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.
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
21 - 15win/loss
230
192
| 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.
Max Houkes
| 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
- Max HoukesHoukes – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Anton MatusevichMatusevich (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Abel ForgerForger (6-4 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-61 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Stijn SlumpSlump (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Clement TaburTabur (7-65 7-617) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Mees RottgeringRottgering (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Manvydas BalciunasBalciunas (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (1-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Anton MatusevichMatusevich (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Clement TaburTabur (7-6(5) 7-6(17)) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Stijn SlumpSlump (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-6(1) 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Mees RottgeringRottgering (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Abel ForgerForger (6-4 6-7(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Benjamin HassanHassan (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Max HoukesHoukes (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Martin KrumichKrumich – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction