Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Max Houkes will face off in the 1st round of the Amersfoort Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on VAN MOSSEL KIA 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 Max Houkes who should win in 3 sets.
Max Houkes -> 1.71
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
15 - 19win/loss
222
157
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-26 | 3-3 | 24-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 286, Rodriguez Taverna reached the 1st round after defeating Svyatoslav Gulin 6-4 6-4, Jay Clarke 6-3 6-3 and Deney Wassermann .
In the qualifications, Santiago had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-3 6-3). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 57 points vs Clarke’s 43. Santiago was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodriguez Taverna blasted 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Clarke 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodriguez Taverna started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Rodriguez Taverna has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (272-191). 12-16 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodriguez Taverna has an aggregate201-144 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Santos Challenger.
Rodriguez Taverna has an aggregate 15-19 win-loss record in 2024, 12-16 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-15 | 0-0 | 39-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 7-3 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 386, Max will start his run in the Amersfoort Challenger after he played his last match in M25 The Hague where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Crawford in the semifinal on the 13th of July.
Houkes has an overall 27-12 win-loss record in 2024, 27-12 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.The Dutch’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Brussels and M15 Amstelveen.
In terms of his career, The Dutch has an overall 232-123 record. He has a positive 218-106 record on clay.
Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Amersfoort Challenger
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Alexander BlockxBlockx (6-4 6-75 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 0-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zsombor PirosZsombor – Omar JasikaOmar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Jiri VeselyVesely (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Alec DeckersDeckers (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Jurij RodionovRodionov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Deney WassermannWassermann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-0) – H2H and prediction