Maxwell Mckennon and Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Soma Bay Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. 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 Maxwell Mckennon who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maxwell Mckennon is the pick to win this match.
Maxwell Mckennon -> 1.82
Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Maxwell Mckennon vs. Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
This will be the 2nd time that Maxwell Mckennon and Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mckennon (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Mckennon won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in M15 Kayseri back in 2025.
Maxwell Mckennon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-25 | 23-21 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-26 | 26-20 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 30-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-13 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 552, Mckennon reached the qualifications after beating Yanki Erel 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Erel (6-2 6-1). During the match, Mckennon scored 66 points vs Erel’s 47. Maxwell was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mckennon bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Maxwell Mckennon conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Mckennon put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Mckennon broke Erel 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Mckennon has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (84-64). 5-2 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mckennon has an overall75-57 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Maxwell has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2026, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Soma Bay Challenger
Mckennon has never competed in this tournament before.
Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
1 - 2win/loss
434
424
LWLLLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-26 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 42-34 | 38-25 | 4-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 19-18 | 14-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-34 | 25-16 | 15-13 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-29 | 41-20 | 7-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 594, the French player got to the qualifications after beating Dan Martin 6-4 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Constantin defeated Martin (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match Bittoun scored 95 points vs Martin’s 78. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Bittoun made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bittoun put 65% of his first serves in, winning 79% (42/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Constantin broke Martin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Bittoun has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mckennon | Bittoun |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 28 |
| Pts | 66-47 | 95-78 |
| Total Points | 113 | 173 |
| Winners | 30 | 42 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Both Mckennon and Bittoun played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine dropped 1 set while Maxwell Mckennon hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mckennon has played 1 set(s) less than Bittoun (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mckennon played 13 games less than Bittoun. The American scored 30 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 42 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mckennon | Bittoun |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 53/81 |
| %1st in | 67% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 42/53 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Mckennon scored 3 aces . Bittoun bagged 2 aces . Mckennon won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Bittoun won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mckennon | Bittoun |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 8 break points. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Constantin conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mckennon | |||
| Q1 Erel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 66-47 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 45/67 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bittoun | |||
| Q1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 95-78 | 95-78 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/81 | 53/81 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/53 | 42/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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