Jacob Fearnley and Alexander Blockx will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Orleans Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTRAL ARENA. 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 Jacob Fearnley who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jacob Fearnley is the pick to win this match.
Jacob Fearnley -> 1.56
Alexander Blockx -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Jacob Fearnley vs. Alexander Blockx

There is no head to head record between Jacob Fearnley and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jacob Fearnley

Ranked no. 126 (career-high), Fearnley reached the semifinal after defeating Jonathan Eysseric 6-2 3-6 6-1, Robin Bertrand 6-3 6-3 and Matteo Gigante 6-1 6-0.

In the quarter, Fearnley had a good straight sets win against Gigante (6-1 6-0). During the match, Fearnley scored 53 points vs Gigante’s 22. Fearnley was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fearnley scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Jacob Fearnley was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Gigante 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.

Fearnley has a fantastic record in the last 4 years having won 81% of his matches (63-15). 16-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fearnley has a composed33-4 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nottingham 2 Challenger where he beat Charles Broom in the final 4-6 6-4 6-3 and the Lincoln Challenger where he overcame Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Rennes Challenger where he overcame Quentin Halys in the final 0-6 7-6(5) 6-3.

The Brit has a composed 35-5 win-loss record in 2024, 16-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Jacob has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 248 (career-high), the Belgian got to the semifinal after beating Norbert Gombos 6-1 6-4, Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 and Mark Lajal 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Lajal (6-3 6-3). During the match Blockx scored 70 points vs Lajal’s 58. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Blockx scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Lajal 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Blockx has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Belgian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger and M25 Koksijde.

Blockx has a compiled 22-19 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fearnley	Blockx
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	55	66
Pts	199-139	237-195
Total Points	338	432
Winners	72	97
%Winners	36%	41%

Both Fearnley and Blockx played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jacob Fearnley surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Blockx lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Fearnley and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Fearnley played 11 games less than Blockx. Jacob scored 72 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander recorded 97 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fearnley	Blockx
Aces	11	6
Avg per match	3.7	2
1st in	89/166	145/225
%1st in	54%	64%
1st pts	72/89	97/145
%1st pts	81%	67%
2nd pts	45/77	44/80
%2nd pts	58%	55%

Fearnley fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Blockx blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Fearnley won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fearnley	Blockx
Won	13	15
Converted	13/19	15/28
% Converted	68%	54%
Conceded	11	19
Saved	10	13
% Saved	91%	68%
Times Broken	1	6

The Brit broke his opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. Jacob conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Blockx broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Blockx conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Fearnley
	R1 Eysseric	R2 Bertrand	1/4 Gigante	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-1	6-3 6-3	6-1 6-0
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	24	18	13	55
pts	81-63	65-54	53-22	199-139
Total points	144	119	75	338
Winners	30	24	18	72
%Winners	37%	37%	34%	36%
SERVE
Aces	6	4	1	11
Double Faults	3	5	1	9
1st in	38/65	30/64	21/37	89/166
% 1st in	58%	47%	57%	54%
1st pts	30/38	24/30	18/21	72/89
% 1st pts	79%	80%	86%	81%
2nd pts	17/27	19/34	9/16	45/77
% 2nd pts	63%	56%	56%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	3	6	13
Converted	4/5	3/4	6/10	13/19
Converted %	80%	75%	60%	68%
Conceded	2	6	3	11
Saved	1/2	6/6	3/3	10
Saved %	50%	100%	100%	83%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Blockx
	R1 Gombos	R2 Shapovalov	1/4 Lajal	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-4 6-75 6-2	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	17	31	18	66
pts	60-45	107-92	70-58	237-195
Total points	105	199	128	432
Winners	23	47	27	97
%Winners	38%	44%	39%	41%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	2	6
Double Faults	1	1	2	4
1st in	35/58	68/100	42/67	145/225
% 1st in	60%	68%	63%	64%
1st pts	23/35	47/68	27/42	97/145
% 1st pts	66%	69%	64%	67%
2nd pts	14/23	20/32	10/25	44/80
% 2nd pts	61%	63%	40%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	5	6	15
Converted	4/8	5/10	6/10	15/28
Converted %	50%	50%	60%	54%
Conceded	5	7	7	19
Saved	4/5	5/7	4/7	13
Saved %	80%	71%	57%	69%
Times Broken	1	2	3	6

Tennis Scores in Orleans Challenger

• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-6⁴ 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Mark LajalLajal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo Grenier/Luca SanchezGrenier/Luca Sanchez – Robin Haase/Lucas MiedlerHaase/Lucas Miedler (6-3 4-6 10-2) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-6(4) 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Mark LajalLajal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Harold MayotMayot – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – (0-0) – H2H and prediction