Matej Dodig and Saba Purtseladze will play each other in the quarter of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on M1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matej Dodig who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matej Dodig is the pick to win this match.
Matej Dodig -> 1.067
Saba Purtseladze -> 6.65
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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Saba Purtseladze
There is no head to head record between Matej Dodig and Saba Purtseladze since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Matej Dodig
23 - 17win/loss
174
171
LLWWWWWWWW | 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. 257, Matej got to the quarter after beating Denis Yevseyev 6-3 6-1 and Rudolf Molleker 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Matej had a good straight sets win against Molleker (6-4 6-3). During the match, Dodig scored 65 points vs Molleker’s 55. Matej was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dodig scored 12 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Matej Dodig was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matej broke Molleker twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matej hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
ATP Hamburg Challenger - Matej Dodig's projected path
Dodig has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 62% of his matches (147-91). 16-9 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dodig has an overall108-63 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Matej’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Trieste Challenger.
Matej has a composed 22-17 win-loss record in 2026, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2025. See his history.
Saba Purtseladze
24 - 21win/loss
580
237
LLLLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-25 | 16-8 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-28 | 52-18 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-34 | 25-20 | 9-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-37 | 44-27 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-35 | 34-26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 659, the Georgean reached the quarter after defeating Richard Antoni 6-1 6-4, Denis Yevseyev 7-5 7-5, Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski 6-4 7-5 and Max Hans Rehberg 6-1 5-7 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Purtseladze defeated Hans Rehberg (6-1 5-7 7-5). During the match Purtseladze scored 114 points vs Hans Rehberg’s 100. Saba was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Purtseladze fired 2 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Saba Purtseladze lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Purtseladze put 49% of his first serves in, winning 72% (42/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (28/61) on the 2nd serve. Purtseladze broke Hans Rehberg 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Purtseladze started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Hamburg Challenger - Saba Purtseladze's projected path
Purtseladze’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Hurghada and M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Georgean has a composed 24-20 win-loss record in 2026, 8-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Purtseladze has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dodig | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 70 |
| Pts | 128-96 | 242-204 |
| Total Points | 224 | 446 |
| Winners | 52 | 102 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Dodig played 2 matches while Purtseladze competed in 3 matches. Purtseladze started his run from the qualifications while Dodig had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Saba Purtseladze dropped 1 set while Matej Dodig hasn’t dropped a set so far. Dodig has played 3 set(s) less than Purtseladze (4 vs 7). Therefore, Dodig played 35 games less than Purtseladze. Matej scored 52 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Saba blasted 102 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dodig | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 70/114 | 124/237 |
| %1st in | 61% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 52/70 | 102/124 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 26/44 | 51/113 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 45% |
Dodig scored 17 aces (8.5 per match). Purtseladze bagged 24 aces (8 per match). Dodig won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Purtseladze won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dodig | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 12 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 12/26 |
| % Converted | 58% | 46% |
| Conceded | 9 | 19 |
| Saved | 8 | 14 |
| % Saved | 89% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Croatian lost his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Saba broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dodig | ||||
| R1 Yevseyev |
R2 Molleker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 65-55 | 128-96 | |
| Total points | 104 | 120 | 224 | |
| Winners | 19 | 33 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 51% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 44/71 | 70/114 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 33/44 | 52/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 15/27 | 26/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 56% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/3 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 67% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 8/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Purtseladze | |||||
| Q1 Antoni |
R1 Lechno-Wasiutynski |
R2 Hans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-1 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 31 | 70 | |
| pts | 56-41 | 72-63 | 114-100 | 242-204 | |
| Total points | 97 | 135 | 214 | 446 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | 42 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 42% | 37% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 14 | 2 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 33/64 | 58/119 | 124/237 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 52% | 49% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 30/33 | 42/58 | 102/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | 72% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/21 | 17/31 | 28/61 | 51/113 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 55% | 46% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/9 | 6/12 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 22% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 13 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 1/1 | 9/13 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 69% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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