Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Alexey Vatutin will play each other in the 1st round of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.3
Alexey Vatutin -> 3.26

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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Alexey Vatutin

There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Alexey Vatutin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

7 - 5win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
7-3
Rank
127
High
36
LLLWWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-17 0-2 8-8 12-4 3-3 0-0
2024 33-31 3-5 8-11 19-12 3-3 0-0
2023 26-22 2-4 5-4 16-11 3-3 0-0
2022 18-15 0-0 2-5 10-7 6-3 0-0
2021 17-21 4-7 4-6 9-7 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 163, the French player will start his run in the Pau Challenger after he played his last match in Marseille where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Medvedev in the 2nd round on the 13th of February.

Herbert has a composed 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 482-370 record. He has a positive 198-122 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Pau Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2024. See his history.

Pau Challenger
Herbert's Record

Alexey Vatutin

Alexey Vatutin

4 - 5win/loss

Rank
334
High
136
LLLLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-16 0-0 14-9 7-7 0-0 0-0
2024 52-32 0-2 32-16 20-14 0-0 0-0
2023 27-27 5-7 6-8 12-11 0-0 4-1
2022 38-39 8-3 19-20 11-16 0-0 0-0
2021 31-38 0-1 15-26 16-11 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 329, Vatutin reached the 1st

round after beating Arthur Reymond 7-5 2-6 6-4 and Lucas Poullain 6-4 6-4.

Vatutin has a compiled 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pau Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

Pau Challenger
Vatutin's Record

Tennis Scores in Pau Challenger

  • Robin BertrandBertrandPierre DelageDelage (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Arthur FeryFeryFajing SunSun (6-1 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Pedro CachinCachinGregoire BarrereBarrere (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Patrick ZahrajZahrajAlibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Raphael CollignonCollignonMaxence BeaugeBeauge (7-63 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Filip MisolicMisolicEdas ButvilasButvilas (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Lucas PoullainPoullainVilius GaubasGaubas (5-7 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Alexander BlockxBlockxManuel GuinardGuinard (2-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Harold MayotMayotJie CuiCui (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Arthur BouquierBouquierMartin LandaluceLandaluce (6-73 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Lukas KleinKleinAntoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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