Max Houkes and Maximus Jones will clash against each other in the quarter of the Brazzaville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.34
Maximus Jones -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Maximus Jones
There is no head to head record between Max Houkes and Maximus Jones since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 314, Houkes got to the quarter after defeating Kryce-Didier Momo-Kassa 6-0 6-0 and Rodrigo Alujas 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Max had a good straight sets win against Alujas (6-3 6-3). During the match, Houkes scored 58 points vs Alujas’s 35. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Houkes managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Max Houkes was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Max broke Alujas 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Max hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 71% of the points he played.
Houkes has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (254-133). 5-4 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Houkes has a compiled240-115 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Houkes has an aggregate 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brazzaville Challenger
Houkes has never competed in this tournament before.
Maximus Jones
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-7 | 6-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-26 | 21-22 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-20 | 27-19 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-46 | 35-36 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 714, Maximus got to the quarter after beating Matteo Covato 6-1 7-5 and Andrej Martin 7-5 3-6 7-6(5).
In the 2nd round, The Thai defeated Martin (7-5 3-6 7-65).During the match Jones scored less points (9) than Martin. In fact, the world no. 314 won 112 points vs Martin’s. That means that Jones was more focused during the important points. Jones was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, Jones managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Maximus Jones lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (53/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. Jones broke Martin twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jones has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Maximus has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Houkes | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 53 |
| Pts | 106-43 | 179-164 |
| Total Points | 149 | 343 |
| Winners | 37 | 80 |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% |
Both Houkes and Jones played 2 matches. At the moment, Maximus Jones surrendered 1 set while Max Houkes hasn’t lost a set so far. Houkes has played 1 set(s) less than Jones (4 vs 5). Therefore, Houkes played 23 games less than Jones. The Dutch scored 37 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Maximus struck 80 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Houkes | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 46/71 | 111/172 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 37/46 | 80/111 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 20/25 | 33/61 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 54% |
Houkes fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Jones bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Houkes won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Jones won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Houkes | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 6 |
| Converted | 11/19 | 6/18 |
| % Converted | 58% | 33% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Houkes broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Houkes dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Maximus broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Jones conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Houkes | ||||
| R1 Momo-Kassa |
R2 Alujas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 18 | 30 | |
| pts | 48-8 | 58-35 | 106-43 | |
| Total points | 56 | 93 | 149 | |
| Winners | 15 | 22 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 15/26 | 31/45 | 46/71 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 15/15 | 22/31 | 37/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 71% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/11 | 11/14 | 20/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 79% | 80% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/11 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 45% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jones | ||||
| R1 Covato |
R2 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 7-5 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 34 | 53 | |
| pts | 67-43 | 112-121 | 179-164 | |
| Total points | 110 | 233 | 343 | |
| Winners | 27 | 53 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 78/122 | 111/172 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 53/78 | 80/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 22/44 | 33/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/10 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 20% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 8/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 73% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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