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.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Damm who should win in 3 sets.
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
40 - 15win/loss
175
173
| 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.
Antoine Ghibaudo
24 - 14win/loss
355
336
| 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Darwin BlanchBlanch – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Tyler ZinkZink – Alexander BernardBernard (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Martin DammDamm – Aidan KimKim (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Jack AnthropAnthrop (3-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Justin BoulaisBoulais – Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Andres MartinMartin – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Petr BrunclikBrunclik (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Michael ZhengZheng – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Andres MartinMartin – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Martin DammDamm – Aidan KimKim (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Jack AnthropAnthrop (3-6 6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Tyler ZinkZink – Alexander BernardBernard (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Justin BoulaisBoulais (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andre IlaganIlagan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tyler ZinkZink – (0-0) – H2H and prediction