Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Ricardas Berankis will square off in the qualifications of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.63
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Ricardas Berankis
There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Ricardas Berankis since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
21 - 29win/loss
279
134
LLWWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-33 | 6-5 | 13-19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 249, Blancaneaux got to the qualifications after defeating Alex Molcan 6-3 1-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Molcan, Geoffrey had a free pass after Molcan retired on a 6-3 1-0 . scoreline.
Blancaneaux has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (300-249). 2-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blancaneaux has an overall48-61 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the New Delhi Challenger where he defeated Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-4 6-2.
The French player has a composed 21-29 win-loss record in 2024, 2-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Ricardas Berankis
34 - 24win/loss
314
50
LLLWLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 326, the Lithuanian reached the qualifications after beating Vesa Ahti 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Lithuanian had a good straight sets win against Ahti (7-5 6-2). During the match Berankis scored 67 points vs Ahti’s 54. The Lithuanian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Berankis fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 48% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the 2nd serve. Richard broke Ahti 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Blois Challenger where he defeated Calvin Hemery in the final 7-6(4) 7-5.
Richard has a composed 34-24 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blancaneaux | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 10 | 20 |
| Pts | 38-25 | 67-54 |
| Total Points | 63 | 121 |
| Winners | 13 | 21 |
| %Winners | 34% | 31% |
Both Blancaneaux and Berankis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Blancaneaux has played 1 set more than Berankis (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Blancaneaux played 10 games less than Berankis. Geoffrey scored 13 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Berankis made 21 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blancaneaux | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 16/25 | 30/62 |
| %1st in | 64% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 13/16 | 21/30 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 20/32 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 63% |
Blancaneaux struck 4 aces . Berankis managed to score 4 aces . Blancaneaux won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blancaneaux | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 40% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Geoffrey broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Geoffrey was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Lithuanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Richard conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blancaneaux | |||
| Q1 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | |
| pts | 38-25 | 38-25 | |
| Total points | 63 | 63 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 13/16 | 13/16 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Berankis | |||
| Q1 Ahti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-54 | 67-54 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/62 | 30/62 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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