Constant Lestienne and Christoph Negritu will square off in the 2nd round of the Villena Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Constant Lestienne who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Constant Lestienne is the pick to win this match.
Constant Lestienne -> 1.28
Christoph Negritu -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Constant Lestienne vs. Christoph Negritu
There is no head to head record between Constant Lestienne and Christoph Negritu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Constant Lestienne
18 - 24win/loss
196
48
WWLWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-30 | 16-14 | 0-3 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 22-12 | 0-5 | 7-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 25-6 | 4-7 | 18-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 10-3 | 4-9 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 138, Lestienne reached the 2nd round after beating Jakub Paul 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Paul, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Lestienne scored 78 points vs Paul’s 63. Constant was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lestienne scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Constant Lestienne lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lestienne put 48% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the 2nd serve. Lestienne broke Paul 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Lestienne has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (343-249). 11-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lestienne has a compiled 92-48 match record in the last years on hard.
Constant’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Rennes Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 18-24 win-loss record in 2024, 11-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villena Challenger
Lestienne has never competed in this tournament before.
Christoph Negritu
36 - 19win/loss
408
401
LWLLLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-25 | 14-13 | 25-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 29-17 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-19 | 18-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 19-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 425 (career-high), Christoph reached the 2nd round after beating Diego Barreto Sanchez 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(3) and Rudolf Molleker 6-1 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, The German defeated Molleker (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match Negritu scored 80 points vs Molleker’s 72. The German was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Negritu bagged 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Christoph Negritu was extremely effective on serve to win 90% (35/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Molleker 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The German’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Sion.
Negritu has an aggregate 36-19 win-loss record in 2024, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lestienne | Negritu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 62 |
| Pts | 78-63 | 197-175 |
| Total Points | 141 | 372 |
| Winners | 20 | 86 |
| %Winners | 26% | 44% |
Lestienne played 1 match while Negritu competed in 2 matches. Negritu started his run from the qualifications while Lestienne had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Constant Lestienne conceded 1 set, while Christoph Negritu surrendered 2 sets. Lestienne has played 3 set(s) less than Negritu (3 vs 6). Therefore, Lestienne played 38 games less than Negritu. Constant scored 20 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Christoph struck 86 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lestienne | Negritu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 12 |
| 1st in | 31/64 | 105/179 |
| %1st in | 48% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 20/31 | 86/105 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 37/74 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 50% |
Lestienne blasted 3 aces . Negritu struck 24 aces (12 per match). Lestienne won 65% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Negritu won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lestienne | Negritu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 7/23 |
| % Converted | 55% | 30% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 25% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Constant broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Constant conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Christoph broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Negritu conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lestienne | |||
| R1 Paul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 78-63 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/64 | 31/64 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 20/31 | 20/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Negritu | |||||
| Q1 Barreto |
Q3 Jorda Sanchis |
R1 Molleker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 7-63 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 20 | 26 | 82 | |
| pts | 117-103 | – | 80-72 | 197-175 | |
| Total points | 220 | 0 | 152 | 372 | |
| Winners | 51 | 35 | 86 | ||
| %Winners | 44% | 0% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 0 | 15 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 66/107 | / | 39/72 | 105/179 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 0% | 54% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 51/66 | / | 35/39 | 86/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 0% | 90% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/41 | / | 17/33 | 37/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 0% | 52% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Converted | 4/15 | / | 3/8 | 7/23 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 0% | 38% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Saved | 5/10 | 0/ | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 67% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Villena Challenger
- Lukas KleinKlein – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (7-67 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandBertrand – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Dali BlanchBlanch (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Jakub PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jerome KymKym – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Benoit PairePaire (1-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Cezar CretuCretu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandBertrand – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Dali BlanchBlanch (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (7-6(7) 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Jakub PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Rafael JodarJodar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Jules MarieMarie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
