Benjamin Bonzi and Michael Geerts will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rennes Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on COURT LE LIBERTE. 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 Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.46
Michael Geerts -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Michael Geerts
This will be the 2nd time that Benjamin Bonzi and Michael Geerts play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Geerts (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Geerts won 7-6(3) 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Pozoblanco Challenger back in 2021.
Benjamin Bonzi
25 - 28win/loss
153
42
WLWLWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-28 | 11-12 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 10-8 | 2-4 | 17-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 7-10 | 9-5 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-27 | 23-5 | 7-7 | 20-13 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-12 | 21-3 | 5-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, Bonzi reached the 2nd round after defeating Hazem Naow 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Bonzi defeated Naow (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match, Bonzi scored 103 points vs Naow’s 84. Bonzi was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bonzi bagged 17 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Benjamin Bonzi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bonzi put 63% of his first serves in, winning 83% (49/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (12/35) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Naow 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Bonzi has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (344-229). 1-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bonzi has an overall91-72 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he beat Sho Shimabukuro in the final 5-7 6-1 6-4.
Benjamin has an aggregate 25-28 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rennes Challenger
Michael Geerts
33 - 29win/loss
319
212
WLWLLWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-29 | 15-9 | 10-12 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 319, Geerts reached the 2nd round after beating Laurent Lokoli 6-2 4-2 ret..
In the 1st round against Lokoli, the Belgian had a free pass after Lokoli retired on a 6-2 4-2 . scoreline.
The Belgian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Martos and M25 Castelo Branco.
The Belgian has an overall 33-29 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rennes Challenger
Geerts has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 14 |
| Pts | 103-84 | 44-27 |
| Total Points | 187 | 71 |
| Winners | 49 | 14 |
| %Winners | 48% | 32% |
Both Bonzi and Geerts played 1 match. At the moment, Benjamin Bonzi conceded 1 set while Michael Geerts hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Bonzi and Geerts have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Bonzi played 15 games more than Geerts. The French player scored 49 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Geerts bagged 14 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 17 | 4 |
| 1st in | 59/94 | 15/31 |
| %1st in | 63% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 49/59 | 14/15 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 93% |
| 2nd pts | 12/35 | 11/16 |
| %2nd pts | 34% | 69% |
Bonzi fired 17 aces . Geerts managed to score 4 aces . Bonzi won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 34% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 93% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 42% | 44% |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 56% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonzi | |||
| R1 Naow |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 103-84 | 103-84 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 59/94 | 59/94 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 49/59 | 49/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/35 | 12/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 34% | 34% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Lokoli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 44-27 | 44-27 | |
| Total points | 71 | 71 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 14/15 | 14/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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