Raphael Collignon and Gregoire Barrere will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Lyon Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 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 Raphael Collignon who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Raphael Collignon is the pick to win this match.
Raphael Collignon -> 1.6
Gregoire Barrere -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Raphael Collignon vs. Gregoire Barrere

This will be the 2^nd time that Raphael Collignon and Gregoire Barrere face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Barrere (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Barrere won 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Hamburg Challenger back in 2022.

Raphael Collignon

Ranked no. 142, Raphael got to the semifinal after defeating Titouan Droguet 4-6 6-2 6-2, Henri Squire 6-3 1-6 6-1 and Borna Coric 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the quarter against Coric, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-4).During the match, Collignon scored less points (7) than Coric. In fact, the world no. 142 won 106 points vs Coric’s. That means that Collignon was more focused during the important points. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Collignon scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Raphael Collignon was quite effective on serve to win 72% (48/67) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Raphael broke Coric twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has lost 3 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Collignon has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 67% of his matches (174-86). 19-11 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Collignon has an overall36-27 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he overcame Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 3-6 6-4 6-3.

Collignon has an overall 70-22 win-loss record in 2024, 19-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Raphael has never competed in this tournament before.

Gregoire Barrere

Ranked no. 170, Barrere reached the semifinal after beating Alexis Gautier 7-6(5) 7-5, Vitaliy Sachko 6-1 6-7(5) 6-4 and Valentin Royer 6-7(17) 6-3 7-6(5).

In the quarter against Royer, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹⁷ 6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Barrere scored 127 points vs Royer’s 123. Barrere was quite aggressive to blast 76 winners.

Talking about serving, Barrere blasted 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gregoire Barrere conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Barrere put 73% of his first serves in, winning 79% (76/96) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Gregoire broke Royer once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gregoire has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Gregoire’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Bucharest,the Bordeaux Challenger and the St. Brieuc Challenger.

Barrere has an aggregate 29-31 win-loss record in 2024, 11-13 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Collignon	Barrere
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	9	8
Tot Games	81	90
Pts	266-241	325-288
Total Points	507	613
Winners	122	157
%Winners	46%	48%

Both Collignon and Barrere played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Raphael Collignon conceded 3 sets, while Gregoire Barrere surrendered 2 sets. Collignon has played 1 set more than Barrere (9 vs 8). However, it’s interesting to notice that Collignon played 9 games less than Barrere. The Belgian scored 122 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Barrere fired 157 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Collignon	Barrere
Aces	10	25
Avg per match	3.3	8.3
1st in	161/244	211/300
%1st in	66%	70%
1st pts	122/161	157/211
%1st pts	76%	74%
2nd pts	36/83	49/89
%2nd pts	43%	55%

Collignon made 10 aces (3.3 per match). Barrere scored 25 aces (8.3 per match). Collignon won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Barrere won 74% of the points on 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	Collignon	Barrere
Won	11	9
Converted	11/32	9/27
% Converted	34%	33%
Conceded	15	13
Saved	8	9
% Saved	53%	69%
Times Broken	7	4

Collignon broke his opponents 11 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Belgian lost his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Barrere broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. Gregoire conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Collignon
	R1 Droguet	R2 Squire	1/4 Coric	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2	6-3 1-6 6-1	3-6 7-65 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	26	23	32	81
pts	86-63	74-65	106-113	266-241
Total points	149	139	219	507
Winners	39	35	48	122
%Winners	45%	47%	45%	46%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	3	10
Double Faults	6	3	1	10
1st in	47/73	47/69	67/102	161/244
% 1st in	64%	68%	66%	66%
1st pts	39/47	35/47	48/67	122/161
% 1st pts	83%	74%	72%	76%
2nd pts	11/26	7/22	18/35	36/83
% 2nd pts	42%	32%	51%	43%
Breaks
Won	5	4	2	11
Converted	5/10	4/11	2/11	11/32
Converted %	50%	36%	18%	34%
Conceded	7	3	5	15
Saved	5/7	0/3	3/5	8
Saved %	71%	0%	60%	44%
Times Broken	2	3	2	7

Barrere
	R1 Gautier	R2 Sachko	1/4 Royer	Total
Score	7-65 7-5	6-1 6-75 6-4	6-717 6-3 7-65
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	25	30	35	90
pts	82-73	116-92	127-123	325-288
Total points	155	208	250	613
Winners	32	49	76	157
%Winners	39%	42%	60%	48%
SERVE
Aces	7	6	12	25
Double Faults	1	1	1	3
1st in	46/69	69/99	96/132	211/300
% 1st in	67%	70%	73%	70%
1st pts	32/46	49/69	76/96	157/211
% 1st pts	70%	71%	79%	74%
2nd pts	16/23	17/30	16/36	49/89
% 2nd pts	70%	57%	44%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	5	1	9
Converted	3/12	5/13	1/2	9/27
Converted %	25%	38%	50%	33%
Conceded	2	7	4	13
Saved	0/2	5/7	4/4	9
Saved %	0%	71%	100%	57%
Times Broken	2	2	0	4

Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger

• Geoffrey Blancaneaux/Luca SanchezBlancaneaux/Luca Sanchez – Filip Bergevi/Johannes IngildsenBergevi/Johannes Ingildsen (3-6 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-2 3-6 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Loann MassardMassard (6-4 3-6 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Raphael CollignonCollignon – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-7¹⁷ 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression

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