Laurent Lokoli and Steven Diez will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:30 pm on PISTA FABIAN DORADO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Laurent Lokoli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Laurent Lokoli is the pick to win this match.
Laurent Lokoli -> 1.47
Steven Diez -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Laurent Lokoli vs. Steven Diez
There is no head to head record between Laurent Lokoli and Steven Diez since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Laurent Lokoli
18 - 12win/loss
430
167
LWWWLLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-22 | 24-14 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 14-12 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 534, Laurent got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexis Gautier 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Lokoli had a good straight sets win against Gautier (6-3 7-5). During the match, Lokoli scored 67 points vs Gautier’s 57. Laurent was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lokoli was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Laurent Lokoli lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lokoli put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Lokoli broke Gautier 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Lokoli has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (279-171). 9-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lokoli has a composed 115-64 match record in the last years on hard.
The French player has an overall 17-12 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
Laurent has never competed in this tournament before.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 12-10 | 0-3 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 566, Diez reached the 2nd round after defeating Gabriele Piraino 6-2 7-6(10) and Laurent Lokoli .
In the 1st round, Diez had a good straight sets win against Piraino (6-2 7-610). During the match Diez scored 76 points vs Piraino’s 63. Steven was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Diez struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Steven Diez lost the serve once. Furthermore, Diez put 78% of his first serves in, winning 74% (39/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Steven broke Piraino 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Canadian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Roda de Bara.
The Canadian has an aggregate 10-12 win-loss record in 2024, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lokoli | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 |
| Pts | 67-57 | 76-63 |
| Total Points | 124 | 139 |
| Winners | 29 | 39 |
| %Winners | 43% | 51% |
Both Lokoli and Diez played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lokoli and Diez have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (21). Laurent scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Steven scored 39 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lokoli | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 53/68 |
| %1st in | 64% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 39/53 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 47% |
Lokoli didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Diez scored 5 aces . Lokoli won 66% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lokoli | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 67% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Laurent broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Lokoli surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lokoli | |||
| R1 Gautier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 67-57 | 67-57 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 44/69 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Diez | |||
| R1 Piraino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-610 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-63 | 76-63 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 53/68 | 53/68 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLLLLW Tennis Scores in Pozoblanco Challenger
- Dan AddedAdded – Fabrizio AndaloroAndaloro (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Stuart ParkerParker (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Alexander DonskiDonski (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miguel DamasDamas – Arthur ReymondReymond (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alberto Barroso CamposAlberto – Andrea PicchioneAndrea (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandRobin – Luca CastelnuovoLuca (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Steven DiezDiez – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dan AddedAdded – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miguel DamasDamas – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
