Max Houkes vs Pierre DelagePrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- M25 Casablanca
- Level
- ITF M25
- Round
- Quarterfinals
- Surface
- Clay
- Date & time
- September 4 · 5:30 AM ET
Pierre Delage meets Max Houkes in the quarterfinals of the M25 Casablanca on clay on September 4. Delage, ranked 600, has built serious momentum through the draw; Houkes sits at 240 and will be the higher-ranked player on court. Neither has faced the other before.
Delage has won 4 of his last 5 matches and 8 of his last 10, arriving in the quarterfinals after six matches in 14 days. Houkes has won 3 of his last 5 and 6 of his last 10, playing a lighter schedule with just two matches across the same span. Both players defeated Maxime Chazal and Timofei Derepasko in recent clay outings.
Delage's game encompasses power and court sense; his clay record stands at 16-4 over the recent sample. Houkes operates as a reactive player, comfortable redirecting pace, with an 11-9 clay record in the same window. Max Houkes will need to disrupt Delage's rhythm early in points before Pierre Delage establishes control, while Delage must sustain his aggressive tempo against an opponent built to absorb and counter.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Houkes | Delage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Max Houkes | Pierre Delage | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 45/62 | 77% | 41/53 |
| Wins a set when losing | 34% | 10/29 | 39% | 11/28 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 27/91 | 28% | 23/81 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 60% | 30/50 | 54% | 27/50 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 16/28 | 68% | 15/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 12/26 | 60% | 15/25 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 53/59 | 89% | 49/55 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 76% | 45/59 | 75% | 41/55 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Houkes
🪃 Counterpuncher
Delage
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,543 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Pierre Delage.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Houkes and Delage have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Houkes | Delage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Max Houkes | Pierre Delage | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 12/12 | 100% | 23/23 |
| 3 or more | 75% | 9/12 | 83% | 19/23 |
| 5 or more | 42% | 5/12 | 70% | 16/23 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 17% | 4/23 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 4% | 1/23 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/23 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Houkes | Delage |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–6 | 19–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.92 | 1.68 |
| ROI % | -6.4% | +17.3% |
| Units P/L | -0.90u | +4.32u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Houkes | Delage |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 5 | 8 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | GER → MAR | GER → FRA → MAR |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Houkes has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Delage's 60%).
| Opponent | Houkes | Delage |
|---|---|---|
| Maxime Chazal | W 62 61 | W 61 67 63 |
| Timofei Derepasko | W 63 64 | W 63 62 |
| Nicholas David Ionel | W 63 62 | W 64 75 |
| Mwendwa Mbithi | W 64 64 | L 26 64 16 |
| Mwendwa Mbithi | W 64 64 | L 26 64 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Amine Jamji
M25 Casablanca · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Mehdi Benchakroun
M25 Casablanca · 1st Round
Sep 2
Jan Kumstat
Hamburg Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Sumit Nagal
Hamburg Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 11
Jerome Kym
Hagen Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Vilius Gaubas
Hagen Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 4
Roberto Carballes Baena
Bonn Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 28
Patrick Zahraj
M25 Metzingen · Quarterfinals
Jul 24
Vasco Leote Prata
M25 Casablanca · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Dorian Tremblay
M25 Casablanca · 1st Round
Sep 2
Mathieu Scaglia
M15 Cap d'Agde · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Kenny De Schepper
M15 Cap d'Agde · Semifinals
Aug 28
Damien Salvestre
M15 Cap d'Agde · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Matisse Martin
M15 Cap d'Agde · 1st Round
Aug 25
Arian Barbic
M15 Frankfurt · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Jan Sebesta
M15 Frankfurt · 1st Round
Aug 5
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 81–91 matches
| Metric | Houkes | Delage |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 65% |
| Sets won | 64% | 63% |
| Games won | 56% | 54% |