Raphael Collignon and Max Houkes will play each other in the 2nd round of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 11. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raphael Collignon who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raphael Collignon is the pick to win this match.
Raphael Collignon -> 1.23
Max Houkes -> 3.82
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Prediction and head to head Raphael Collignon vs. Max Houkes
This will be the 2nd time that Raphael Collignon and Max Houkes square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Collignon (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Collignon won 7-5 6-1 in the qualifications in M15 Sharm El Sheikh back in 2020.
Raphael Collignon
20 - 11win/loss
90
81
LLLWWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-14 | 0-2 | 12-8 | 9-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 72-23 | 5-3 | 46-8 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-16 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-22 | 14-4 | 38-12 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-20 | 11-11 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, the Belgian got to the 2nd round after defeating Norbert Gombos 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Collignon had a good straight sets win against Gombos (7-5 6-2). During the match, Collignon scored 70 points vs Gombos’s 53. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Collignon struck 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Raphael Collignon was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Raphael broke Gombos 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Collignon has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (196-98). 11-5 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Collignon has a compiled112-40 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Pau Challenger where he beat Patrick Zahraj in the final 6-2 6-4 and the Monza Challenger where he overcame Vitaliy Sachko in the final 6-3 7-5.
Collignon has an overall 20-11 win-loss record in 2025, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Collignon has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-22 | 0-0 | 27-20 | 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), Max reached the 2nd round after defeating Mika Petkovic 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Petkovic (6-3 6-4). During the match Houkes scored 70 points vs Petkovic’s 62. The Dutch was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Houkes scored 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Max Houkes conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 66% of his first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Petkovic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Max’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Max has an overall 25-19 win-loss record in 2025, 25-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Collignon | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 |
| Pts | 70-53 | 70-62 |
| Total Points | 123 | 132 |
| Winners | 28 | 39 |
| %Winners | 40% | 56% |
Both Collignon and Houkes played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Collignon and Houkes have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Collignon played 1 game more than Houkes. The Belgian scored 28 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch scored 39 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Collignon | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 37/59 | 52/79 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 39/52 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 13/27 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 48% |
Collignon fired 4 aces . Houkes managed to score 5 aces . Collignon won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Collignon | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 36% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Raphael broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Raphael conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Max was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.
| Collignon | |||
| R1 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Houkes | |||
| R1 Petkovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-62 | 70-62 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 52/79 | 52/79 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 39/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWLWLW Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger
- Tom GentzschGentzsch – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-73 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Raphael CollignonCollignon – Norbert GombosGombos (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Clement TaburTabur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Mika PetkovicPetkovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Ignacio BuseBuse (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Alex BarrenaBarrena (7-64 7-66) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Justin EngelEngel (6-2 7-67) – See score progression
- Diego DeduraDedura – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (7-62 6-74 7-62) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Justin EngelEngel (6-2 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Mika PetkovicPetkovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Raphael CollignonCollignon – Norbert GombosGombos (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (7-6(2) 6-7(4) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Alex BarrenaBarrena (7-6(4) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Alex MolcanMolcan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
