Matthew Dellavedova and Tom Gentzsch will square off in the qualifications of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tom Gentzsch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tom Gentzsch is the pick to win this match.
Tom Gentzsch -> 1.58
Matthew Dellavedova -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Matthew Dellavedova vs. Tom Gentzsch
There is no head to head record between Matthew Dellavedova and Tom Gentzsch since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Matthew Dellavedova
12 - 15win/loss
403
334
LWWLWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-16 | 4-6 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 60-42 | 26-16 | 33-23 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-35 | 35-17 | 15-15 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 63-40 | 56-29 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-33 | 18-18 | 14-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 396, matthew reached the qualifications after defeating Etienne Donnet 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Donnet (6-3 7-5). During the match, Dellavedova scored 79 points vs Donnet’s 72. Matthew was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dellavedova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Matthew Dellavedova lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Dellavedova put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Dellavedova broke Donnet 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Dellavedova has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (296-243). 8-8 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dellavedova has an overall 137-116 record in the last years on clay.
The Australian has an aggregate 12-15 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Tom Gentzsch
24 - 15win/loss
407
407
LLWLWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-17 | 4-2 | 13-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2024 | 48-26 | 12-6 | 26-15 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 45-39 | 10-6 | 29-25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 14-11 | 15-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 1-2 | 8-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 445, Gentzsch reached the qualifications after defeating Egor Agafonov 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Tom had a good straight sets win against Agafonov (7-63 6-3). During the match Gentzsch scored 68 points vs Agafonov’s 61. Tom was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Gentzsch struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Tom Gentzsch was quite effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tom broke Agafonov twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Tom’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Bastad and M15 Kotka.
Gentzsch has an overall 24-15 win-loss record in 2025, 13-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dellavedova | Gentzsch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 |
| Pts | 79-72 | 68-61 |
| Total Points | 151 | 129 |
| Winners | 38 | 29 |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% |
Both Dellavedova and Gentzsch played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dellavedova and Gentzsch have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Dellavedova played 1 game less than Gentzsch. Matthew scored 38 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Gentzsch scored 29 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dellavedova | Gentzsch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 56/83 | 41/72 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 29/41 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 20/31 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 65% |
Dellavedova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gentzsch managed to score 5 aces . Dellavedova won 68% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Gentzsch won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dellavedova | Gentzsch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 |
| Saved | 9 | 3 |
| % Saved | 82% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Dellavedova broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Dellavedova surrendered his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Gentzsch broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Tom conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dellavedova | |||
| Q1 Donnet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 79-72 | 79-72 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/83 | 56/83 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 11/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gentzsch | |||
| Q1 Agafonov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 68-61 | 68-61 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 20/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 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 | |
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