Carlos Sanchez Jover and Max Houkes will square off in the 1st round of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 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 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Max Houkes is the pick to win this match.
Max Houkes -> 1.86
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Sanchez Jover vs. Max Houkes

There is no head to head record between Carlos Sanchez Jover and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Carlos Sanchez Jover

Carlos Sanchez Jover

16 - 2win/loss

Clay
16-1
Rank
273
High
260
LLLWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-12 0-0 27-11 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 49-27 1-1 48-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 51-31 7-4 44-27 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 34-29 4-9 30-20 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 52-28 4-3 48-25 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 263 (career-high), Carlos will start his run in the Kigali 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 7-5 to Neumayer in the 2nd round on the 26th of February.

Sanchez Jover has a composed 16-2 win-loss record in 2025, 16-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Carlos’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Valencia.

Talking about his overall career, Sanchez Jover has an overall 283-167 record. He has a positive 259-141 record on clay.

Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger

Sanchez Jover has never competed in this tournament before.

Kigali 2 Challenger
Sanchez Jover's Record

Max Houkes

Max Houkes
Max Houkes

7 - 7win/loss

Clay
7-6
Rank
245
High
245
LWWLLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-18 0-0 23-16 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. 303, Houkes will start his run in the Kigali 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he lost 6-4 5-7 7-6(5)

to Neuchrist in the quarter on the 27th of February.

Houkes has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Max has an overall 256-135 record. He has a positive 242-117 record on clay.

Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

Kigali 2 Challenger
Houkes's Record

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