Gauthier Onclin and Max Houkes will play each other in the 2nd round of the Bunschoten Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on THE INDIAN MAHARADJA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gauthier Onclin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gauthier Onclin is the pick to win this match.
Gauthier Onclin -> 1.55
Max Houkes -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Gauthier Onclin vs. Max Houkes

This will be the 3rd time that Gauthier Onclin and Max Houkes clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Onclin (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Onclin won 7-5 7-5 in the semifinal in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula back in April 2025.

Gauthier Onclin

Gauthier Onclin

21 - 15win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
1-4
Clay
16-9
Grass
1-1
Rank
230
High
192
LLLLLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-29 8-9 18-11 1-8 1-1 0-0
2024 56-27 27-11 19-13 10-3 0-0 0-0
2023 40-25 1-2 15-10 23-11 1-2 0-0
2022 54-26 10-8 36-15 8-3 0-0 0-0
2021 32-23 18-6 10-13 0-2 0-0 4-2

Ranked no. 200, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after defeating Lorenzo Giustino 7-5 6-2.

In the 1st round, Gauthier had a good straight sets win against Giustino (7-5 6-2). During the match, Onclin scored 68 points vs Giustino’s 55. Onclin was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Onclin bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gauthier Onclin was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gauthier broke Giustino 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).

Onclin has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (232-137). 16-9 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Onclin has a compiled104-65 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

Onclin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Gauthier has an aggregate 21-15 win-loss record in 2025, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bunschoten Challenger

Gauthier has never competed in this tournament before.

Bunschoten Challenger
Onclin's Record

Max Houkes

Max Houkes

26 - 20win/loss

Clay
26-18
Grass
0-1
Rank
270
High
245
LWLWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 45-31 1-2 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. 270, the Dutch got to the 2nd round after beating Michael Geerts 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Max had a good straight sets win against Geerts (6-4 6-4). During the match Houkes scored 63 points vs Geerts’s 55. Max was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Houkes scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Houkes conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 72% of his first serves in, winning 83% (38/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Houkes was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Geerts twice.

The Dutch’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Max has a composed 26-20 win-loss record in 2025, 26-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Bunschoten Challenger
Houkes's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Onclin
M.Houkes
1h:25
1h:25
Time on court​
1h:35
1h:35
1h:25
1h:25
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
20
20
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
68
68
Total points​
63
63
68
68
Avg point​
63
63
29
29
Winners
38
38
29
29
Avg Winners​
38
38
43%
43%
Ratio winners
60%
60%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
7
7
2
2
Avg Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
29/36
29/36
1st won total​
38/46
38/46
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
9/17
9/17
2nd won total​
7/18
7/18
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
39%
39%
-- Break Points --
4/15
4/15
BP won
2/2
2/2
4/15
4/15
Avg BP won
2/2
2/2
!
27%
27%
Won
!
100%
100%
2
2
Conceded
5
5
2
2
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Onclin Houkes
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
Pts 68-55 63-55
Total Points 123 118
Winners 29 38
%Winners 43% 60%

Both Onclin and Houkes played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Onclin and Houkes have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). The Belgian scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch managed to score 38 winners (60%).

Serve Performance

Serve Onclin Houkes
Aces 2 7
Avg per match 2 7
1st in 36/53 46/64
%1st in 68% 72%
1st pts 29/36 38/46
%1st pts 81% 83%
2nd pts 9/17 7/18
%2nd pts 53% 39%

Onclin blasted 2 aces . Houkes made 7 aces . Onclin won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Onclin Houkes
Won 4 2
Converted 4/15 2/2
% Converted 27% 100%
Conceded 2 5
Saved 1 5
% Saved 50% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

Onclin broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Dutch was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Onclin
R1
Giustino
Total
Score 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 68-55 68-55
Total points 123 123
Winners 29 29
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 36/53 36/53
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 29/36 29/36
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 9/17 9/17
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/15 4/15
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Houkes
R1
Geerts
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 63-55 63-55
Total points 118 118
Winners 38 38
%Winners 60% 60%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 46/64 46/64
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 38/46 38/46
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 7/18 7/18
% 2nd pts 39% 39%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/2 2/2
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 5/5 5
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Bunschoten Challenger

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