Matteo Martineau and Kenny de Schepper will face off in the 2^nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on JEAN JAURES. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Martineau who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Martineau is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Martineau -> 1.35
Kenny de Schepper -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Martineau vs. Kenny de Schepper

This will be the 6^th time that Matteo Martineau and Kenny de Schepper clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for de Schepper (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, de Schepper won 6-3 7-5 in the qualifications in the Koblenz Challenger back in 2023.

Matteo Martineau

Ranked no. 263, Matteo got to the 2^nd round after beating Lukas Pokorny 4-6 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Pokorny, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-5). During the match, Martineau scored 94 points vs Pokorny’s 84. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Martineau managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Matteo Martineau was very effective on serve to win 83% (48/58) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Matteo broke Pokorny twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Martineau has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (290-233). 9-6 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Martineau has an overall 94-78 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The French player best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.

Matteo has an aggregate 10-8 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

Kenny de Schepper

Ranked no. 674, the French player reached the 2^nd round after beating Viktor Durasovic 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Kenny had a good straight sets win against Durasovic (6-2 6-4). During the match de Schepper scored 67 points vs Durasovic’s 48. De Schepper was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, de Schepper managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kenny de Schepper lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, de Schepper put 73% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the 2nd serve. De Schepper broke Durasovic 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

The French player best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir.

De Schepper has an aggregate 8-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2014. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Martineau	de Schepper
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	32	18
Pts	94-84	67-48
Total Points	178	115
Winners	48	24
%Winners	51%	36%

Both Martineau and de Schepper played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Martineau conceded 1 set while Kenny de Schepper hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Martineau has played 1 set more than de Schepper (3 vs 2). Therefore, Martineau played 14 games more than de Schepper. Matteo scored 48 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, De Schepper scored 24 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Martineau	de Schepper
Aces	9	4
Avg per match	9	4
1st in	58/86	35/48
%1st in	67%	73%
1st pts	48/58	24/35
%1st pts	83%	69%
2nd pts	17/28	9/13
%2nd pts	61%	69%

Martineau scored 9 aces . de Schepper bagged 4 aces . Martineau won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, de Schepper won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Martineau	de Schepper
Won	2	5
Converted	2/4	5/7
% Converted	50%	71%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3	2
% Saved	75%	50%
Times Broken	1	2

Martineau broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Matteo lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. De Schepper broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. De Schepper conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Martineau
	R1 Pokorny	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	94-84	94-84
Total points	178	178
Winners	48	48
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	58/86	58/86
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	48/58	48/58
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	17/28	17/28
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

de Schepper
	R1 Durasovic	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	67-48	67-48
Total points	115	115
Winners	24	24
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	35/48	35/48
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	24/35	24/35
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	9/13	9/13
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

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• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings

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