Joel Schwaerzler and Maximilian Neuchrist will face off in the 2^nd round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Joel Schwaerzler who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joel Schwaerzler is the pick to win this match.
Joel Schwaerzler -> 1.51
Maximilian Neuchrist -> 2.42

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Prediction and head to head Joel Schwaerzler vs. Maximilian Neuchrist

There is no head to head record between Joel Schwaerzler and Maximilian Neuchrist since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Joel Schwaerzler

Ranked no. 312, Schwaerzler reached the 2^nd round after beating Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 6-4). During the match, Schwaerzler scored 71 points vs Kolar’s 63. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Schwaerzler made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Joel Schwaerzler lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Schwaerzler put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Joel broke Kolar 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Schwaerzler has a winning match record in the last 3 years having won 51% of his matches (38-36). 7-4 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Schwaerzler has a compiled33-27 record in the last 3 years on clay.

The Austrian has a compiled 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger

Schwaerzler has never competed in this tournament before.

Maximilian Neuchrist

Ranked no. 562, will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he beat 6-4 2-0 ret. to Hemery in the 1^st round on the 25^th of February.

Maximilian has a composed 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Austrian has an overall 465-308 record. He has a positive 143-105 record on clay.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Schwaerzler	Neuchrist
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	20	12
Pts	71-63	43-32
Total Points	134	75
Winners	33	15
%Winners	46%	35%

Both Schwaerzler and Neuchrist played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Schwaerzler has played 1 set(s) less than Neuchrist (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Schwaerzler played 8 games more than Neuchrist. The Austrian scored 33 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian scored 15 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Schwaerzler	Neuchrist
Aces	5	1
Avg per match	5	1
1st in	47/68	20/38
%1st in	69%	53%
1st pts	33/47	15/20
%1st pts	70%	75%
2nd pts	11/21	12/18
%2nd pts	52%	67%

Schwaerzler made 5 aces . Neuchrist blasted 1 ace . Schwaerzler won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Neuchrist won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Schwaerzler	Neuchrist
Won	3	2
Converted	3/9	2/3
% Converted	33%	67%
Conceded	6	2
Saved	5	2
% Saved	83%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

The Austrian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Austrian lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Maximilian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Neuchrist was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Schwaerzler
	R1 Kolar	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	71-63	71-63
Total points	134	134
Winners	33	33
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	47/68	47/68
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	33/47	33/47
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	11/21	11/21
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Neuchrist
	Total
Score
Tot Set	0
Tot Games	0
pts	0-0
Total points	0
Winners	0
%Winners	0%
SERVE
Aces	0
Double Faults	0
1st in	0/0
% 1st in	0%
1st pts	0/0
% 1st pts	0%
2nd pts	0/0
% 2nd pts	0%
Breaks
Won	0
Converted	0/0
Converted %	0%
Conceded	0
Saved	0
Saved %	0%
Times Broken	0

Tennis Scores in Kigali 1 Challenger

• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Maximus JonesJones (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Manuel GuinardGuinard (7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Dominik KellovskyKellovsky (7-6¹¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Clement TaburTabur (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrej MartinMartin – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-6¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Max HoukesHoukes – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Maxime ChazalChazal (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrej MartinMartin – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Clement TaburTabur (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrej MartinMartin – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Carlos TabernerTaberner (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max HoukesHoukes – (0-0) – H2H and prediction