Vesa Ahti and Max Houkes will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Tampere Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Houkes who should win in 2 sets.
Max Houkes -> 1.038
Vesa Ahti -> 8.9
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Prediction and head to head Vesa Ahti vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Vesa Ahti and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Vesa Ahti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-16 | 4-8 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 13-13 | 8-5 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-8 | 4-3 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-13 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Vesa will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Monastir where he lost 2-6 6-2 7-5 to Braithwaite in the 1st round on the 1st of July.
Vesa has a composed 6-10 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Ahti has an overall 35-44 record. He has a negative 6-14 record on clay.
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-33 | 9-4 | 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. 288, the Dutch will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he played his last match in the Bunschoten Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Onclin in the 2nd round on the 16th of July.
Houkes has an aggregate 26-21 win-loss record in 2025, 26-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Houkes’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
In terms of his career, Houkes has an overall 275-149 record. He has a positive 261-130 record on clay.
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Houkes has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Billy SuarezSuarez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Aristotelis ThanosThanos – Milos KarolKarol (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Olle WallinWallin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Olle WallinWallin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Aristotelis ThanosThanos – Milos KarolKarol (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Billy SuarezSuarez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Eero VasaVasa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Sumit NagalNagal (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vesa AhtiAhti – Max HoukesHoukes (0-0) – H2H and prediction