Rodrigo Alujas and Max Houkes will square off in the 2^nd round of the Brazzaville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm 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 Max Houkes who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Max Houkes is the pick to win this match.
Max Houkes -> 1.098
Rodrigo Alujas -> 6.05

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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Alujas vs. Max Houkes

There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Alujas and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Rodrigo Alujas

Currently unranked, Rodrigo got to the 2^nd round after beating Guelfo Baldovinetti 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Alujas had a good straight sets win against Baldovinetti (6-1 6-3). During the match, Alujas scored 68 points vs Baldovinetti’s 42. Rodrigo was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alujas bagged 5 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Rodrigo Alujas was very effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alujas broke Baldovinetti 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Alujas has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 53% of his matches (39-35). 4-1 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Alujas has an aggregate23-20 match record in the last 3 years on clay.

Alujas has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brazzaville Challenger

Rodrigo has never competed in this tournament before.

Max Houkes

Ranked no. 314, the Dutch reached the 2^nd round after beating Kryce-Didier Momo-Kassa 6-0 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Houkes had a good straight sets win against Momo-Kassa (6-0 6-0). During the match Houkes scored 48 points vs Momo-Kassa’s 8. The Dutch was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.

Talking about serving, Houkes struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Max Houkes was extremely effective on serve to win 100% (15/15) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dutch broke Momo-Kassa 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Houkes has an aggregate 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alujas	Houkes
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	12
Pts	68-42	48-8
Total Points	110	56
Winners	22	15
%Winners	32%	31%

Both Alujas and Houkes played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alujas and Houkes have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alujas played 4 games more than Houkes. Rodrigo scored 22 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch scored 15 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alujas	Houkes
Aces	5	5
Avg per match	5	5
1st in	31/54	15/26
%1st in	57%	58%
1st pts	22/31	15/15
%1st pts	71%	100%
2nd pts	14/23	9/11
%2nd pts	61%	82%

Alujas made 5 aces . Houkes managed to score 5 aces . Alujas won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 100% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 82% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alujas	Houkes
Won	5	6
Converted	5/11	6/8
% Converted	45%	75%
Conceded	5	0
Saved	4	0
% Saved	80%	0%
Times Broken	1	0

Rodrigo broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Mexican conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Dutch was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Alujas
	R1 Baldovinetti	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	68-42	68-42
Total points	110	110
Winners	22	22
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	31/54	31/54
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	22/31	22/31
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	14/23	14/23
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Houkes
	R1 Momo-Kassa	Total
Score	6-0 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	12	12
pts	48-8	48-8
Total points	56	56
Winners	15	15
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	15/26	15/26
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	15/15	15/15
% 1st pts	100%	100%
2nd pts	9/11	9/11
% 2nd pts	82%	82%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/8	6/8
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Brazzaville Challenger

• Dinko DinevDinev – Paterne MamataMamata (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Ivan DenisovDenisov (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos SantosAndre Saraiva Dos Santos – Dillon BecklesBeckles (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Max HoukesHoukes – Kryce-Didier Momo-KassaMomo-Kassa (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Samir Hamza ReguigHamza Reguig (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Yassine SmiejSmiej (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Maik SteinerSteiner (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Credit ChaiyarinChaiyarin – Jasza SzajrychSzajrych (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Dominik KellovskyKellovsky – Mateo Barreiros ReyesBarreiros Reyes (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Rodrigo AlujasAlujas – Guelfo BaldovinettiBaldovinetti (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrej MartinMartin – Nicholas Van AkenVan Aken (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Alec BeckleyBeckley (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Maximus JonesJones – Matteo CovatoCovato (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Julien De CuyperDe Cuyper (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Ezequiel MonferrerMonferrer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rodrigo AlujasAlujas – Guelfo BaldovinettiBaldovinetti (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Credit ChaiyarinChaiyarin – Jasza SzajrychSzajrych (7-6(7) 6-2) – See score progression
• Dinko DinevDinev – Paterne MamataMamata (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Yassine SmiejSmiej (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Samir Hamza ReguigHamza Reguig (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Mikael YmerYmer (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Dominik KellovskyKellovsky – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max HoukesHoukes – (0-0) – H2H and prediction