Luca Nardi and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Koblenz Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm 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 Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.
Luca Nardi -> 1.24
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 3.72
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
This will be the 3rd time that Luca Nardi and Geoffrey Blancaneaux play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nardi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Nardi won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the Matsuyama Challenger back in 2023.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-30 | 14-13 | 8-9 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-27 | 14-14 | 8-5 | 9-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 83, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Tom Gentzsch 6-3 4-6 7-5, Ryan Nijboer 6-4 6-4 and Jelle Sels 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-3 6-4). During the match, Nardi scored 68 points vs Sels’s 52. Nardi was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nardi scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Luca Nardi conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 79% of his first serves in, winning 84% (38/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. Nardi broke Sels twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Nardi has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (159-122). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nardi has an overall46-37 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Nardi has a composed 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Koblenz Challenger
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-35 | 0-5 | 23-22 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 289, Geoffrey reached the 2nd round after defeating Antoine Escoffier 6-1 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Geoffrey defeated Escoffier (6-1 3-6 6-3). During the match Blancaneaux scored 94 points vs Escoffier’s 78. Geoffrey was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Blancaneaux fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Geoffrey Blancaneaux was very efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Blancaneaux broke Escoffier 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Geoffrey has a compiled 1-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 25 |
| Pts | 239-193 | 94-78 |
| Total Points | 432 | 172 |
| Winners | 103 | 31 |
| %Winners | 43% | 33% |
Nardi played 3 matches while Blancaneaux competed in 1 match. Nardi started his run from the qualifications while Blancaneaux had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Nardi dropped 1 set, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux surrendered 1 set. Nardi has played 4 sets more than Blancaneaux (7 vs 3). Therefore, Nardi played 45 games more than Blancaneaux. Nardi scored 103 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Blancaneaux scored 31 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 127/198 | 40/79 |
| %1st in | 64% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 103/127 | 31/40 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 46/71 | 20/39 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 51% |
Nardi managed to score 13 aces (4.3 per match). Blancaneaux blasted 5 aces . Nardi won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/26 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 27% | 31% |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 |
| Saved | 13 | 2 |
| % Saved | 93% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 27% conversion rate. Luca dropped his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded. Blancaneaux broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | |||||
| Q1 Gentzsch | Q3 Nijboer | R1 Sels | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 | 19 | 70 | |
| pts | 100-83 | 71-58 | 68-52 | 239-193 | |
| Total points | 183 | 129 | 120 | 432 | |
| Winners | 41 | 24 | 38 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% | 56% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/84 | 29/57 | 45/57 | 127/198 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 51% | 79% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 24/29 | 38/45 | 103/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 83% | 84% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/31 | 19/28 | 5/12 | 46/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 68% | 42% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/10 | 2/6 | 7/26 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 20% | 33% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 100% | 100% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||||
| R1 Escoffier | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-3 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |||
| pts | 94-78 | 94-78 | |||
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |||
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |||
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1st in | 40/79 | 40/79 | |||
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |||
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |||
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |||
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |||
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |||
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |||
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |||
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |||
| Saved % | 50% | 17% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |||
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