ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Open Aix Provence Crédit Agricole
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Faurel
⚔️ The Gladiator
Goffin
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 55% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 2,632 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for David Goffin here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Faurel | Goffin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–6 | 1–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.00 | 2.41 |
| ROI % | -26.0% | -43.0% |
| Units P/L | -2.60u | -3.01u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
First career meeting
Faurel and Goffin have never faced each other on tour.
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Faurel | Goffin |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 66.2% | 55.9% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 62.3% | 63.6% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 47.7% | 46.4% |
| Aces / Match | 2.5 | 7.6 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Break Points Saved % | 49% | 45.4% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 30.7% | 30.4% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 47.9% | 50.7% |
| BP Converted % | 51.1% | 53.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 18.3 | 27.6 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 28.5 | 39.9 |
| Net Pts Won % | 66.4% | 59% |
| Total Pts Won % | 47.5% | 46.9% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 40% | 33% |
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Match summary
Thomas Faurel meets David Goffin on Wednesday in the Round of 32 at the Open Aix Provence Crédit Agricole, a clay court event. Goffin, ranked 236th, is the higher-ranked player but returns after an 18-day layoff with no matches in the past two weeks. Faurel, currently 417th, has played three matches in the last 14 days and won his last two.
The two have never faced each other. Faurel has won three of his last five matches, while Goffin has won one of his last five and sits on a two-match losing streak. Both players hold similar clay court records over a recent sample, each at 9-11.
Faurel tends toward relentless baseline play and physical intensity. Goffin relies on power and aggressive shotmaking from the back of the court. The surface favors neither archetype decisively, but the match will test Goffin's ability to find rhythm after a long absence, while Faurel must sustain the momentum he has built in recent days.
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