Raphael Collignon and Alexey Vatutin will square off in the 2^nd round of the Pau Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raphael Collignon who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Raphael Collignon is the pick to win this match.
Raphael Collignon -> 1.43
Alexey Vatutin -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Raphael Collignon vs. Alexey Vatutin

This will be the 4^th time that Raphael Collignon and Alexey Vatutin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Collignon (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Collignon won 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in M25 Koksijde back in 2024.

Raphael Collignon

Ranked no. 122, Raphael reached the 2^nd round after beating Maxence Beauge 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Raphael defeated Beauge (7-6³ 4-6 6-3). During the match, Collignon scored 95 points vs Beauge’s 90. Raphael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about the service games, Collignon fired 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Raphael Collignon lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Collignon put 71% of his first serves in, winning 79% (53/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. Raphael broke Beauge 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Collignon has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (177-91). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Collignon has an aggregate39-30 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

Collignon has an aggregate 1-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pau Challenger

Alexey Vatutin

Ranked no. 329, the Russian got to the 2^nd round after beating Arthur Reymond 7-5 2-6 6-4, Lucas Poullain 6-4 6-4 and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Herbert (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match Vatutin scored 84 points vs Herbert’s 78. Alexey was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Vatutin was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexey Vatutin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vatutin put 81% of his first serves in, winning 62% (36/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Vatutin broke Herbert 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Collignon	Vatutin
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	32	53
Pts	95-90	180-168
Total Points	185	348
Winners	53	71
%Winners	56%	39%

Collignon played 1 match while Vatutin competed in 2 matches. Vatutin started his run from the qualifications while Collignon had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Raphael Collignon lost 1 set, while Alexey Vatutin surrendered 1 set. Collignon has played 2 set(s) less than Vatutin (3 vs 5). Therefore, Collignon played 21 games less than Vatutin. Raphael scored 53 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Alexey scored 71 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Collignon	Vatutin
Aces	6	1
Avg per match	6	0.5
1st in	67/94	111/159
%1st in	71%	70%
1st pts	53/67	71/111
%1st pts	79%	64%
2nd pts	9/27	24/48
%2nd pts	33%	50%

Collignon managed to score 6 aces . Vatutin managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Collignon won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Vatutin won 64% 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	Collignon	Vatutin
Won	4	9
Converted	4/7	9/23
% Converted	57%	39%
Conceded	8	16
Saved	4	8
% Saved	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	8

The Belgian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Collignon dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alexey broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Alexey conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Collignon
	R1 Beauge	Total
Score	7-63 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	95-90	95-90
Total points	185	185
Winners	53	53
%Winners	56%	56%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	67/94	67/94
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	53/67	53/67
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	9/27	9/27
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Vatutin
	Q1 Reymond	Q3 Poullain	R1 Herbert	Total
Score	7-5 2-6 6-4	6-4 6-4	6-4 7-65
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	30	20	23	73
pts	96-90	–	84-78	180-168
Total points	186	0	162	348
Winners	35		36	71
%Winners	36%	0%	43%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	0	1
Double Faults	3		3	6
1st in	53/87	/	58/72	111/159
% 1st in	61%	0%	81%	70%
1st pts	35/53	/	36/58	71/111
% 1st pts	66%	0%	62%	64%
2nd pts	18/34	/	6/14	24/48
% 2nd pts	53%	0%	43%	50%
Breaks
Won	5		4	9
Converted	5/13	/	4/10	9/23
Converted %	38%	0%	40%	39%
Conceded	10		6	16
Saved	5/10	0/	3/6	8
Saved %	50%	–	50%	100%
Times Broken	5		3	8

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