Jakub Paul and Mae Malige will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Lille Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Paul who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Paul is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Paul -> 1.48
Mae Malige -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Paul vs. Mae Malige

There is no head to head record between Jakub Paul and Mae Malige since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Jakub Paul

Ranked no. 385, Jakub reached the qualifications after defeating Manuel Guinard 6-0 6-3.

In the qualifications, Paul had a good straight sets win against Guinard (6-0 6-3). During the match, Paul scored 58 points vs Guinard’s 34. Jakub was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Paul scored 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Jakub Paul conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 69% of his first serves in, win 85% (23/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Guinard 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Paul has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (213-165). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paul has an aggregate41-36 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

The Swiss’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger.

Paul has an aggregate 9-3 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lille Challenger

Mae Malige

Ranked no. 637 (career-high), Malige got to the qualifications after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Mae had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-2 6-3). During the match Malige scored 61 points vs Uchida’s 43. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Malige blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mae Malige was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Uchida 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Malige’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Bressuire.

The French player has a composed 10-4 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Paul	Malige
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	17
Pts	58-34	61-43
Total Points	92	104
Winners	23	21
%Winners	40%	34%

Both Paul and Malige 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, Paul and Malige have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Paul played 2 games less than Malige. The Swiss scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 21 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Paul	Malige
Aces	2	5
Avg per match	2	5
1st in	27/39	29/54
%1st in	69%	54%
1st pts	23/27	21/29
%1st pts	85%	72%
2nd pts	6/12	15/25
%2nd pts	50%	60%

Paul recorded 2 aces . Malige struck 5 aces . Paul won 85% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Malige won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Paul	Malige
Won	5	4
Converted	5/8	4/6
% Converted	63%	67%
Conceded	0	1
Saved	0	0
% Saved	0%	0%
Times Broken	0	1

Paul broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Jakub very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Mae conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Paul
	Q1 Guinard	Total
Score	6-0 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	58-34	58-34
Total points	92	92
Winners	23	23
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	27/39	27/39
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	23/27	23/27
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	6/12	6/12
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Malige
	Q1 Uchida	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	61-43	61-43
Total points	104	104
Winners	21	21
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	29/54	29/54
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	21/29	21/29
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

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