Max Houkes and Alex Marti Pujolras will face off in the 2^nd round of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.55
Alex Marti Pujolras -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Alex Marti Pujolras

This will be the 3^rd time that Max Houkes and Alex Marti Pujolras clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Houkes and Marti (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Marti won 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in M25 Palmanova back in 2023.

Max Houkes

Ranked no. 308, the Dutch got to the 2^nd round after defeating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Houkes had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Jover (6-3 6-1). During the match, Houkes scored 60 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 40. Houkes was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Houkes struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Houkes lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 70% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Houkes broke Sanchez Jover 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Houkes has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (257-135). 8-6 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Houkes has an overall243-117 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Dutch has a composed 8-7 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger

Alex Marti Pujolras

Ranked no. 337, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after beating Jesper De Jong 7-5 3-2 ret..

In the 1^st round against De Jong, Alex had a free pass after De Jong retired on a 7-5 3-2 . scoreline.

Alex has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Houkes	Marti
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	17
Pts	60-40	59-49
Total Points	100	108
Winners	23	26
%Winners	38%	44%

Both Houkes and Marti played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Houkes has played 1 set(s) less than Marti (2 vs 3). Therefore, Houkes played 1 game less than Marti. The Dutch scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 26 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Houkes	Marti
Aces	2	2
Avg per match	2	2
1st in	33/47	36/59
%1st in	70%	61%
1st pts	23/33	26/36
%1st pts	70%	72%
2nd pts	9/14	16/23
%2nd pts	64%	70%

Houkes fired 2 aces . Marti struck 2 aces . Houkes won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Marti won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Houkes	Marti
Won	5	2
Converted	5/9	2/4
% Converted	56%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1	2
% Saved	50%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Houkes broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Marti broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Alex was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Houkes
	R1 Sanchez	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	60-40	60-40
Total points	100	100
Winners	23	23
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	33/47	33/47
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	23/33	23/33
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	9/14	9/14
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Marti
	R1 De Jong	Total
Score	7-5 3-2 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	59-49	59-49
Total points	108	108
Winners	26	26
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	36/59	36/59
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	26/36	26/36
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	16/23	16/23
% 2nd pts	70%	70%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Kigali 2 Challenger

• Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Andrej MartinMartin (7-6⁶ 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Corentin DenollyDenolly – Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Yanki ErelErel (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Maxime ChazalChazal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Clement TaburTabur – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Max HoukesHoukes – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-5 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Clement TaburTabur – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Andrej MartinMartin (7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Maxime ChazalChazal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
• Corentin DenollyDenolly – Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Yanki ErelErel (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Corentin DenollyDenolly – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Clement TaburTabur – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Max HoukesHoukes (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-1) – H2H and prediction