Joao Fonseca and Calvin Hemery will square off in the semifinal of the Lyon Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 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 Joao Fonseca who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.25
Calvin Hemery -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Joao Fonseca vs. Calvin Hemery

This will be the 2^nd time that Joao Fonseca and Calvin Hemery clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fonseca (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Fonseca won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in August 2024.

Joao Fonseca

Ranked no. 149 (career-high), Fonseca got to the semifinal after beating Maxime Janvier 6-4 3-6 6-3, Kyrian Jacquet 6-4 6-4 and Martin Landaluce 6-2 3-6 7-6(9).

In the quarter, Fonseca defeated Landaluce (6-2 3-6 7-6⁹). During the match, Fonseca scored 100 points vs Landaluce’s 97. Fonseca was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Fonseca scored 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Joao Fonseca was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (49/65) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Fonseca broke Landaluce 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brazilian has dropped 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Fonseca has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 60% of his matches (48-32). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Fonseca has a compiled8-4 match record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Lexington Challenger where he defeated Li Tu in the final 6-1 6-4.

The Brazilian has an overall 32-22 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.

Calvin Hemery

Ranked no. 237, the French player got to the semifinal after beating Denis Yevseyev 3-6 7-5 7-6(5), Oleg Prihodko 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Loann Massard 6-4 3-6 7-6(1).

In the quarter, Calvin defeated Massard (6-4 3-6 7-6¹). During the match Hemery and Massard scored the same amount of points (104). However, the world no. 149 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about serving, Hemery recorded 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Calvin Hemery was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (53/71) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Calvin broke Massard once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Calvin has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in the Blois Challenger and the Tampere Challenger.

Calvin has a compiled 38-32 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Hemery has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fonseca	Hemery
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	9
Tot Games	78	92
Pts	258-239	283-269
Total Points	497	552
Winners	126	136
%Winners	49%	48%

Both Fonseca and Hemery played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Joao Fonseca dropped 2 sets, while Calvin Hemery surrendered 3 sets. Fonseca has played 1 set(s) less than Hemery (8 vs 9). Therefore, Fonseca played 14 games less than Hemery. The Brazilian scored 126 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Calvin recorded 136 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fonseca	Hemery
Aces	29	33
Avg per match	9.7	11
1st in	175/238	183/271
%1st in	74%	68%
1st pts	126/175	136/183
%1st pts	72%	74%
2nd pts	39/63	48/88
%2nd pts	62%	55%

Fonseca bagged 29 aces (9.7 per match). Hemery fired 33 aces (11 per match). Fonseca won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Hemery 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	Fonseca	Hemery
Won	9	8
Converted	9/26	8/22
% Converted	35%	36%
Conceded	17	17
Saved	12	10
% Saved	71%	59%
Times Broken	5	7

The Brazilian broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Joao surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Fonseca
	R1 Janvier	R2 Jacquet	1/4 Landaluce	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3	6-4 6-4	6-2 3-6 7-69
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	28	20	30	78
pts	92-89	66-53	100-97	258-239
Total points	181	119	197	497
Winners	42	35	49	126
%Winners	46%	53%	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	16	29
Double Faults	2	2	4	8
1st in	65/90	45/59	65/89	175/238
% 1st in	72%	76%	73%	74%
1st pts	42/65	35/45	49/65	126/175
% 1st pts	65%	78%	75%	72%
2nd pts	17/25	7/14	15/24	39/63
% 2nd pts	68%	50%	63%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	3	3	9
Converted	3/10	3/4	3/12	9/26
Converted %	30%	75%	25%	35%
Conceded	9	2	6	17
Saved	7/9	1/2	4/6	12
Saved %	78%	50%	67%	65%
Times Broken	2	1	2	5

Hemery
	R1 Yevseyev	R2 Prihodko	1/4 Massard	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 7-65	3-6 6-3 6-2	6-4 3-6 7-61
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	34	26	32	92
pts	106-99	73-66	104-104	283-269
Total points	205	139	208	552
Winners	43	40	53	136
%Winners	41%	55%	51%	48%
SERVE
Aces	11	7	15	33
Double Faults	4	5	2	11
1st in	60/97	52/73	71/101	183/271
% 1st in	62%	71%	70%	68%
1st pts	43/60	40/52	53/71	136/183
% 1st pts	72%	77%	75%	74%
2nd pts	20/37	12/21	16/30	48/88
% 2nd pts	54%	57%	53%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	3	1	8
Converted	4/10	3/5	1/7	8/22
Converted %	40%	60%	14%	36%
Conceded	8	2	7	17
Saved	3/8	1/2	6/7	10
Saved %	38%	50%	86%	58%
Times Broken	5	1	1	7

Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger

• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-2 3-6 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Geoffrey Blancaneaux/Luca SanchezBlancaneaux/Luca Sanchez – Filip Bergevi/Johannes IngildsenBergevi/Johannes Ingildsen (3-6 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-7¹⁷ 6-3 7-6⁵) – 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

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