Yanki Erel and Dominik Palan will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Segovia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on PISTA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yanki Erel who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yanki Erel is the pick to win this match.
Yanki Erel -> 1.168
Dominik Palan -> 4.333
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Prediction and head to head Yanki Erel vs. Dominik Palan
There is no head to head record between Yanki Erel and Dominik Palan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yanki Erel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47-18 | 46-16 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-15 | 36-13 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-28 | 27-20 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-25 | 44-18 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 27-14 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 299 (career-high), Erel got to the 2nd round after beating Sergey Fomin 6-2 3-6 7-6(8).
In the 1st round, The Turk defeated Fomin (6-2 3-6 7-68). During the match, Erel scored 99 points vs Fomin’s 96. Erel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Erel made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Yanki Erel was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (44/62) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Erel broke Fomin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Erel has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (255-148). 35-10 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Erel has an overall 190-84 record in the last years on hard.
The Turk’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Monastir,M15 Kutaisi and M25 Roda de Bara.
The Turk has a composed 36-11 win-loss record in 2026, 35-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Segovia Challenger
Yanki has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominik Palan
22 - 17win/loss
622
280
LLLLWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-24 | 17-19 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-24 | 29-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-31 | 28-29 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-29 | 34-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 465, Dominik got to the 2nd round after beating Bernardo Munk Mesa 6-3 6-4, Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5 and Max Basing 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Basing, Palan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Palan scored 84 points vs Basing’s 83. Dominik was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Palan recorded 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Dominik Palan was very effective on serve to win 81% (38/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Palan broke Basing twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Dominik has an overall 22-17 win-loss record in 2026, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Erel | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 82 |
| Pts | 99-96 | 272-252 |
| Total Points | 195 | 524 |
| Winners | 44 | 117 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Erel played 1 match while Palan competed in 3 matches. Palan started his run from the qualifications while Erel had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Yanki Erel conceded 1 set, while Dominik Palan lost 2 sets. Erel has played 5 set(s) less than Palan (3 vs 8). Therefore, Erel played 52 games less than Palan. Yanki scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech struck 117 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Erel | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 62/93 | 162/272 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 44/62 | 117/162 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 62/110 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 56% |
Erel scored 7 aces . Palan bagged 22 aces (7.3 per match). Erel won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Palan won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Erel | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 43% | 45% |
| Conceded | 10 | 20 |
| Saved | 8 | 15 |
| % Saved | 80% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Yanki broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Turk lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Dominik broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Palan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Erel | |||
| R1 Fomin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 99-96 | 99-96 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 62/93 | 62/93 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 44/62 | 44/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Palan | |||||
| Q1 Munk |
Q3 Wei Kang Leong |
R1 Basing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-76 6-4 7-5 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 28 | 82 | |
| pts | 74-62 | 114-107 | 84-83 | 272-252 | |
| Total points | 136 | 221 | 167 | 524 | |
| Winners | 40 | 39 | 38 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 34% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 57/81 | 58/105 | 47/86 | 162/272 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 55% | 55% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 39/58 | 38/47 | 117/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 67% | 81% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 28/47 | 22/39 | 62/110 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/12 | 2/6 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 42% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 63% | 75% | 226% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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