Liam Draxl and Louis Wessels will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Calgary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on NATIONAL BANK COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Draxl who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.194
Louis Wessels -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Louis Wessels
There is no head to head record between Liam Draxl and Louis Wessels since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Liam Draxl
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-24 | 21-10 | 17-12 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-9 | 23-5 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-16 | 16-10 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 16-9 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 272, Liam got to the 2nd round after defeating Goncalo Oliveira 6-1 6-7(2) 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Canadian defeated Oliveira (6-1 6-72 6-4). During the match, Draxl scored 111 points vs Oliveira’s 98. Liam was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Draxl fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (49/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. Liam broke Oliveira 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).
Draxl has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (142-77). 6-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Draxl has a compiled28-14 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Draxl’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Constanta and M25 Edmonton.
Liam has a compiled 32-20 win-loss record in 2024, 6-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Calgary Challenger
Louis Wessels
29 - 28win/loss
623
267
LLLWLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-30 | 6-3 | 20-20 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 37-36 | 4-4 | 26-18 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 7-4 | 39-27 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 32-19 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 593, Wessels reached the 2nd round after beating Justin Boulais 7-6(2) 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Wessels defeated Boulais (7-62 2-6 6-4).During the match Wessels scored less points (1) than Boulais. In fact, the world no. 272 won 100 points vs Boulais’s. That means that Wessels was more focused during the important points. Louis was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Wessels bagged 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Louis Wessels lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Wessels put 73% of his first serves in, winning 71% (49/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Boulais twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Wessels’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Ystad.
Louis has a composed 29-27 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Calgary Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Draxl | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 31 |
| Pts | 111-98 | 100-101 |
| Total Points | 209 | 201 |
| Winners | 49 | 49 |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% |
Both Draxl and Wessels played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Liam Draxl dropped 1 set, while Louis Wessels lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Draxl and Wessels have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Draxl played 1 game less than Wessels. The Canadian scored 49 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Louis made 49 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Draxl | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 71/98 | 69/95 |
| %1st in | 72% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 49/71 | 49/69 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Draxl made 7 aces . Wessels blasted 4 aces . Draxl won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Wessels won 71% of the points behind 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 | Draxl | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/18 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 28% | 22% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 83% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Canadian broke his opponent 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. Draxl dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Wessels broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Draxl | |||
| R1 Oliveira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-72 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 111-98 | 111-98 | |
| Total points | 209 | 209 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 71/98 | 71/98 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 49/71 | 49/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/18 | 5/18 | |
| Converted % | 28% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Wessels | |||
| R1 Boulais |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 100-101 | 100-101 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 69/95 | 69/95 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 49/69 | 49/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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