Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Max Hans Rehberg will face off in the 1^st round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Hans Rehberg who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Max Hans Rehberg is the pick to win this match.
Max Hans Rehberg -> 1.86
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Max Hans Rehberg

This will be the 2^nd time that Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Max Hans Rehberg square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hans (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Hans won 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in the Braunschweig Challenger back in July 2024.

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Ranked no. 250, the French player got to the 1^st round after defeating Alex Molcan 6-3 1-0 ret. and Ricardas Berankis 7-5 7-6(5).

In the qualifications, Blancaneaux had a good straight sets win against Berankis (7-5 7-6⁵). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 95 points vs Berankis’s 92. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Blancaneaux fired 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Geoffrey Blancaneaux was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Berankis twice after converting 14% of his break points (2/14).

Blancaneaux has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (301-249). 3-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blancaneaux has a compiled49-61 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 overcame Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-4 6-2.

Blancaneaux has an aggregate 22-29 win-loss record in 2024, 3-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

Max Hans Rehberg

Ranked no. 332, Max got to the 1^st round after beating Martin Krumich 3-6 6-1 6-0 and Hynek Barton 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Max had a good straight sets win against Barton (6-4 6-2). During the match Hans scored 61 points vs Barton’s 42. Max was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Hans managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Max Hans Rehberg was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hans was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Barton 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Max started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

Max’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Oberhaching.

The German has a compiled 45-25 win-loss record in 2024, 17-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Blancaneaux	Hans
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	35	40
Pts	133-117	141-98
Total Points	250	239
Winners	50	59
%Winners	38%	42%

Both Blancaneaux and Hans played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Max Hans Rehberg dropped 1 set while Geoffrey Blancaneaux hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Blancaneaux and Hans have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Blancaneaux played 5 games less than Hans. Geoffrey scored 50 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The German blasted 59 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Blancaneaux	Hans
Aces	11	5
Avg per match	5.5	2.5
1st in	63/113	79/119
%1st in	56%	66%
1st pts	50/63	59/79
%1st pts	79%	75%
2nd pts	28/50	22/40
%2nd pts	56%	55%

Blancaneaux bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Hans scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Blancaneaux won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Hans won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Blancaneaux	Hans
Won	4	9
Converted	4/19	9/12
% Converted	21%	75%
Conceded	8	7
Saved	7	5
% Saved	88%	71%
Times Broken	1	2

Blancaneaux broke his opponents 4 times with a 21% conversion rate. Geoffrey conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Hans broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Blancaneaux
	Q1 Molcan	Q3 Berankis	Total
Score	6-3 1-0 ret.	7-5 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	10	25	35
pts	38-25	95-92	133-117
Total points	63	187	250
Winners	13	37	50
%Winners	34%	39%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	11
Double Faults	0	5	5
1st in	16/25	47/88	63/113
% 1st in	64%	53%	56%
1st pts	13/16	37/47	50/63
% 1st pts	81%	79%	79%
2nd pts	7/9	21/41	28/50
% 2nd pts	78%	51%	56%
Breaks
Won	2	2	4
Converted	2/5	2/14	4/19
Converted %	40%	14%	21%
Conceded	0	8	8
Saved	0/0	7/8	7
Saved %	–	88%	44%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Hans
	Q1 Krumich	Q3 Barton	Total
Score	3-6 6-1 6-0	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	22	18	40
pts	80-56	61-42	141-98
Total points	136	103	239
Winners	28	31	59
%Winners	35%	51%	42%
SERVE
Aces	3	2	5
Double Faults	4	1	5
1st in	40/65	39/54	79/119
% 1st in	62%	72%	66%
1st pts	28/40	31/39	59/79
% 1st pts	70%	79%	75%
2nd pts	13/25	9/15	22/40
% 2nd pts	52%	60%	55%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/9	3/3	9/12
Converted %	67%	100%	75%
Conceded	5	2	7
Saved	3/5	2/2	5
Saved %	60%	100%	80%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger

• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emilio NavaNava – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Oliver OjakaarOjakaar (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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