August Holmgren and Benjamin Lock will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 August Holmgren who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, August Holmgren is the pick to win this match.
August Holmgren -> 1.39
Benjamin Lock -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head August Holmgren vs. Benjamin Lock
There is no head to head record between August Holmgren and Benjamin Lock since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
August Holmgren
31 - 18win/loss
200
163
LWWWLLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-25 | 24-12 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 33-14 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-12 | 18-4 | 10-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-8 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163 (career-high), Holmgren will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Manacor Challenger where he lost 6-7(2) 6-1 6-2 to Broom in the 1st round on the 28th of August.
The Dane has an overall 31-18 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Pozoblanco Challenger where he overcame Antoine Escoffier in the final 3-6 6-3 6-4 and the Porto Challenger where he defeated Alejandro Moro Canas in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(6).
Talking about his overall career, August has an overall 166-84 record. He has a positive 106-47 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Holmgren has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Lock
41 - 21win/loss
311
311
LWWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-30 | 19-12 | 33-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 13-16 | 25-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 18-17 | 21-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-30 | 20-18 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 8-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 373, Lock reached the 1st round after beating Kuzey Cekirge 7-5 6-4 and Max Wiskandt 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The defeated Wiskandt (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Lock scored 95 points vs Wiskandt’s 85. Lock was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Lock blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Benjamin Lock was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lock broke Wiskandt 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Benjamin’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Addis Ababa and M25 Arequipa.
Lock has a compiled 41-21 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Michael GeertsMichael – Mikhail KukushkinMikhail (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Richard BerankisBerankis (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin LockLock – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
