Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Maxime Cressy will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Court 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxime Cressy who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maxime Cressy is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.615
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.25

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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Maxime Cressy

This will be the 3rd time that Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Maxime Cressy play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Herbert won 6-7(2) 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2021.

Highlights Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Maxime Cressy – Melbourne 02-February-2021

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

25 - 20win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
12-4
Clay
8-11
Grass
3-3
Rank
133
High
36
WLLWWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-20 2-2 8-11 12-4 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. 133, Herbert reached the qualifications after defeating Benjamin Hassan 6-7(1) 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the qualifications against Hassan, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 7-63 6-3). During the match, Herbert scored 122 points vs Hassan’s 117. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Herbert scored 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve 6 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 57% of his first serves in, winning 58% (41/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (28/54) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Hassan 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Herbert has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (248-200). 2-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Herbert has a composed 58-57 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Quimper Challenger where he overcame Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 6-2.

The French player has a compiled 25-20 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Herbert's Record

Maxime Cressy

Maxime Cressy

27 - 19win/loss

Hard
15-10
I Hard
6-3
Clay
0-1
Grass
6-5
Rank
161
High
31
WLWWLWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-19 15-10 0-1 6-3 6-5 0-0
2023 19-31 3-10 0-5 15-10 1-5 0-1
2022 34-30 15-11 5-7 3-8 11-4 0-0
2021 43-32 14-10 2-8 16-8 4-4 7-2
2020 19-17 3-5 2-4 14-7 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 161, Maxime got to the qualifications after beating Zsombor Piros 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Maxime defeated Piros (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Cressy scored 92 points vs Piros’s 82. Cressy was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Cressy managed to score 10 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 13 double faults. Maxime Cressy lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Cressy put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (47/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Cressy broke Piros 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cuernavaca Challenger and the Guangzhou Challenger.

The American has a composed 27-19 win-loss record in 2024, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. See his history.

U.S. Open
Cressy's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Herbert
M.Cressy
2h:21
2h:21
Time on court​
2h:01
2h:01
!
2h:21
2h:21
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
35
35
Games Played​
28
28
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
122
122
Total points​
92
92
122
122
Avg point​
92
92
41
41
Winners
47
47
41
41
Avg Winners​
47
47
34%
34%
Ratio winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
10
10
8
8
Avg Aces
10
10
7
7
Double Faults
13
13
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
!
13
13
41/71
41/71
1st won total​
47/59
47/59
58%
58%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
28/54
28/54
2nd won total​
15/34
15/34
52%
52%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
7/11
7/11
BP won
3/5
3/5
7/11
7/11
Avg BP won
3/5
3/5
!
64%
64%
Won
!
60%
60%
17
17
Conceded
2
2
17
17
Avg Conceded
2
2
6
6
Broken
2
2
!
6
6
Avg Broken
2
2
11
11
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Herbert Cressy
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 28
Pts 122-117 92-82
Total Points 239 174
Winners 41 47
%Winners 34% 51%

Both Herbert and Cressy played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Pierre-Hugues Herbert conceded 1 set, while Maxime Cressy conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Herbert and Cressy have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Herbert played 7 games more than Cressy. Herbert scored 41 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 47 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve Herbert Cressy
Aces 8 10
Avg per match 8 10
1st in 71/125 59/93
%1st in 57% 63%
1st pts 41/71 47/59
%1st pts 58% 80%
2nd pts 28/54 15/34
%2nd pts 52% 44%

Herbert bagged 8 aces . Cressy made 10 aces . Herbert won 58% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Cressy won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Herbert Cressy
Won 7 3
Converted 7/11 3/5
% Converted 64% 60%
Conceded 17 2
Saved 11 0
% Saved 65% 0%
Times Broken 6 2

Pierre-Hugues broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Herbert surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Cressy broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Herbert
Q1
Hassan
Total
Score 6-71 7-63 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 122-117 122-117
Total points 239 239
Winners 41 41
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 71/125 71/125
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 41/71 41/71
% 1st pts 58% 58%
2nd pts 28/54 28/54
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/11 7/11
Converted % 64% 64%
Conceded 17 17
Saved 11/17 11
Saved % 65% 65%
Times Broken 6 6
Cressy
Q1
Piros
Total
Score 6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 92-82 92-82
Total points 174 174
Winners 47 47
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 13 13
1st in 59/93 59/93
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 47/59 47/59
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 15/34 15/34
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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