Raphael Collignon and Justin Engel will square off in the semifinal of the Orleans Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTRAL ARENA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raphael Collignon who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Raphael Collignon is the pick to win this match.
Raphael Collignon -> 1.47
Justin Engel -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Raphael Collignon vs. Justin Engel

There is no head to head record between Raphael Collignon and Justin Engel since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Raphael Collignon

Ranked no. 93, Collignon reached the semifinal after beating Lucas Poullain 6-4 6-2, Kimmer Coppejans 6-3 6-3 and Alexis Galarneau 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-2 6-4). During the match, Collignon scored 64 points vs Galarneau’s 41. Collignon was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Collignon blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Raphael Collignon was extremely efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Raphael broke Galarneau 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Collignon hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.

Collignon has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (207-104). 12-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Collignon has a composed50-31 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame Patrick Zahraj in the final 6-2 6-4 and the Monza Challenger where he beat Vitaliy Sachko in the final 6-3 7-5.

Collignon has an aggregate 31-17 win-loss record in 2025, 12-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.

Justin Engel

Ranked no. 213, Engel reached the semifinal after beating Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-4, Matteo Gigante w/o and Patrick Kypson 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the quarter, Engel had a good straight sets win against Kypson (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match Engel scored 67 points vs Kypson’s 62. The German was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Engel managed to score 19 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Justin Engel was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Kypson twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Engel hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Engel’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Cadolzburg.

The German has a composed 33-28 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Collignon	Engel
Match played	3	2
Tot Set	6	4
Tot Games	54	42
Pts	194-136	128-113
Total Points	330	241
Winners	75	66
%Winners	39%	52%

Collignon played 3 matches while Engel competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Collignon has played 2 sets more than Engel (6 vs 4). Therefore, Collignon played 12 games more than Engel. Raphael scored 75 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The German made 66 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Collignon	Engel
Aces	16	27
Avg per match	5.3	13.5
1st in	91/149	81/126
%1st in	61%	64%
1st pts	75/91	66/81
%1st pts	82%	81%
2nd pts	28/58	25/45
%2nd pts	48%	56%

Collignon made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Engel blasted 27 aces (13.5 per match). Collignon won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Engel won 81% 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	Collignon	Engel
Won	13	4
Converted	13/30	4/8
% Converted	43%	50%
Conceded	10	6
Saved	6	5
% Saved	60%	83%
Times Broken	4	1

The Belgian broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Justin broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Collignon
	R1 Poullain	R2 Coppejans	1/4 Galarneau	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-3 6-3	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	18	18	54
pts	64-48	66-47	64-41	194-136
Total points	112	113	105	330
Winners	23	26	26	75
%Winners	36%	39%	41%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	6	6	16
Double Faults	6	5	3	14
1st in	28/45	34/57	29/47	91/149
% 1st in	62%	60%	62%	61%
1st pts	23/28	26/34	26/29	75/91
% 1st pts	82%	76%	90%	82%
2nd pts	7/17	10/23	11/18	28/58
% 2nd pts	41%	43%	61%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	5	3	13
Converted	5/9	5/11	3/10	13/30
Converted %	56%	45%	30%	43%
Conceded	3	7	0	10
Saved	1/3	5/7	0/0	6
Saved %	33%	71%	–	35%
Times Broken	2	2	0	4

Engel
	R1 Barrere	R2 Gigante	1/4 Kypson	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	w/o	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	–	2	4
Tot Games	19	–	23	42
pts	61-51	–	67-62	128-113
Total points	112	–	129	241
Winners	32	–	34	66
%Winners	52%	–	51%	52%
SERVE
Aces	8	–	19	27
Double Faults	3	–	4	7
1st in	40/59	–	41/67	81/126
% 1st in	68%	–	61%	64%
1st pts	32/40	–	34/41	66/81
% 1st pts	80%	–	83%	81%
2nd pts	11/19	–	14/26	25/45
% 2nd pts	58%	–	54%	56%
Breaks
Won	2	–	2	4
Converted	2/5	–	2/3	4/8
Converted %	40%	–	67%	50%
Conceded	3	–	3	6
Saved	3/3	–	2/3	5
Saved %	100%	–	67%	56%
Times Broken	0	–	1	1

Tennis Scores in Orleans Challenger

• Raphael CollignonCollignon – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – Patrick KypsonKypson (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Remy BertolaBertola (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Clement Chidekh/Luca SanchezChidekh/Luca Sanchez – Milos Karol/Lukas KleinKarol/Lukas Klein (3-6 7-6⁸ 10-2) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Remy BertolaBertola (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

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