Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Carlos Lopez Montagud will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Maia Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.76
Carlos Lopez Montagud -> 1.93

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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Carlos Lopez Montagud

This will be the 2^nd time that Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Carlos Lopez Montagud face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lopez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Lopez won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Valencia Challenger back in 2022.

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Ranked no. 264, Blancaneaux reached the 2^nd round after defeating Stefano Napolitano 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Geoffrey had a good straight sets win against Napolitano (6-2 6-1). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 57 points vs Napolitano’s 31. Geoffrey was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Blancaneaux bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 63% of his first serves in, winning 81% (25/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Blancaneaux broke Napolitano 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Blancaneaux has positive record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (334-288). 24-22 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Blancaneaux has an aggregate 173-146 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Brazzaville Challenger where he overcame Calvin Hemery in the final 6-3 6-4.

Geoffrey has an overall 31-35 win-loss record in 2025, 24-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Maia Challenger

Carlos Lopez Montagud

Ranked no. 551, the Spaniard got to the 2^nd round after defeating Joao Graca 6-1 6-1, Alexey Vatutin 5-7 6-3 6-3 and Tiago Pereira 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Pereira (6-3 6-2). During the match Lopez scored 74 points vs Pereira’s 54. Lopez was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Lopez was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Lopez Montagud lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lopez put 81% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Lopez broke Pereira 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Carlos’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Gandia.

Lopez has a compiled 36-27 win-loss record in 2025, 36-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Maia Challenger

Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Blancaneaux	Lopez
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	15	61
Pts	57-31	233-178
Total Points	88	411
Winners	25	105
%Winners	44%	45%

Blancaneaux played 1 match while Lopez competed in 3 matches. Lopez started his run from the qualifications while Blancaneaux had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Carlos Lopez Montagud surrendered 1 set while Geoffrey Blancaneaux hasn’t dropped a set so far. Blancaneaux has played 5 set(s) less than Lopez (2 vs 7). Therefore, Blancaneaux played 46 games less than Lopez. Blancaneaux scored 25 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 105 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Blancaneaux	Lopez
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	1.7
1st in	31/49	162/205
%1st in	63%	79%
1st pts	25/31	105/162
%1st pts	81%	65%
2nd pts	9/18	19/43
%2nd pts	50%	44%

Blancaneaux fired 6 aces . Lopez bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Blancaneaux won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Lopez won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Blancaneaux	Lopez
Won	5	19
Converted	5/7	19/36
% Converted	71%	53%
Conceded	3	18
Saved	2	9
% Saved	67%	50%
Times Broken	1	9

The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Carlos broke his opponents 19 times with a 53% conversion rate. Lopez conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Blancaneaux
	R1 Napolitano	Total
Score	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	57-31	57-31
Total points	88	88
Winners	25	25
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	31/49	31/49
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	25/31	25/31
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Lopez
	Q1 Graca	Q3 Vatutin	R1 Pereira	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	5-7 6-3 6-3	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	14	30	17	61
pts	57-30	102-94	74-54	233-178
Total points	87	196	128	411
Winners	25	50	30	105
%Winners	44%	49%	41%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	0	5
Double Faults	4	7	1	12
1st in	31/44	88/108	43/53	162/205
% 1st in	70%	81%	81%	79%
1st pts	25/31	50/88	30/43	105/162
% 1st pts	81%	57%	70%	65%
2nd pts	7/13	7/20	5/10	19/43
% 2nd pts	54%	35%	50%	44%
Breaks
Won	5	9	5	19
Converted	5/9	9/15	5/12	19/36
Converted %	56%	60%	42%	53%
Conceded	3	10	5	18
Saved	3/3	3/10	3/5	9
Saved %	100%	30%	60%	190%
Times Broken	0	7	2	9

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