Arthur Cazaux and Liam Draxl will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Jinan Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Cazaux who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.4
Liam Draxl -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Liam Draxl

There is no head to head record between Arthur Cazaux and Liam Draxl since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Arthur Cazaux

Ranked no. 70, Arthur got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ugo Blanchet 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (6-3 6-4). During the match, Cazaux scored 84 points vs Blanchet’s 77. Arthur was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cazaux scored 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Arthur Cazaux lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Cazaux put 57% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Blanchet 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Cazaux has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (198-123). 14-13 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cazaux has an overall114-53 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Cazaux’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Kitzbuhel.

Arthur has an aggregate 27-21 win-loss record in 2025, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 119, Liam got to the 2^nd round after defeating Christopher O Connell 4-6 1-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against O Connell, the Canadian had a free pass after O Connell retired on a 4-6 1-1 . scoreline.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he beat Alexander Blockx in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.

Draxl has a compiled 46-24 win-loss record in 2025, 20-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cazaux	Draxl
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	12
Pts	84-77	38-44
Total Points	161	82
Winners	31	14
%Winners	37%	37%

Both Cazaux and Draxl played 1 match. At the moment, Liam Draxl lost 1 set while Arthur Cazaux hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cazaux has played 1 set(s) less than Draxl (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Cazaux played 7 games more than Draxl. The French player scored 31 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Liam blasted 14 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cazaux	Draxl
Aces	4	5
Avg per match	4	5
1st in	47/83	18/35
%1st in	57%	51%
1st pts	31/47	14/18
%1st pts	66%	78%
2nd pts	19/36	9/17
%2nd pts	53%	53%

Cazaux struck 4 aces . Draxl managed to score 5 aces . Cazaux won 66% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 78% of the points behind 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	Cazaux	Draxl
Won	3	0
Converted	3/13	0/2
% Converted	23%	0%
Conceded	11	2
Saved	10	1
% Saved	91%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Arthur broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Arthur lost his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. On the other side, Draxl hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Draxl conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Cazaux
	R1 Blanchet	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	84-77	84-77
Total points	161	161
Winners	31	31
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	47/83	47/83
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	31/47	31/47
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	19/36	19/36
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/13	3/13
Converted %	23%	23%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	10/11	10
Saved %	91%	91%
Times Broken	1	1

Draxl
	R1 O	Total
Score	4-6 1-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	12	12
pts	38-44	38-44
Total points	82	82
Winners	14	14
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	18/35	18/35
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	14/18	14/18
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	9/17	9/17
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	0	0
Converted	0/2	0/2
Converted %	0%	0%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Jinan Challenger

• Pavel KotovKotov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Taro DanielDaniel (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (4-6 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – Jie CuiCui (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – James McCabeMcCabe (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Fajing SunSun (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Laslo DjereDjere (7-6¹⁰ 6-2) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (4-6 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Taro DanielDaniel (7-6(5) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Billy HarrisHarris (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (1-0) – H2H and prediction