Lucas Poullain and Nikolay Vylegzhanin will square off in the qualifications of the Brest Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Lucas Poullain who should win in 3 sets.
Lucas Poullain -> 1.46
Nikolay Vylegzhanin -> 2.58
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Prediction and head to head Lucas Poullain vs. Nikolay Vylegzhanin
This will be the 3rd time that Lucas Poullain and Nikolay Vylegzhanin square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Poullain (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Poullain won 7-6(1) 6-1 in the qualifications in the St. Brieuc Challenger back in 2024.
Lucas Poullain
42 - 29win/loss
404
244
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-31 | 18-14 | 7-3 | 19-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-24 | 21-13 | 6-3 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 63-26 | 29-11 | 8-2 | 26-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-10 | 8-4 | 5-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 14-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, Poullain got to the qualifications after defeating Kenny de Schepper 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, The French player defeated de Schepper (7-65 4-6 6-2). During the match, Poullain scored 97 points vs de Schepper’s 82. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Poullain bagged 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Lucas Poullain was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (46/60) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Lucas broke de Schepper 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Poullain has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (264-140). 18-13 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Poullain has an overall 97-55 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in Saunier,M15 Heraklion and M25 Porto.
Poullain has a compiled 42-29 win-loss record in 2025, 18-13 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Poullain has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolay Vylegzhanin
32 - 26win/loss
503
459
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-29 | 12-10 | 11-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-29 | 20-10 | 2-7 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 38-23 | 4-5 | 8-8 | 22-8 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 34-19 | 18-8 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 459 (career-high), Vylegzhanin reached the qualifications after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Nikolay had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-3 6-2). During the match Vylegzhanin scored 59 points vs Blancaneaux’s 41. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Vylegzhanin struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nikolay Vylegzhanin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vylegzhanin put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Nikolay broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Nikolay’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Creteil.
The Russian has an aggregate 32-26 win-loss record in 2025, 12-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Poullain | Vylegzhanin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 |
| Pts | 97-82 | 59-41 |
| Total Points | 179 | 100 |
| Winners | 46 | 29 |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% |
Both Poullain and Vylegzhanin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Lucas Poullain dropped 1 set while Nikolay Vylegzhanin hasn’t lost a set so far. Poullain has played 1 set more than Vylegzhanin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Poullain played 14 games more than Vylegzhanin. The French player scored 46 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 29 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Poullain | Vylegzhanin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 60/84 | 42/58 |
| %1st in | 71% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 29/42 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 63% |
Poullain struck 2 aces . Vylegzhanin made 2 aces . Poullain won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Vylegzhanin won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Poullain | Vylegzhanin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Nikolay broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Nikolay conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Poullain | |||
| Q1 de Schepper | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 97-82 | 97-82 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 60/84 | 60/84 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 46/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vylegzhanin | |||
| Q1 Blancaneaux | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-41 | 59-41 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/58 | 42/58 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 29/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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