Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Marc-Andrea Huesler will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Orleans Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.74
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler

This will be the 2nd time that Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Marc-Andrea Huesler fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Huesler (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Huesler won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Orleans Challenger back in 2024.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

24 - 23win/loss

Hard
1-5
I Hard
12-4
Clay
8-11
Grass
3-3
Rank
154
High
36
LLWLWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-27 1-5 8-11 15-8 3-3 0-0
2024 33-31 3-5 8-11 19-12 3-3 0-0
2023 26-22 2-4 5-4 16-11 3-3 0-0
2022 18-15 0-0 2-5 10-7 6-3 0-0
2021 17-21 4-7 4-6 9-7 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 143, Herbert will start his run in the Orleans Challenger after he played his last match in the St. Tropez Challenger where he lost 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5 to Kukushkin in the 1st round on the 16th of September.

The French player has an overall 24-23 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Jelle Sels in the final 6-3 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Herbert has an overall 499-388 record. He has a positive 203-123 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.

Orleans Challenger
Herbert's Record

Marc-Andrea Huesler

Marc-Andrea Huesler

21 - 20win/loss

Hard
12-8
I Hard
3-2
Clay
5-6
Grass
1-4
Rank
244
High
47
LWLWLWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-27 14-11 5-6 5-6 1-4 0-0
2024 41-28 11-6 16-10 10-9 4-3 0-0
2023 20-31 7-9 2-10 5-8 4-3 2-1
2022 45-28 9-8 18-6 11-10 7-4 0-0
2021 30-33 3-6 14-15 9-7 1-3 3-2

Ranked no. 223, the Swiss reached the 1st

round after beating Nikolay Vylegzhanin 6-3 7-6(7) and Milos Karol 6-3 3-6 7-6(3).

In the qualifications, Huesler defeated Karol (6-3 3-6 7-63). During the match Huesler scored 92 points vs Karol’s 85. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Huesler scored 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marc-Andrea Huesler was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (38/46) of his 1st serve and 71% (24/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Huesler broke Karol once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marc-Andrea started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cuernavaca Challenger where he overcame Dmitry Popko in the final 6-4 3-6 6-4.

Huesler has a composed 21-20 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

Orleans Challenger
Huesler's Record

Tennis Scores in Orleans Challenger

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