Radu Mihai Papoe and John Sperle will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Targu Mures Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Mihai Papoe who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Mihai Papoe is the pick to win this match.
Radu Mihai Papoe -> 1.38
John Sperle -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Radu Mihai Papoe vs. John Sperle
There is no head to head record between Radu Mihai Papoe and John Sperle since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Radu Mihai Papoe
27 - 6win/loss
315
300
LWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45-10 | 8-3 | 37-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-15 | 0-0 | 30-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-10 | 0-0 | 19-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-8 | 0-0 | 19-6 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-9 | 3-1 | 16-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 384 (career-high), he will start his run in the Targu Mures Challenger after he played his last match in the Targu Mures Challenger where he defeated 6-2 6-0 to Uta in the qualifications on the 21st of June.
Radu has a composed 26-6 win-loss record in 2026, 18-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Mihai Papoe’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Bucharest,M25 Bistrita and M15 Curtea de Arges.
Talking about his overall career, The Romanian has an overall 173-75 record. He has a positive 134-57 record on clay.
Previously in the Targu Mures Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
John Sperle
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 34-21 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-26 | 6-8 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 10-7 | 32-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 1-2 | 24-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 844, John got to the qualifications after defeating Dominik Palan 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Palan (6-3 6-2). During the match Sperle scored 60 points vs Palan’s 38. Sperle was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Sperle scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. John Sperle was quite effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sperle broke Palan 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The German’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Dubrovnik and M15 Nyiregyhaza.
Sperle has an aggregate 22-15 win-loss record in 2026, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mihai Papoe | Sperle |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 |
| Pts | 55-25 | 60-38 |
| Total Points | 80 | 98 |
| Winners | 23 | 29 |
| %Winners | 42% | 48% |
Both Mihai Papoe and Sperle played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mihai Papoe and Sperle have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mihai Papoe played 3 games less than Sperle. Radu scored 23 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The German blasted 29 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mihai Papoe | Sperle |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/40 | 34/49 |
| %1st in | 70% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 29/34 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 60% |
Mihai Papoe didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sperle blasted 1 ace . Mihai Papoe won 82% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Sperle won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mihai Papoe | Sperle |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 56% | 75% |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Mihai Papoe broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Romanian extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Sperle broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Sperle was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Mihai Papoe | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | 0% | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | % | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Sperle | |||
| Q1 Palan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 60-38 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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