Laurent Lokoli and Steven Diez will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Olbia Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Laurent Lokoli who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Laurent Lokoli is the pick to win this match.
Laurent Lokoli -> 1.53
Steven Diez -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Laurent Lokoli vs. Steven Diez

This will be the 2^nd time that Laurent Lokoli and Steven Diez play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lokoli (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Lokoli won 7-6(3) 1-0 ret. in the 2^nd round in the Pozoblanco Challenger back in July 2024.

Laurent Lokoli

Ranked no. 469, the French player got to the 1^st round after defeating Matteo Mura 6-0 6-2 and Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Lokoli had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Jover (6-3 6-3). During the match, Lokoli scored 66 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 50. Laurent was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lokoli recorded 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Laurent Lokoli lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lokoli put 61% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Laurent broke Sanchez Jover 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Laurent started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.

Lokoli has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (293-180). 23-13 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lokoli has a compiled 129-71 record in the last years on hard.

The French player has an aggregate 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 23-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Olbia Challenger

Lokoli has never competed in this tournament before.

Steven Diez

Ranked no. 564, Diez reached the 1^st round after beating David Pichler 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3 and Vitaliy Sachko 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Sachko (6-4 6-2). During the match Diez scored 58 points vs Sachko’s 45. Steven was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Diez managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Steven Diez lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 71% of his first serves in, winning 71% (25/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Diez broke Sachko 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Diez started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Steven’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Roda de Bara.

Diez has a composed 15-19 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lokoli	Diez
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	32	48
Pts	128-83	161-135
Total Points	211	296
Winners	41	70
%Winners	32%	43%

Both Lokoli and Diez played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Steven Diez surrendered 1 set while Laurent Lokoli hasn’t lost a set so far. Lokoli has played 1 set(s) less than Diez (4 vs 5). Therefore, Lokoli played 16 games less than Diez. The French player scored 41 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian struck 70 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lokoli	Diez
Aces	3	7
Avg per match	1.5	3.5
1st in	53/94	101/155
%1st in	56%	65%
1st pts	41/53	70/101
%1st pts	77%	69%
2nd pts	23/41	25/54
%2nd pts	56%	46%

Lokoli bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Diez struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Lokoli won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lokoli	Diez
Won	10	11
Converted	10/19	11/16
% Converted	53%	69%
Conceded	8	13
Saved	6	8
% Saved	75%	62%
Times Broken	2	5

The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Lokoli dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Steven broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Steven conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Lokoli
	Q1 Mura	Q3 Sanchez	Total
Score	6-0 6-2	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	18	32
pts	62-33	66-50	128-83
Total points	95	116	211
Winners	16	25	41
%Winners	26%	38%	32%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	3
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	20/40	33/54	53/94
% 1st in	50%	61%	56%
1st pts	16/20	25/33	41/53
% 1st pts	80%	76%	77%
2nd pts	14/20	9/21	23/41
% 2nd pts	70%	43%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/8	10/19
Converted %	45%	63%	53%
Conceded	3	5	8
Saved	3/3	3/5	6
Saved %	100%	60%	80%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Diez
	Q1 Pichler	Q3 Sachko	Total
Score	6-75 6-2 6-3	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	30	18	48
pts	103-90	58-45	161-135
Total points	193	103	296
Winners	45	25	70
%Winners	44%	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	2	7
Double Faults	5	2	7
1st in	66/106	35/49	101/155
% 1st in	62%	71%	65%
1st pts	45/66	25/35	70/101
% 1st pts	68%	71%	69%
2nd pts	19/40	6/14	25/54
% 2nd pts	48%	43%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/9	5/7	11/16
Converted %	67%	71%	69%
Conceded	10	3	13
Saved	7/10	1/3	8
Saved %	70%	33%	52%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Tennis Scores in Olbia Challenger

• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Harold MayotMayot (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Carlos TabernerTaberner (3-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Steven DiezDiez – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Sergey FominFomin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Remy BertolaBertola – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Emilio NavaNava (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction