Hugo Grenier and Tom Gentzsch will play each other in the quarter of the Villena Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Grenier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hugo Grenier is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Grenier -> 1.533
Tom Gentzsch -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Hugo Grenier vs. Tom Gentzsch

There is no head to head record between Hugo Grenier and Tom Gentzsch since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Hugo Grenier

Ranked no. 195, the French player reached the quarter after beating Hynek Barton 6-3 6-3 and Moez Echargui 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Echargui (6-4 6-4). During the match, Grenier scored 60 points vs Echargui’s 51. Grenier was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Grenier scored 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hugo Grenier was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Grenier broke Echargui twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hugo hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Grenier has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (371-282). 23-15 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Grenier has a compiled 207-107 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The French player best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Morelia Challenger and the Porto Challenger.

Hugo has an aggregate 31-29 win-loss record in 2025, 23-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

Tom Gentzsch

Ranked no. 296, the German reached the quarter after defeating Nicolas Jarry 7-6(4) 6-3 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Gentzsch had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-4 6-4). During the match Gentzsch scored 59 points vs Kuzmanov’s 49. Gentzsch was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Gentzsch managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tom Gentzsch conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Gentzsch put 70% of his first serves in, winning 89% (34/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The German was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kuzmanov twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Gentzsch’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Bastad,M15 Kotka,M15 Ystad and M25 Ueberlingen.

Tom has a composed 46-23 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Grenier	Gentzsch
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	38	42
Pts	125-99	139-123
Total Points	224	262
Winners	55	75
%Winners	44%	54%

Both Grenier and Gentzsch played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Grenier and Gentzsch have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Grenier played 4 games less than Gentzsch. The French player scored 55 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The German fired 75 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Grenier	Gentzsch
Aces	11	13
Avg per match	5.5	6.5
1st in	69/109	93/140
%1st in	63%	66%
1st pts	55/69	75/93
%1st pts	80%	81%
2nd pts	25/40	25/47
%2nd pts	63%	53%

Grenier scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Gentzsch bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Grenier won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Gentzsch won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Grenier	Gentzsch
Won	6	3
Converted	6/11	3/7
% Converted	55%	43%
Conceded	6	13
Saved	5	13
% Saved	83%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Hugo conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Gentzsch broke his opponents 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 13 break points.

Grenier
	R1 Barton	R2 Echargui	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	20	38
pts	65-48	60-51	125-99
Total points	113	111	224
Winners	26	29	55
%Winners	40%	48%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	8	11
Double Faults	4	2	6
1st in	33/57	36/52	69/109
% 1st in	58%	69%	63%
1st pts	26/33	29/36	55/69
% 1st pts	79%	81%	80%
2nd pts	13/24	12/16	25/40
% 2nd pts	54%	75%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/8	2/3	6/11
Converted %	50%	67%	55%
Conceded	4	2	6
Saved	3/4	2/2	5
Saved %	75%	100%	88%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Gentzsch
	R1 Jarry	R2 Kuzmanov	Total
Score	7-64 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	20	42
pts	80-74	59-49	139-123
Total points	154	108	262
Winners	41	34	75
%Winners	51%	58%	54%
SERVE
Aces	7	6	13
Double Faults	4	3	7
1st in	55/86	38/54	93/140
% 1st in	64%	70%	66%
1st pts	41/55	34/38	75/93
% 1st pts	75%	89%	81%
2nd pts	17/31	8/16	25/47
% 2nd pts	55%	50%	53%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3
Converted	1/5	2/2	3/7
Converted %	20%	100%	43%
Conceded	10	3	13
Saved	10/10	3/3	13
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

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