Tom Gentzsch and Tom Paris will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Lille Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tom Paris who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tom Paris is the pick to win this match.
Tom Paris -> 1.39
Tom Gentzsch -> 2.81
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Prediction and head to head Tom Gentzsch vs. Tom Paris
There is no head to head record between Tom Gentzsch and Tom Paris since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tom Gentzsch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2024 | 48-26 | 12-6 | 26-15 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 45-39 | 10-6 | 29-25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 14-11 | 15-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 1-2 | 8-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 440, Gentzsch got to the qualifications after defeating Robin Bertrand 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Tom had a good straight sets win against Bertrand (6-1 6-2). During the match, Gentzsch scored 54 points vs Bertrand’s 32. The German was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gentzsch managed to score 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Tom Gentzsch was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gentzsch broke Bertrand 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Gentzsch has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (142-108). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gentzsch has an aggregate13-18 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Gentzsch has an overall 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
Tom Paris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-6 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2024 | 19-10 | 12-5 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 5-7 | 10-4 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 633, the French player got to the qualifications after defeating Eliakim Coulibaly 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Tom had a good straight sets win against Coulibaly (7-65 6-3). During the match Paris scored 79 points vs Coulibaly’s 67. Paris was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Paris made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tom Paris lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Paris put 75% of his first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Paris broke Coulibaly 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Paris’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Oslo and M25 Nussloch.
Tom has a compiled 10-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gentzsch | Paris |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 |
| Pts | 54-32 | 79-67 |
| Total Points | 86 | 146 |
| Winners | 21 | 35 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both Gentzsch and Paris played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gentzsch and Paris have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gentzsch played 7 games less than Paris. Tom scored 21 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Paris managed to score 35 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gentzsch | Paris |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 54/72 |
| %1st in | 63% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 35/54 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 50% |
Gentzsch managed to score 3 aces . Paris managed to score 2 aces . Gentzsch won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Paris won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gentzsch | Paris |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 67% | 56% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The German broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The German pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Paris conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gentzsch | |||
| Q1 Bertrand |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-32 | 54-32 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Paris | |||
| Q1 Coulibaly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 79-67 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/72 | 54/72 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 35/54 | 35/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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