Alex De Minaur and Alexander Blockx will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT DES PRINCES. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.3
Alexander Blockx -> 3.5
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alex De Minaur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-18 | 13-9 | 7-6 | 5-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 56-24 | 30-11 | 10-5 | 13-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-21 | 19-6 | 10-5 | 11-9 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 26-12 | 4-5 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-25 | 19-10 | 9-6 | 12-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Alex reached the 3rd round after beating Cameron Norrie 7-6(5) 2-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Australian defeated Norrie (7-65 2-6 6-2).During the match, De Minaur scored less points (5) than Norrie. In fact, the world no. 6 won 90 points vs Norrie’s. That means that De Minaur was more focused during the important points. Alex was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Minaur scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex De Minaur lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, De Minaur put 43% of his first serves in, winning 73% (29/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (23/53) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Norrie 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters - Alex De Minaur's projected path
De Minaur has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (376-214). 1-0 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Minaur has an overall 50-46 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Rotterdam where he overcame Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Australian has a compiled 13-5 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Alexander Blockx
20 - 7win/loss
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LWWWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-17 | 16-8 | 16-6 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 46-28 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 23-11 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91, Alexander reached the 3rd round after defeating Francesco Maestrelli 7-6(3) 6-2, Damir Dzumhur 7-6(8) 6-2, Denis Shapovalov 6-4 4-6 6-3 and Flavio Cobolli 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (6-3 6-3). During the match Blockx scored 62 points vs Cobolli’s 50. Blockx was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Blockx fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexander Blockx conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 68% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the 2nd serve. Blockx broke Cobolli 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters - Alexander Blockx's projected path
His best result of the season was winning the title the Canberra Challenger where he overcame Rafael Jodar in the final 6-4 6-4.
Alexander has a compiled 20-7 win-loss record in 2026, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Minaur | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 89 |
| Pts | 90-95 | 307-256 |
| Total Points | 185 | 563 |
| Winners | 29 | 128 |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% |
De Minaur played 1 match while Blockx competed in 4 matches. Blockx started his run from the qualifications while De Minaur had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex De Minaur surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Blockx surrendered 1 set. De Minaur has played 6 set(s) less than Blockx (3 vs 9). Therefore, De Minaur played 60 games less than Blockx. Alex scored 29 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian recorded 128 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Minaur | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.8 |
| 1st in | 40/93 | 176/293 |
| %1st in | 43% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 128/176 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 23/53 | 70/117 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 60% |
De Minaur managed to score 4 aces . Blockx fired 11 aces (2.8 per match). De Minaur won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Minaur | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 13 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 13/27 |
| % Converted | 63% | 48% |
| Conceded | 9 | 26 |
| Saved | 4 | 21 |
| % Saved | 44% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Alex broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Minaur | |||
| R2 Norrie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 90-95 | 90-95 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/93 | 40/93 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 29/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/53 | 23/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Blockx | ||||||
| Q1 Maestrelli |
Q3 Dzumhur |
R1 Shapovalov |
R2 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | 7-68 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 89 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 82-62 | 85-79 | 62-50 | 307-256 | |
| Total points | 143 | 144 | 164 | 112 | 563 | |
| Winners | 26 | 33 | 43 | 26 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 51% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 33/69 | 44/77 | 58/87 | 41/60 | 176/293 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 57% | 67% | 68% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 33/44 | 43/58 | 26/41 | 128/176 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 75% | 74% | 63% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 19/33 | 16/29 | 15/19 | 70/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 58% | 55% | 79% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 3/7 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 80% | 75% | 43% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 26 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 7/9 | 5/7 | 5/5 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 78% | 71% | 100% | 329% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Marin CilicCilic (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Terence AtmaneAtmane (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Cristian GarinGarin (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (4-6 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Marcelo Melo/Alexander ZverevMelo/Alexander Zverev (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-65 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Terence AtmaneAtmane (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-6(6) 7-5) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Cristian GarinGarin (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Marin CilicCilic (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Casper RuudRuud (5-4) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Alexander BublikBublik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
