Billy Harris #167United Kingdom11 – 2Felix Balshaw #248France2

Signal quality High · Uncertainty band Strong lean · Market price 1.60

The read

Balshaw has served better, won more matches on this surface and already beat Harris this month.

• Balshaw is 7-4 on hard in this window and has won 52.3% of his games there; Harris is 5-8 and 49.5%.
• On hard Balshaw takes 72.5% of first-serve points and 54.8% of second-serve points, against Harris's 67.5% and 47.7%.
• Balshaw beat Harris 3-6 7-6(5) 7-5 on 4 September and is ranked 195 to Harris's 231.
• Balshaw won the Manacor Challenger title in September and sits ninth in the NextGen race.

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Strong lean · Not priced

The read

Recent Harris matches have all finished within three games, and neither player has been pulling far away.

• Harris's last six completed matches show margins of -3, +2, -3, +2, +5 and 0.
• His heaviest recent defeat was by three games.
• Balshaw's hard-court game share of 52.3% implies an expected margin near one to two games.

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced

The read

Balshaw's matches regularly pass 24 games and the head-to-head needed three sets.

• Balshaw's hard-court matches average 25.7 games; Harris's average 23.6.
• Their 4 September match produced 34 games over three sets.
• Balshaw has played tiebreaks in 6 of 11 hard-court matches.

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced

The read

First sets have averaged 10 games for both players, right on this line.

• Balshaw's first sets average 10.0 games on hard; Harris's also average 10.0.
• Only 2 of their combined 24 first sets reached a tiebreak.
• Balshaw's first sets average 5.2 games for and 5.7 against.

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Market price 1.60

The read

Balshaw has the better overall hard-court game, even though first sets have been tight for him.

• Balshaw's first sets on hard: 5 wins, 6 losses, averaging 5.2 games to 5.7.
• Harris's first sets on hard: 6 wins, 7 losses.
• Balshaw lost the first set to Harris on 4 September and still won the match.

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced

The read

Both players double-fault around four times a match, so the combined total usually passes the line.

• Balshaw averages 4.5 double faults per hard-court match; Harris averages 4.0.
• Their combined hard-court average is about 8.5 per match.
• Harris has 52 double faults in 13 hard-court matches and Balshaw 45 in 10.

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced

The read

Both players' recent hard-court matches reach a tiebreak about half the time.

• Balshaw has played a tiebreak in 6 of 11 hard-court matches; Harris in 6 of 13.
• Their 4 September meeting included a 7-6 second set.
• Combined, they have gone to a tiebreak in roughly half of their hard-court matches.

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Near coin-flip · Not priced

The read

The two players' combined ace averages sit just below this line.

• Balshaw 6.8 aces per hard match and Harris 4.5 add to roughly 11.3.
• Harris has 59 aces across 13 hard-court matches.
• Balshaw's overall ace rate drops to 6.1 per match across all surfaces.