ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 16 · Cote d'Ivoire Open 2
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Stewart
💥 Big Hitter
Bicknell
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🏹 Frontrunner across 1,032 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Hamish Stewart here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the frontrunner's fast starts. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Stewart | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–7 | 3–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.79 | 2.39 |
| ROI % | +1.9% | -13.9% |
| Units P/L | +0.42u | -1.11u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Stewart
0
Bicknell
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Stewart has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Bicknell's 33%).
| Opponent | Stewart | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Aditya Vishal Balsekar | W 64 67 64 | W 64 64 |
| Yanki Erel | W 76 76 | L 46 36 |
| Andrew Fenty | L 46 46 | L 36 76 46 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Stewart | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.8% | 65.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 69.4% | 71.7% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.4% | 56.2% |
| Aces / Match | 5.1 | 2.6 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Break Points Saved % | 60.6% | 64.4% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 28.5% | 33.4% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 47.7% | 49.3% |
| BP Converted % | 37.2% | 42.1% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 19.5 | 20.6 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 34.7 | 27.8 |
| Net Pts Won % | 57.2% | 55.6% |
| Total Pts Won % | 49.4% | 51.9% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 73% | 67% |
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Match summary
Hamish Stewart meets Blaise Bicknell in the Round of 16 of the Cote d'Ivoire Open 2 on April 27, playing on outdoor hard court. Stewart, ranked 391st, has won four of his last five matches after six contests in fourteen days. Bicknell, ranked 334th, has played only twice in that span and won just two of his last ten overall.
The two have never faced each other. Both Stewart and Bicknell recently played Yanki Erel, with Stewart winning and Bicknell losing. Stewart holds a 70% win rate on hard courts; Bicknell sits at 55% on the surface.
Stewart's game is built on his serve and baseline consistency. Bicknell operates as a counterpuncher, using court positioning and angles to construct points rather than relying on pace. The test for Stewart is whether his serving command can maintain pressure; the test for Bicknell is generating enough offense to disrupt that rhythm.
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