Jakub Paul and Blaise Bicknell will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Hersonissos 4 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 21. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Paul who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Paul is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Paul -> 1.52
Blaise Bicknell -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Paul vs. Blaise Bicknell

There is no head to head record between Jakub Paul and Blaise Bicknell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jakub Paul

Ranked no. 293, the Swiss got to the 2^nd round after defeating Harry Wendelken 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Wendelken (6-2 6-2). During the match, Paul scored 56 points vs Wendelken’s 36. Paul was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Paul recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Paul conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the 2nd serve. Jakub broke Wendelken 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Paul has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (233-177). 8-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Paul has an aggregate78-42 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Swiss’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger and the Zug Challenger.

The Swiss has an aggregate 29-15 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 4 Challenger

Paul has never competed in this tournament before.

Blaise Bicknell

Ranked no. 619, Bicknell got to the 2^nd round after defeating Luca Potenza 7-6(2) 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Blaise had a good straight sets win against Potenza (7-6² 6-1). During the match Bicknell scored 83 points vs Potenza’s 62. Bicknell was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Bicknell bagged 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Blaise Bicknell was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Jamaican broke Potenza 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

The Jamaican’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Laval and M25 Champaign.

Bicknell has an overall 17-13 win-loss record in 2025, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Paul	Bicknell
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	20
Pts	56-36	83-62
Total Points	92	145
Winners	19	28
%Winners	34%	34%

Both Paul and Bicknell played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Paul and Bicknell have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Paul played 4 games less than Bicknell. Jakub scored 19 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Jamaican bagged 28 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Paul	Bicknell
Aces	2	7
Avg per match	2	7
1st in	28/47	34/56
%1st in	60%	61%
1st pts	19/28	28/34
%1st pts	68%	82%
2nd pts	15/19	12/22
%2nd pts	79%	55%

Paul fired 2 aces . Bicknell made 7 aces . Paul won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 79% of the points. On the other side, Bicknell won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Paul	Bicknell
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/11
% Converted	80%	36%
Conceded	1	2
Saved	1	1
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	1

Jakub broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Jakub had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Jamaican broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Bicknell conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Paul
	R1 Wendelken	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	56-36	56-36
Total points	92	92
Winners	19	19
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	28/47	28/47
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	19/28	19/28
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	15/19	15/19
% 2nd pts	79%	79%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Bicknell
	R1 Potenza	Total
Score	7-62 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	83-62	83-62
Total points	145	145
Winners	28	28
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	34/56	34/56
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	28/34	28/34
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	12/22	12/22
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 4 Challenger

• Robin BertrandBertrand – Demetris AzoidesAzoides (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Massimo GiuntaGiunta (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Maximus JonesJones – Max WiskandtWiskandt (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Henry SearleSearle – Arthur ReymondReymond (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Enzo WallartWallart (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakub PaulPaul – Harry WendelkenWendelken (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Dan AddedAdded – Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Blaise BicknellBicknell – Luca PotenzaPotenza (7-6² 6-1) – See score progression
• Filippo MoroniMoroni – Fabrizio AndaloroAndaloro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas PoullainPoullain – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Christian LangmoLangmo – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Stuart ParkerParker – Marek GengelGengel (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Moez EcharguiEchargui – Jay Dylan Hara FriendDylan Hara Friend (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Ioannis XilasXilas – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (3-6 7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Filippo MoroniMoroni – Fabrizio AndaloroAndaloro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Massimo GiuntaGiunta (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Dan AddedAdded – Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Henry SearleSearle – Arthur ReymondReymond (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

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