Martin Damm and Antoine Ghibaudo will face off in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Damm who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Martin Damm is the pick to win this match.
Martin Damm -> 1.57
Antoine Ghibaudo -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Martin Damm vs. Antoine Ghibaudo

This will be the 2nd time that Martin Damm and Antoine Ghibaudo face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ghibaudo (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Ghibaudo won 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Salem Challenger back in September 2025.

Martin Damm

Martin Damm

40 - 15win/loss

Hard
36-12
I Hard
4-1
Clay
0-2
Rank
175
High
173
LWWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 52-20 36-13 0-2 16-5 0-0 0-0
2024 15-20 7-7 1-5 7-8 0-0 0-0
2023 52-29 30-14 9-8 13-7 0-0 0-0
2022 32-23 17-12 10-6 5-5 0-0 0-0
2021 28-22 7-4 16-12 5-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 277, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Aidan Kim 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kim (6-2 6-4). During the match, Damm scored 65 points vs Kim’s 53. Damm was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Damm blasted 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Martin Damm conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Damm put 69% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Martin broke Kim 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Damm has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (175-124). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Damm has a compiled33-27 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Tbilisi,M15 Vaasa and M25 Elvas.

The American has a compiled 39-15 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Damm has never competed in this tournament before.

Columbus Challenger
Damm's Record

Antoine Ghibaudo

Antoine Ghibaudo

24 - 14win/loss

Hard
15-9
I Hard
4-3
Clay
0-1
Grass
5-1
Rank
355
High
336
LWLWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-19 16-10 0-1 12-7 5-1 0-0
2024 35-27 14-9 8-7 13-11 0-0 0-0
2023 25-23 5-7 0-1 20-14 0-0 0-1
2022 6-6 2-1 0-0 3-4 0-0 1-1
2021 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 431 (career-high), the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Ilija Palavestra 6-1 4-6 6-2, Erik Arutiunian 6-1 6-3 and Jack Anthrop 3-6 6-1 7-6(4).

In the 1st round against Anthrop, Antoine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-64). During the match Ghibaudo scored 103 points vs Anthrop’s 95. Antoine was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Ghibaudo struck 10 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Antoine Ghibaudo was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (50/69) of his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Antoine broke Anthrop twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion.

The French player has a compiled 24-13 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Columbus Challenger
Ghibaudo's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Damm
A.Ghibaudo
1h:10
1h:10
Time on court​
!
5h:25
5h:25
1h:10
1h:10
Last match​
!
2h:38
2h:38
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
18
18
Games Played​
70
70
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
65
65
Total points​
239
239
65
65
Avg point​
79.7
79.7
32
32
Winners
113
113
32
32
Avg Winners​
37.7
37.7
49%
49%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
16
16
5
5
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
32/38
32/38
1st won total​
113/144
113/144
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
7/17
7/17
2nd won total​
46/82
46/82
41%
41%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
BP won
10/17
10/17
3/9
3/9
Avg BP won
3.3/5.7
3.3/5.7
33%
33%
Won
!
59%
59%
1
1
Conceded
20
20
1
1
Avg Conceded
6.7
6.7
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
1
1
Saved
18
18

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Damm Ghibaudo
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 18 70
Pts 65-53 239-188
Total Points 118 427
Winners 32 113
%Winners 49% 47%

Damm played 1 match while Ghibaudo competed in 3 matches. Ghibaudo started his run from the qualifications while Damm had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Antoine Ghibaudo lost 2 sets while Martin Damm hasn’t dropped a set so far. Damm has played 6 set(s) less than Ghibaudo (2 vs 8). Therefore, Damm played 52 games less than Ghibaudo. Damm scored 32 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Ghibaudo made 113 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Damm Ghibaudo
Aces 5 16
Avg per match 5 5.3
1st in 38/55 144/226
%1st in 69% 64%
1st pts 32/38 113/144
%1st pts 84% 78%
2nd pts 7/17 46/82
%2nd pts 41% 56%

Damm blasted 5 aces . Ghibaudo bagged 16 aces (5.3 per match). Damm won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Ghibaudo won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Damm Ghibaudo
Won 3 10
Converted 3/9 10/17
% Converted 33% 59%
Conceded 1 20
Saved 1 18
% Saved 100% 90%
Times Broken 0 2

Martin broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Damm pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Ghibaudo broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Damm
R1
Kim
Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 65-53 65-53
Total points 118 118
Winners 32 32
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 38/55 38/55
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 32/38 32/38
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 7/17 7/17
% 2nd pts 41% 41%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Ghibaudo
Q1
Palavestra
Q3
Arutiunian
R1
Anthrop
Total
Score 6-1 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-1 7-64
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 25 16 29 70
pts 81-62 55-31 103-95 239-188
Total points 143 86 198 427
Winners 40 23 50 113
%Winners 49% 42% 49% 47%
SERVE
Aces 4 2 10 16
Double Faults 4 1 0 5
1st in 47/81 28/40 69/105 144/226
% 1st in 58% 70% 66% 64%
1st pts 40/47 23/28 50/69 113/144
% 1st pts 85% 82% 72% 78%
2nd pts 16/34 9/12 21/36 46/82
% 2nd pts 47% 75% 58% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 4 2 10
Converted 4/6 4/6 2/5 10/17
Converted % 67% 67% 40% 59%
Conceded 7 0 13 20
Saved 6/7 0/0 12/13 18
Saved % 86% 92% 178%
Times Broken 1 0 1 2

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

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