Max Houkes and Clement Tabur will square off in the quarter of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Clement Tabur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Clement Tabur is the pick to win this match.
Clement Tabur -> 1.666
Max Houkes -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Clement Tabur
This will be the 3rd time that Max Houkes and Clement Tabur face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Houkes and Tabur (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tabur won 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal in M25 Pazardzhik back in 2023.
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. 308, Max got to the quarter after defeating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 6-1 and Alex Marti Pujolras 5-7 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Marti Pujolras, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match, Houkes scored 96 points vs Marti Pujolras’s 85. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Houkes bagged 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Max Houkes was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (46/63) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Houkes broke Marti Pujolras 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Houkes has lost 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Houkes has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (258-135). 9-6 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Houkes has an overall244-117 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Max has a composed 9-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Clement Tabur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-7 | 9-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-33 | 2-4 | 25-26 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 62-25 | 16-7 | 45-14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-26 | 20-8 | 16-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-22 | 9-4 | 25-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 341, Tabur got to the quarter after beating Maximilian Neuchrist 7-6(6) 6-4 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-6(1) 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Tabur had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (7-61 6-3). During the match Tabur scored 72 points vs Blancaneaux’s 59. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Tabur scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Clement Tabur was quite effective on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Clement broke Blancaneaux twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger.
Clement has a composed 13-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Houkes | Tabur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 45 |
| Pts | 156-125 | 153-131 |
| Total Points | 281 | 284 |
| Winners | 69 | 74 |
| %Winners | 44% | 48% |
Both Houkes and Tabur played 2 matches. At the moment, Max Houkes dropped 1 set while Clement Tabur hasn’t dropped a set so far. Houkes has played 1 set more than Tabur (5 vs 4). Therefore, Houkes played 2 games more than Tabur. Max scored 69 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Tabur managed to score 74 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Houkes | Tabur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 96/132 | 102/143 |
| %1st in | 73% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 69/96 | 74/102 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 27/41 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 66% |
Houkes recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Tabur struck 6 aces (3 per match). Houkes won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Tabur won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Houkes | Tabur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 53% | 36% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 55% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Dutch broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Clement broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Houkes | ||||
| R1 Sanchez |
R2 Marti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 5-7 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 | 47 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 96-85 | 156-125 | |
| Total points | 100 | 181 | 281 | |
| Winners | 23 | 46 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/47 | 63/85 | 96/132 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 74% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 46/63 | 69/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 73% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 12/22 | 21/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 55% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/10 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Tabur | ||||
| R1 Neuchrist |
R2 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 | 45 | |
| pts | 81-72 | 72-59 | 153-131 | |
| Total points | 153 | 131 | 284 | |
| Winners | 39 | 35 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 53/72 | 49/71 | 102/143 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 69% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 35/49 | 74/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 16/22 | 27/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 73% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/5 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 40% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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