Mika Petkovic and Max Houkes will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Houkes who should win in 2 sets.
Max Houkes -> 1.4
Mika Petkovic -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Mika Petkovic vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Mika Petkovic and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mika Petkovic
22 - 19win/loss
776
771
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-29 | 6-4 | 25-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 2024 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Mika reached the 1st round after defeating Genaro Alberto Olivieri 5-7 6-2 6-4 and Ricardas Berankis 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Petkovic had a good straight sets win against Berankis (7-63 6-3). During the match, Petkovic scored 79 points vs Berankis’s 67. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Petkovic struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mika Petkovic was very efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The German broke Berankis 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mika started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Petkovic has a winning win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 53% of his matches (27-24). 14-10 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Petkovic has an overall18-12 match record in the last 2 years on clay.
Petkovic has an aggregate 22-18 win-loss record in 2025, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Petkovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-31 | 2-2 | 44-27 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 245 (career-high), Houkes will start his run in the Braunschweig Challenger after he played his last match in the Modena Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Cecchinato in the 2nd round on the 3rd of July.
The Dutch has an overall 24-19 win-loss record in 2025, 24-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Dutch’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
In terms of his career, The Dutch has an overall 273-147 record. He has a positive 259-128 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger
- Tom GentzschGentzsch – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-7(3) 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nerman FaticFatic – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (4-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Diego DeduraDedura – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Ignacio BuseBuse (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Clement TaburTabur (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Norbert GombosGombos – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction