -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Nicola Kuhn
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicola Kuhn since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
22 - 18win/loss
148
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138, Pierre-Hugues reached the 2nd round after beating Tom Gentzsch 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Gentzsch, Pierre-Hugues recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Herbert scored 91 points vs Gentzsch’s 89. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Herbert blasted 11 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (43/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Pierre-Hugues broke Gentzsch twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Herbert has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (245-198). 6-9 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Herbert has a composed 52-50 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Quimper Challenger where he beat Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 6-2.
Herbert has an overall 22-18 win-loss record in 2024, 6-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Nicola Kuhn
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-14 | 8-3 | 29-9 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-21 | 4-5 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-28 | 2-6 | 14-15 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 311, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-2 1-0 ret. and Pierre-Hugues Herbert .
In the 1st round against Seyboth Wild, the Spaniard had a free pass after Seyboth Wild retired on a 6-2 1-0 . scoreline.
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Reus,M25 Valldoreix,M25 La Nucia and M25 Cordoba.
Kuhn has a composed 40-12 win-loss record in 2024, 27-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 9 |
| Pts | 91-89 | 37-27 |
| Total Points | 180 | 64 |
| Winners | 43 | 13 |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% |
Both Herbert and Kuhn played 1 match. At the moment, Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost 1 set while Nicola Kuhn hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Herbert and Kuhn have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Herbert played 19 games more than Kuhn. Pierre-Hugues scored 43 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 13 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 2 |
| 1st in | 58/95 | 15/28 |
| %1st in | 61% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 13/15 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 6/13 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 46% |
Herbert scored 11 aces . Kuhn bagged 2 aces . Herbert won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kuhn won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Pierre-Hugues broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Nicola was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Herbert | |||
| R1 Gentzsch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 91-89 | 91-89 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 58/95 | 58/95 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 43/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kuhn | |||
| R1 Seyboth | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 9 | 9 | |
| pts | 37-27 | 37-27 | |
| Total points | 64 | 64 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 13/15 | 13/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Jurij RodionovRodionov (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-73 7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (2-6 7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Matej DodigDodig (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Daniel MasurMasur (5-7 7-64 7-65) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Tom GentzschGentzsch (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Stijn SlumpSlump (6-4 7-611) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-1) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Jurij RodionovRodionov (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Matej DodigDodig (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Tom GentzschGentzsch (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Stijn SlumpSlump (6-4 7-6(11)) – See score progression
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Daniel MasurMasur (5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (2-6 7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Christian GarinGarin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Sumit NagalNagal (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Benjamin HassanHassan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – (0-0) – H2H and prediction