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

Liam Draxl

33 - 20win/loss

Hard
9-8
I Hard
7-0
Clay
17-12
Rank
247
High
233
WWWWWLWWWL
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

Calgary Challenger
Draxl's Record

Louis Wessels

Louis Wessels

29 - 28win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
2-4
Clay
20-19
Grass
0-1
Carpet
1-1
Rank
623
High
267
LLWLLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-29 6-3 20-19 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.

Calgary Challenger
Wessels's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Draxl
L.Wessels
2h:25
2h:25
Time on court​
2h:23
2h:23
!
2h:25
2h:25
Last match​
!
2h:23
2h:23
1
1
Match played
1
1
30
30
Games Played​
31
31
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
111
111
Total points​
100
100
111
111
Avg point​
100
100
49
49
Winners
49
49
49
49
Avg Winners​
49
49
44%
44%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
4
4
7
7
Avg Aces
4
4
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
4
4
Avg Double Faults
4
4
49/71
49/71
1st won total​
49/69
49/69
69%
69%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
16/27
16/27
2nd won total​
13/26
13/26
59%
59%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
5/18
5/18
BP won
2/9
2/9
5/18
5/18
Avg BP won
2/9
2/9
!
28%
28%
Won
!
22%
22%
6
6
Conceded
7
7
6
6
Avg Conceded
7
7
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
4
4

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

Tennis Scores in Calgary Challenger

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