Alex Bolt and Marc Polmans will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Brisbane 3 Challenger for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on SHOW COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.51
Marc Polmans -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Marc Polmans

This will be the 6^th time that Alex Bolt and Marc Polmans square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Polmans won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2021.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 238, the Australian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Filip Peliwo 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Peliwo (6-4 6-2). During the match, Bolt scored 65 points vs Peliwo’s 47. Alex was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bolt scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Bolt lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bolt put 79% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Bolt broke Peliwo 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Bolt has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (260-243). 17-15 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bolt has an overall 169-126 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Wuxi Challenger and the Jingshan Challenger.

Alex has an overall 26-21 win-loss record in 2025, 17-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brisbane 3 Challenger

Marc Polmans

Ranked no. 430, Polmans reached the 2^nd round after defeating Aryan Shah 1-6 7-6(6) 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Shah, Polmans recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-6⁶ 6-1). During the match Polmans scored 98 points vs Shah’s 93. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Polmans managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Shah 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Tamworth,M25 Perth and M25 Brisbane.

The Australian has a compiled 34-19 win-loss record in 2025, 30-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bolt	Polmans
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	27
Pts	65-47	98-93
Total Points	112	191
Winners	29	42
%Winners	45%	43%

Both Bolt and Polmans played 1 match. At the moment, Marc Polmans conceded 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t lost a set so far. Bolt has played 1 set(s) less than Polmans (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bolt played 9 games less than Polmans. The Australian scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Polmans blasted 42 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bolt	Polmans
Aces	7	8
Avg per match	7	8
1st in	41/52	64/100
%1st in	79%	64%
1st pts	29/41	42/64
%1st pts	71%	66%
2nd pts	5/11	17/36
%2nd pts	45%	47%

Bolt bagged 7 aces . Polmans managed to score 8 aces . Bolt won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bolt	Polmans
Won	5	3
Converted	5/10	3/6
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	7	12
Saved	5	8
% Saved	71%	67%
Times Broken	2	4

Bolt broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Marc broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Bolt
	R1 Peliwo	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	65-47	65-47
Total points	112	112
Winners	29	29
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	41/52	41/52
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	29/41	29/41
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	5/11	5/11
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Polmans
	R1 Shah	Total
Score	1-6 7-66 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	98-93	98-93
Total points	191	191
Winners	42	42
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	64/100	64/100
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	42/64	42/64
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	17/36	17/36
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	8/12	8
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Brisbane 3 Challenger

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• Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Emile HuddHudd (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernard TomicTomic – Marek GengelGengel (7-5 3-6 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Bernard TomicTomic – Dane SweenySweeny (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Alex BoltBolt (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jake DelaneyDelaney – (0-0) – H2H and prediction