Stefanos Sakellaridis and Sumit Nagal will play each other in the quarter of the Chisinau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.59
Stefanos Sakellaridis -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Sakellaridis vs. Sumit Nagal
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Sakellaridis and Sumit Nagal since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Stefanos Sakellaridis
24 - 13win/loss
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LLLWWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-23 | 18-8 | 18-11 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-27 | 37-14 | 11-8 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-29 | 35-25 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-52 | 35-26 | 30-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 66-49 | 23-13 | 38-33 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197 (career-high), Stefanos got to the quarter after beating Federico Agustin Gomez 6-3 7-5 and Alex Martinez 7-6(2) 2-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Martinez, Stefanos had a free pass after Martinez retired on a 7-62 2-0 . scoreline.
Sakellaridis has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (297-240). 13-7 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakellaridis has a composed140-140 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the New Delhi Challenger where he beat Oliver Crawford in the final 7-5 4-6 7-6(6).
Stefanos has a compiled 24-13 win-loss record in 2026, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chisinau Challenger
Sakellaridis has never competed in this tournament before.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-27 | 5-8 | 17-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-27 | 2-3 | 30-23 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-29 | 15-13 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 282, Nagal reached the quarter after defeating Sergey Fomin 6-4 6-2 and Zdenek Kolar 6-4 7-6(4).
In the 2nd round, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 7-64). During the match Nagal scored 78 points vs Kolar’s 68. Sumit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Nagal wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 9 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (7/22) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Kolar 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Indian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Chisinau Challenger - Sumit Nagal's projected path
Nagal has a compiled 11-15 win-loss record in 2026, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakellaridis | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 41 |
| Pts | 128-104 | 146-124 |
| Total Points | 232 | 270 |
| Winners | 44 | 63 |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% |
Both Sakellaridis and Nagal played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Sakellaridis has played 1 set more than Nagal (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Sakellaridis played 5 games less than Nagal. Sakellaridis scored 44 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Sumit recorded 63 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakellaridis | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 63/99 | 94/131 |
| %1st in | 64% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 44/63 | 63/94 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 15/37 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 41% |
Sakellaridis bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Nagal blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Sakellaridis won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakellaridis | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 47% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 29% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Stefanos broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded. Sumit broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sakellaridis | ||||
| R1 Agustin |
R2 Martinez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-62 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 15 | 36 | |
| pts | 74-57 | 54-47 | 128-104 | |
| Total points | 131 | 101 | 232 | |
| Winners | 29 | 15 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 28% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/58 | 21/41 | 63/99 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 51% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 15/21 | 44/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 8/20 | 17/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 40% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/10 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 25% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Nagal | ||||
| R1 Fomin |
R2 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 | 41 | |
| pts | 68-56 | 78-68 | 146-124 | |
| Total points | 124 | 146 | 270 | |
| Winners | 28 | 35 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 52/74 | 94/131 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 70% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 35/52 | 63/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 7/22 | 15/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 32% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/10 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 43% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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