Clement Chidekh and Maximus Jones will square off in the 2nd round of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTRAL KAYDAN. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clement Chidekh who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Clement Chidekh is the pick to win this match.
Clement Chidekh -> 1.55
Maximus Jones -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Clement Chidekh vs. Maximus Jones

This will be the 2nd time that Clement Chidekh and Maximus Jones square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Jones (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Jones won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Abidjan 1 Challenger back in April 2025.

Clement Chidekh

Clement Chidekh

9 - 13win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
4-10
Rank
290
High
184
WLWLWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-13 5-3 0-0 4-10 0-0 0-0
2024 64-26 17-7 7-6 39-11 1-2 0-0
2023 35-17 11-9 0-0 24-8 0-0 0-0
2022 11-9 9-5 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-1
2021 26-5 23-4 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 290, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Seydina Andre 7-5 4-6 7-6(2).

In the 1st round, Chidekh defeated Andre (7-5 4-6 7-62). During the match, Chidekh scored 113 points vs Andre’s 112. Clement was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Chidekh fired 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Clement Chidekh lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Chidekh put 57% of his first serves in, winning 64% (43/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (26/50) on the 2nd serve. Clement broke Andre 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Chidekh has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (156-80). 5-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Chidekh has a composed72-31 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Chidekh has a composed 9-13 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger

Abidjan 2 Challenger
Chidekh's Record

Maximus Jones

Maximus Jones

20 - 9win/loss

Hard
14-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-4
Rank
436
High
436
WWWWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-9 14-5 6-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 21-26 21-22 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 28-20 27-19 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 43-46 35-36 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 3-5 0-0 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 436 (career-high), Jones got to the 2nd round after beating Aziz Ouakaa 6-4 7-6(4).

In the 1st round, The Thai had a good straight sets win against Ouakaa (6-4 7-64). During the match Jones scored 77 points vs Ouakaa’s 65. Jones was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Jones scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maximus Jones was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (38/45) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jones broke Ouakaa once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Abidjan 1 Challenger where he overcame Ricardas Berankis in the final 6-3 4-6 6-4.

Maximus has an overall 20-9 win-loss record in 2025, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Abidjan 2 Challenger
Jones's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Chidekh
M.Jones
!
2h:50
2h:50
Time on court​
1h:38
1h:38
!
2h:50
2h:50
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
1
1
Match played
1
1
35
35
Games Played​
23
23
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
113
113
Total points​
77
77
113
113
Avg point​
77
77
43
43
Winners
38
38
43
43
Avg Winners​
38
38
38%
38%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
8
8
5
5
Avg Aces
8
8
6
6
Double Faults
1
1
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
1
1
43/67
43/67
1st won total​
38/45
38/45
64%
64%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
26/50
26/50
2nd won total​
14/21
14/21
52%
52%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
BP won
1/7
1/7
5/14
5/14
Avg BP won
1/7
1/7
36%
36%
Won
!
14%
14%
12
12
Conceded
1
1
12
12
Avg Conceded
1
1
5
5
Broken
0
0
!
5
5
Avg Broken
!
0
0
7
7
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Chidekh Jones
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 35 23
Pts 113-112 77-65
Total Points 225 142
Winners 43 38
%Winners 38% 49%

Both Chidekh and Jones played 1 match. At the moment, Clement Chidekh conceded 1 set while Maximus Jones hasn’t lost a set so far. Chidekh has played 1 set more than Jones (3 vs 2). Therefore, Chidekh played 12 games more than Jones. Chidekh scored 43 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Maximus managed to score 38 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Chidekh Jones
Aces 5 8
Avg per match 5 8
1st in 67/117 45/66
%1st in 57% 68%
1st pts 43/67 38/45
%1st pts 64% 84%
2nd pts 26/50 14/21
%2nd pts 52% 67%

Chidekh made 5 aces . Jones scored 8 aces . Chidekh won 64% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Jones won 84% 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 Chidekh Jones
Won 5 1
Converted 5/14 1/7
% Converted 36% 14%
Conceded 12 1
Saved 7 1
% Saved 58% 100%
Times Broken 5 0

Chidekh broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Chidekh conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Maximus broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Maximus was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Chidekh
R1
Andre
Total
Score 7-5 4-6 7-62
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 113-112 113-112
Total points 225 225
Winners 43 43
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 67/117 67/117
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 43/67 43/67
% 1st pts 64% 64%
2nd pts 26/50 26/50
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/14 5/14
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 7/12 7
Saved % 58% 58%
Times Broken 5 5
Jones
R1
Ouakaa
Total
Score 6-4 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 77-65 77-65
Total points 142 142
Winners 38 38
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 45/66 45/66
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 38/45 38/45
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 14/21 14/21
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/7 1/7
Converted % 14% 14%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Abidjan 2 Challenger

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