Calvin Hemery and Eliakim Coulibaly will square off in the quarter of the Brazzaville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Calvin Hemery who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Calvin Hemery is the pick to win this match.
Calvin Hemery -> 1.49
Eliakim Coulibaly -> 2.47

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Prediction and head to head Calvin Hemery vs. Eliakim Coulibaly

There is no head to head record between Calvin Hemery and Eliakim Coulibaly since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Calvin Hemery

Ranked no. 234, Calvin reached the quarter after beating Yuvan Nandal 6-3 6-1 and Matteo Covato 6-0 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Covato (6-0 6-3). During the match, Hemery scored 54 points vs Covato’s 27. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hemery struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Calvin Hemery was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hemery broke Covato 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 63% of the points he played.

Hemery has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (319-224). 27-18 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hemery has a compiled 173-110 record in the last years on clay.

Hemery’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Blois Challenger and the Tampere Challenger.

Hemery has a compiled 35-31 win-loss record in 2024, 27-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brazzaville Challenger

Calvin has never competed in this tournament before.

Eliakim Coulibaly

Ranked no. 412, Coulibaly reached the quarter after beating Guy Orly Iradukunda 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Samir Hamza Reguig 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Eliakim had a good straight sets win against Hamza Reguig (6-4 6-3). During the match Coulibaly scored 76 points vs Hamza Reguig’s 61. Coulibaly was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Coulibaly recorded 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Eliakim Coulibaly lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Coulibaly put 61% of his first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. The Ivorian broke Hamza Reguig 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ivorian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Coulibaly’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

The Ivorian has a composed 54-21 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hemery	Coulibaly
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	31	47
Pts	116-69	162-139
Total Points	185	301
Winners	50	68
%Winners	43%	42%

Both Hemery and Coulibaly played 2 matches. At the moment, Eliakim Coulibaly surrendered 1 set while Calvin Hemery hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hemery has played 1 set(s) less than Coulibaly (4 vs 5). Therefore, Hemery played 16 games less than Coulibaly. Calvin scored 50 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Coulibaly fired 68 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hemery	Coulibaly
Aces	15	13
Avg per match	7.5	6.5
1st in	59/90	88/136
%1st in	66%	65%
1st pts	50/59	68/88
%1st pts	85%	77%
2nd pts	16/31	22/48
%2nd pts	52%	46%

Hemery made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Coulibaly managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Hemery won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Coulibaly won 77% 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	Hemery	Coulibaly
Won	9	8
Converted	9/17	8/20
% Converted	53%	40%
Conceded	5	9
Saved	4	5
% Saved	80%	56%
Times Broken	1	4

Calvin broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Hemery conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Ivorian broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Coulibaly conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Hemery
	R1 Nandal	R2 Covato	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-0 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	15	31
pts	62-42	54-27	116-69
Total points	104	81	185
Winners	23	27	50
%Winners	37%	50%	43%
SERVE
Aces	9	6	15
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	27/46	32/44	59/90
% 1st in	59%	73%	66%
1st pts	23/27	27/32	50/59
% 1st pts	85%	84%	85%
2nd pts	9/19	7/12	16/31
% 2nd pts	47%	58%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/11	4/6	9/17
Converted %	45%	67%	53%
Conceded	3	2	5
Saved	2/3	2/2	4
Saved %	67%	100%	84%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Coulibaly
	R1 Orly Iradukunda	R2 Hamza	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	28	19	47
pts	86-78	76-61	162-139
Total points	164	137	301
Winners	37	31	68
%Winners	43%	41%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	5	13
Double Faults	4	9	13
1st in	49/72	39/64	88/136
% 1st in	68%	61%	65%
1st pts	37/49	31/39	68/88
% 1st pts	76%	79%	77%
2nd pts	13/23	9/25	22/48
% 2nd pts	57%	36%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/8	4/12	8/20
Converted %	50%	33%	40%
Conceded	5	4	9
Saved	2/5	3/4	5
Saved %	40%	75%	58%
Times Broken	3	1	4

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