Arthur Rinderknech and Borna Coric will face off in the 2nd round of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT CREDIT AGRICOLE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.47
Arthur Rinderknech -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Borna Coric
This will be the 3rd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Borna Coric play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Coric (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Coric won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Montpellier back in 2023.
Highlights Borna Coric vs Arthur Rinderknech – Montpellier 09-February-2023
Arthur Rinderknech
6 - 14win/loss
75
42
LLWLLWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-18 | 1-8 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-33 | 16-13 | 6-7 | 12-8 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 5-9 | 10-6 | 8-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 12-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 18-10 | 26-15 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 76, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Mark Lajal 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Arthur defeated Lajal (6-4 6-73 6-3). During the match, Rinderknech scored 110 points vs Lajal’s 97. The French player was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rinderknech managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Arthur Rinderknech was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (48/59) of his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rinderknech broke Lajal twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).
Rinderknech has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (297-198). 4-4 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rinderknech has a composed 89-56 match record in the last years on clay.
Rinderknech has a composed 6-14 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger
Borna Coric
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-9 | 1-2 | 15-5 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-27 | 8-13 | 3-7 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 10-10 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 10-5 | 10-9 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, Borna reached the 2nd round after beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2 6-7(7) 6-1.
In the 1st round, Borna defeated Herbert (6-2 6-77 6-1). During the match Coric scored 104 points vs Herbert’s 72. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Coric managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Borna Coric was very effective on serve to win 72% (36/50) of his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Croatian broke Herbert 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Lugano Challenger where he overcame Raphael Collignon in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Thionville Challenger where he overcame Arthur Bouquier in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Zadar Challenger where he defeated Valentin Royer in the final 3-6 6-2 6-3.
The Croatian has an overall 22-8 win-loss record in 2025, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rinderknech | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 28 |
| Pts | 110-97 | 104-72 |
| Total Points | 207 | 176 |
| Winners | 48 | 36 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Both Rinderknech and Coric played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Arthur Rinderknech dropped 1 set, while Borna Coric lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rinderknech and Coric have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Rinderknech played 4 games more than Coric. The French player scored 48 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Coric struck 36 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rinderknech | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3 |
| 1st in | 59/98 | 50/83 |
| %1st in | 60% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 48/59 | 36/50 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 21/33 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 64% |
Rinderknech blasted 9 aces . Coric fired 3 aces . Rinderknech won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Coric won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rinderknech | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 6 |
| Converted | 2/13 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 15% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Arthur broke his opponent twice with a 15% conversion rate. The French player pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Croatian broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Borna conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rinderknech | |||
| R1 Lajal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-73 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 110-97 | 110-97 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/98 | 59/98 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 48/59 | 48/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 24/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/13 | 2/13 | |
| Converted % | 15% | 15% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Coric | |||
| R1 Herbert |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-77 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 104-72 | 104-72 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/83 | 50/83 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Aix En Provence Challenger
- Borna CoricCoric – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-2 6-77 6-1) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Arthur GeaGea (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Mark LajalLajal (6-4 6-73 6-3) – See score progression
- Robert Cash/James TracyCash/James Tracy – Robin Haase/Hendrik JebensHaase/Hendrik Jebens (2-6 6-3 10-5) – See score progression
- Marco Bortolotti/Vlad Victor CorneaBortolotti/Vlad Victor Cornea – Jonathan Eysseric/Quentin HalysEysseric/Quentin Halys (6-4 3-6 10-8) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Hugo GastonGaston (7-64 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Moise KouameKouame (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (7-63 6-0) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Hugo GastonGaston (7-6(4) 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-2 6-7(7) 6-1) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Moise KouameKouame (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Borna GojoGojo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Borna CoricCoric (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
