Matej Dodig and Carlos Sanchez Jover will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Cattolica Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO 3. 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 Matej Dodig who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matej Dodig is the pick to win this match.
Matej Dodig -> 1.48
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover
There is no head to head record between Matej Dodig and Carlos Sanchez Jover since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Matej Dodig
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-20 | 0-4 | 25-11 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-32 | 0-0 | 24-22 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-26 | 14-5 | 30-20 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 199 (career-high), the Croatian will start his run in the Cattolica Challenger after he played his last match in the Bad Rappenau Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-7(4) 6-0 to Den in the 2nd round on the 3rd of June.
Dodig has an overall 12-12 win-loss record in 2026, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Dodig’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger and the Zadar Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Dodig has an overall 137-86 record. He has a positive 99-59 record on clay.
Previously in the Cattolica Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-23 | 0-0 | 34-22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 49-26 | 0-0 | 49-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-27 | 1-1 | 48-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 389, Carlos reached the 1st round after beating Gerard Campana Lee 6-3 5-7 6-3 and Manuel Mazza 3-6 7-6(7) 6-0.
In the qualifications against Mazza, Sanchez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-67 6-0). During the match Sanchez scored 100 points vs Mazza’s 90. Sanchez was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Sanchez Jover lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Sanchez broke Mazza 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
ATP Cattolica Challenger - Carlos Sanchez Jover's projected path
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Antalya and the Tigre 1 Challenger.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 20-15 win-loss record in 2026, 20-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Michele RibecaiRibecai (3-6 7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Pierluigi BasileBasile (7-6(4) 7-6(4)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Liam BroadyBroady – Ioannis XilasXilas (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
