Maxime Janvier and Max Houkes will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Houkes is the pick to win this match.
Max Houkes -> 1.59
Maxime Janvier -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Janvier vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Maxime Janvier and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Maxime Janvier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-20 | 3-5 | 4-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-43 | 2-13 | 11-17 | 10-12 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-36 | 12-9 | 10-16 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-36 | 3-8 | 13-18 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-36 | 4-6 | 10-16 | 8-13 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 291, the French player will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Pau Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4 to Karlovskiy in the 1st round on the 18th of February.
Janvier has a composed 3-6 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Maxime has an overall 368-364 record. He has a positive 187-169 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
Maxime has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-17 | 0-0 | 21-15 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 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, the Dutch will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Brazzaville Challenger where he lost 2-6 6-3 6-1 to Jones in the quarter on the 21st of February.
Houkes has an aggregate 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Dutch has an overall 254-134 record. He has a positive 240-116 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.
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