Joel Meda and Florent Bax will play each other in the qualifications of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRAL KAYDAN. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Florent Bax who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Florent Bax is the pick to win this match.
Florent Bax -> 1.051
Joel Meda -> 8.1
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Prediction and head to head Joel Meda vs. Florent Bax
There is no head to head record between Joel Meda and Florent Bax since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Joel Meda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Meda reached the qualifications after beating Dragos Nicolae Cazacu 6-2 6-7(7) 7-5.
In the qualifications, Joel defeated Nicolae Cazacu (6-2 6-77 7-5). During the match, Meda scored 108 points vs Nicolae Cazacu’s 93. Meda was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Meda blasted 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Joel Meda lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Meda put 71% of his first serves in, winning 65% (51/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. The Ivorian broke Nicolae Cazacu 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).
Meda has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 57% of his matches (4-3). 1-0 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Meda has a compiled2-2 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
The Ivorian has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Meda has never competed in this tournament before.
Florent Bax
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-9 | 14-3 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-27 | 13-8 | 33-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-21 | 25-9 | 12-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 10-10 | 29-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 460, Bax reached the qualifications after beating Kwami Stanislas Dussey 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Florent had a good straight sets win against Stanislas Dussey (6-0 6-2). During the match Bax scored 50 points vs Stanislas Dussey’s 23. Florent was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Bax was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Florent Bax was very efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Florent broke Stanislas Dussey 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
The French player has an aggregate 15-9 win-loss record in 2025, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meda | Bax |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 14 |
| Pts | 108-93 | 50-23 |
| Total Points | 201 | 73 |
| Winners | 51 | 22 |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% |
Both Meda and Bax played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Joel Meda dropped 1 set while Florent Bax hasn’t conceded a set so far. Meda has played 1 set more than Bax (3 vs 2). Therefore, Meda played 19 games more than Bax. Joel scored 51 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Bax bagged 22 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meda | Bax |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 78/110 | 28/37 |
| %1st in | 71% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 51/78 | 22/28 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 6/9 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 67% |
Meda scored 3 aces . Bax didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Meda won 65% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Bax won 79% of the points behind 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 | Meda | Bax |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/8 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 88% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 43% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The Ivorian broke his opponent 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. The Ivorian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Florent broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Florent was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Meda | |||
| Q1 Nicolae |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-77 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 108-93 | 108-93 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 78/110 | 78/110 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 51/78 | 51/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Bax | |||
| Q1 Stanislas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 50-23 | 50-23 | |
| Total points | 73 | 73 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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