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

Constant Lestienne

18 - 24win/loss

Hard
11-12
I Hard
4-5
Clay
0-3
Grass
3-4
Rank
196
High
48
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-30 15-14 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
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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.

Villena Challenger
Lestienne's Record

Christoph Negritu

Christoph Negritu

36 - 19win/loss

Hard
13-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
23-10
Rank
408
High
401
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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
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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).

Villena Challenger
Negritu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Lestienne
C.Negritu
1h:33
1h:33
Time on court​
!
4h:11
4h:11
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
24
24
Games Played​
82
82
3
3
Set played​​
8
8
78
78
Total points​
197
197
78
78
Avg point​
65.7
65.7
20
20
Winners
86
86
20
20
Avg Winners​
28.7
28.7
26%
26%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
24
24
3
3
Avg Aces
8
8
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
20/31
20/31
1st won total​
86/105
86/105
65%
65%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
21/33
21/33
2nd won total​
37/74
37/74
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
7/23
7/23
6/11
6/11
Avg BP won
2.3/7.7
2.3/7.7
!
55%
55%
Won
30%
30%
4
4
Conceded
13
13
4
4
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
3
3
Broken
6
6
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
7
7
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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

Tennis Scores in Villena Challenger

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