Constant Lestienne and Alexander Blockx will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Constant Lestienne who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Constant Lestienne is the pick to win this match.
Constant Lestienne -> 1.75
Alexander Blockx -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Constant Lestienne vs. Alexander Blockx

There is no head to head record between Constant Lestienne and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Constant Lestienne

Ranked no. 198, Constant reached the 2^nd round after beating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Constant had a good straight sets win against Moreno De Alboran (6-3 6-2). During the match, Lestienne scored 64 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 49. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lestienne bagged 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Constant Lestienne was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (16/22) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Constant broke Moreno De Alboran 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Lestienne has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (350-254). 8-8 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Lestienne has a compiled 132-83 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The French player best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Rennes Challenger.

Lestienne has a composed 25-29 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Lestienne has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 249, Blockx reached the 2^nd round after beating Kasidit Samrej 7-6(3) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Blockx had a good straight sets win against Samrej (7-6³ 6-2). During the match Blockx scored 92 points vs Samrej’s 79. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Blockx made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexander Blockx was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (35/48) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Samrej 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).

Blockx’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger,M25 Koksijde,the Orleans Challenger and the Matsuyama Challenger.

The Belgian has an aggregate 27-23 win-loss record in 2024, 13-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lestienne	Blockx
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	21
Pts	64-49	92-79
Total Points	113	171
Winners	16	35
%Winners	25%	38%

Both Lestienne and Blockx played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lestienne and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lestienne played 4 games less than Blockx. Constant scored 16 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian struck 35 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lestienne	Blockx
Aces	3	6
Avg per match	3	6
1st in	22/52	48/79
%1st in	42%	61%
1st pts	16/22	35/48
%1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	16/30	16/31
%2nd pts	53%	52%

Lestienne scored 3 aces . Blockx recorded 6 aces . Lestienne won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lestienne	Blockx
Won	5	3
Converted	5/10	3/15
% Converted	50%	20%
Conceded	4	8
Saved	2	7
% Saved	50%	88%
Times Broken	2	1

Lestienne broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponent 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Lestienne
	R1 Moreno De Alboran	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	64-49	64-49
Total points	113	113
Winners	16	16
%Winners	25%	25%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	22/52	22/52
% 1st in	42%	42%
1st pts	16/22	16/22
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	16/30	16/30
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Blockx
	R1 Samrej	Total
Score	7-63 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	92-79	92-79
Total points	171	171
Winners	35	35
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	48/79	48/79
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	35/48	35/48
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	16/31	16/31
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/15	3/15
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	7/8	7
Saved %	88%	88%
Times Broken	1	1

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