Benjamin Bonzi and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.444
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
This will be the 4th time that Benjamin Bonzi and Pierre-Hugues Herbert play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Bonzi (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Bonzi won 6-7(11) 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Roanne Challenger back in October 2024.
Benjamin Bonzi
40 - 31win/loss
76
42
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-32 | 13-13 | 7-10 | 24-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 10-8 | 2-4 | 17-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 7-10 | 9-5 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-27 | 23-5 | 7-7 | 20-13 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-12 | 21-3 | 5-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 122, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Calvin Hemery 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Hemery (7-5 6-3). During the match, Bonzi scored 69 points vs Hemery’s 56. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bonzi struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Benjamin Bonzi was quite effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bonzi broke Hemery twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Bonzi has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (359-232). 14-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bonzi has an aggregate104-74 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he beat Sho Shimabukuro in the final 5-7 6-1 6-4 and the Roanne Challenger where he defeated Matteo Martineau in the final 7-5 6-1 and the St. Brieuc Challenger where he defeated Lucas Pouille in the final 6-2 6-3.
Benjamin has an overall 40-31 win-loss record in 2024, 14-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
30 - 26win/loss
147
36
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Max Hans Rehberg 5-7 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Hans Rehberg, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match Herbert scored 99 points vs Hans Rehberg’s 91. Herbert was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Herbert made 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was very efficient on serve to win 73% (35/48) of his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Herbert broke Hans Rehberg 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Quimper Challenger where he beat Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 6-2.
Herbert has a composed 30-26 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 |
| Pts | 69-56 | 99-91 |
| Total Points | 125 | 190 |
| Winners | 33 | 35 |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% |
Both Bonzi and Herbert played 1 match. At the moment, Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost 1 set while Benjamin Bonzi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bonzi has played 1 set(s) less than Herbert (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bonzi played 9 games less than Herbert. The French player scored 33 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 35 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8 |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 48/87 |
| %1st in | 66% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 35/48 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 23/39 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Bonzi bagged 4 aces . Herbert scored 8 aces . Bonzi won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Bonzi broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The French player quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Herbert conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonzi | |||
| R1 Hemery | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 69-56 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Herbert | |||
| R1 Hans | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 99-91 | 99-91 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/87 | 48/87 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Zsombor PirosPiros (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca Van AsscheLuca – Damir DzumhurDamir (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jakub PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – (1-1) – H2H and prediction