Mae Malige and Louis Tessa will square off in the qualifications of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mae Malige who should win in 3 sets.
Mae Malige -> 1.68
Louis Tessa -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Mae Malige vs. Louis Tessa
There is no head to head record between Mae Malige and Louis Tessa since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mae Malige
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-19 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 19-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 7-14 | 5-4 | 0-3 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Ranked no. 695, the French player got to the qualifications after defeating Mathias Bourgue 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Mae had a good straight sets win against Bourgue (6-3 6-4). During the match, Malige scored 64 points vs Bourgue’s 49. Malige was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Malige scored just 1 ace and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mae Malige was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Malige broke Bourgue 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Malige has a unfavourable record in the last 2 years having won 49% of his matches (28-29). 1-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Malige has an overall6-5 win-loss record in the last 2 years on hard.
Mae’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Bressuire and M15 Lannion.
The French player has a compiled 21-15 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Louis Tessa
29 - 19win/loss
786
732
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-23 | 13-13 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-20 | 28-15 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 16-11 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-8 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 735 (career-high), Tessa reached the qualifications after beating Alexey Vatutin 7-6(4) 6-1.
In the qualifications, Tessa had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (7-64 6-1). During the match Tessa scored 83 points vs Vatutin’s 65. Tessa was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Tessa managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Louis Tessa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tessa put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Tessa broke Vatutin 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Louis’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Umag and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
The French player has a compiled 28-19 win-loss record in 2024, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Malige | Tessa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 64-49 | 83-65 |
| Total Points | 113 | 148 |
| Winners | 24 | 32 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Both Malige and Tessa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Malige and Tessa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Malige played 1 game less than Tessa. Mae scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Tessa scored 32 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Malige | Tessa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 48/79 |
| %1st in | 67% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 32/48 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 14/31 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 45% |
Malige scored 1 ace . Tessa also scored 2 aces . Malige won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Tessa won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Malige | Tessa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 57% | 42% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 33% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Tessa conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Malige | |||
| Q1 Bourgue | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-49 | 64-49 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tessa | |||
| Q1 Vatutin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 83-65 | 83-65 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/79 | 48/79 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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