Matthew William Donald and Dimitris Sakellaridis will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Bari Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matthew William Donald who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matthew William Donald is the pick to win this match.
Matthew William Donald -> 1.3
Dimitris Sakellaridis -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Matthew William Donald vs. Dimitris Sakellaridis
This will be the 4th time that Matthew William Donald and Dimitris Sakellaridis face off. The head to head is 3-0 for William Donald (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, William Donald won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Muttenz back in August 2026.
Matthew William Donald
37 - 24win/loss
468
439
WLWLLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-24 | 5-2 | 23-15 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2025 | 42-30 | 15-10 | 21-14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5-4 |
| 2024 | 28-28 | 17-13 | 2-11 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-28 | 11-10 | 20-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 4-14 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 468, the Czech got to the qualifications after defeating Carles Cordoba 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, William Donald had a good straight sets win against Cordoba (6-1 6-1). During the match, William Donald scored 52 points vs Cordoba’s 23. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, William Donald was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Matthew William Donald conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, William Donald put 68% of his first serves in, winning 92% (23/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Matthew broke Cordoba 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
William Donald has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (146-133). 23-15 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, William Donald has an aggregate68-66 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Altamura and M25 Kassel.
William Donald has an overall 37-24 win-loss record in 2026, 23-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bari Challenger
Matthew has never competed in this tournament before.
Dimitris Sakellaridis
43 - 36win/loss
559
555
WLWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43-36 | 18-20 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 87-51 | 68-35 | 17-14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 68-55 | 36-23 | 32-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-52 | 17-24 | 11-26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 3-28 | 3-15 | 0-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 559, Sakellaridis got to the qualifications after defeating Filippo Francesco Garbero 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Francesco Garbero (7-5 6-1). During the match Sakellaridis scored 82 points vs Francesco Garbero’s 60. Dimitris was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Sakellaridis blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dimitris Sakellaridis lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakellaridis put 49% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Francesco Garbero 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Sakellaridis’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Nova Gorica.
Sakellaridis has a compiled 43-36 win-loss record in 2026, 25-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | William Donald | Sakellaridis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 |
| Pts | 52-23 | 82-60 |
| Total Points | 75 | 142 |
| Winners | 23 | 20 |
| %Winners | 44% | 24% |
Both William Donald and Sakellaridis 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, William Donald and Sakellaridis have played the same amount of sets 2. However, William Donald played 5 games less than Sakellaridis. Matthew scored 23 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek bagged 20 winners (24%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | William Donald | Sakellaridis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 25/37 | 29/59 |
| %1st in | 68% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 20/29 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 19/30 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 63% |
William Donald didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sakellaridis blasted 3 aces . William Donald won 92% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sakellaridis won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | William Donald | Sakellaridis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 83% | 36% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
William Donald broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Matthew had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Sakellaridis broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Sakellaridis conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| William Donald | |||
| Q1 Cordoba |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 52-23 | 52-23 | |
| Total points | 75 | 75 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sakellaridis | |||
| Q1 Francesco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 82-60 | 82-60 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 24% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/59 | 29/59 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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