Francesco Forti and Jelle Sels will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Perugia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Forti who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Forti is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Forti -> 1.27
Jelle Sels -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Forti vs. Jelle Sels
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Forti and Jelle Sels fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Forti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Forti won 7-6(3) 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Cuneo back in 2019.
Francesco Forti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44-21 | 0-0 | 37-18 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-19 | 0-3 | 30-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-33 | 20-8 | 26-21 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 1-1 | 29-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 413, the Italian reached the 1st round after beating Matthew William Donald 7-6(13) 6-2 and David Jorda Sanchis 7-6(10) 6-7(5) 7-6(1).
In the qualifications, Forti defeated Jorda Sanchis (7-610 6-75 7-61). During the match, Forti scored 126 points vs Jorda Sanchis’s 122. Francesco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 70 winners.
Talking about the service games, Forti managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francesco Forti was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (70/86) of his 1st serve and 63% (27/43) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francesco started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
ATP Perugia Challenger - Francesco Forti's projected path
Forti has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (271-185). 20-6 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Forti has an aggregate 190-129 match record in the last years on clay.
Forti’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Foggia and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Forti has a composed 27-9 win-loss record in 2026, 20-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13-20 | 0-0 | 10-15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-35 | 7-7 | 21-18 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-30 | 13-6 | 28-16 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-27 | 5-4 | 3-14 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-33 | 0-0 | 26-17 | 22-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 450, Jelle got to the 1st round after defeating Edoardo Betti 7-6(5) 6-4 and Lorenzo Carboni 6-4 6-4.
The Dutch has a composed 8-13 win-loss record in 2026, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Jelle has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Forti | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 23 |
| Pts | 218-203 | 78-71 |
| Total Points | 421 | 149 |
| Winners | 107 | 36 |
| %Winners | 49% | 46% |
Forti played 2 matches while Sels competed in 1 match. At the moment, Francesco Forti dropped 1 set while Jelle Sels hasn’t dropped a set so far. Forti has played 3 sets more than Sels (5 vs 2). Therefore, Forti played 37 games more than Sels. Francesco scored 107 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Jelle scored 36 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Forti | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 142/216 | 49/76 |
| %1st in | 66% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 107/142 | 36/49 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 42/74 | 14/27 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
Forti bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sels made 4 aces . Forti won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Forti | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 36% | 75% |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 |
| Saved | 11 | 2 |
| % Saved | 85% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Francesco dropped his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Sels broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Forti | ||||
| Q1 William |
Q3 Jorda Sanchis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-613 6-2 | 7-610 6-75 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 39 | 60 | |
| pts | 92-81 | 126-122 | 218-203 | |
| Total points | 173 | 248 | 421 | |
| Winners | 37 | 70 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 56% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/87 | 86/129 | 142/216 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 70/86 | 107/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 81% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 27/43 | 42/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 0/1 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 0% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 8/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sels | ||||
| Q1 Betti |
Q3 Carboni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| pts | 78-71 | – | 78-71 | |
| Total points | 149 | 0 | 149 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | ||
| %Winners | 46% | 0% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 49/76 | / | 49/76 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 0% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | / | 36/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 0% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | / | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 0% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | ||
| Converted | 3/4 | / | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 0% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | ||
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/ | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | ||
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