Daniil Glinka and Jack Pinnington Jones will face off in the semifinal of the Villena Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Pinnington Jones who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jack Pinnington Jones is the pick to win this match.
Jack Pinnington Jones -> 1.61
Daniil Glinka -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Glinka vs. Jack Pinnington Jones
This will be the 2nd time that Daniil Glinka and Jack Pinnington Jones square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pinnington (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Pinnington won 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in M25 Roehampton back in 2023.
Daniil Glinka
34 - 29win/loss
178
156
WWWLLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-29 | 17-10 | 8-7 | 9-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 60-23 | 25-14 | 0-0 | 30-9 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2024 | 37-29 | 19-14 | 0-1 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 18-14 | 0-1 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2022 | 23-29 | 17-22 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 178, Glinka reached the semifinal after beating Gauthier Onclin 4-6 6-2 6-3, Moez Echargui 6-2 6-1 and Abedallah Shelbayh 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Glinka defeated Shelbayh (7-62 4-6 6-3). During the match, Glinka scored 104 points vs Shelbayh’s 96. Glinka was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Glinka struck 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Daniil Glinka lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Glinka put 57% of his first serves in, winning 72% (46/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (22/48) on the 2nd serve. Glinka broke Shelbayh 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Estonian has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
ATP Villena Challenger - Daniil Glinka's projected path
Glinka has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (270-206). 17-10 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Glinka has a composed127-105 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Estonian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
The Estonian has an overall 34-29 win-loss record in 2026, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villena Challenger
The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jack Pinnington Jones
25 - 23win/loss
205
132
WWWLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-23 | 16-11 | 3-5 | 4-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 24-15 | 9-5 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 11-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-12 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-12 | 9-7 | 8-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 205, Pinnington got to the semifinal after beating Diego Dedura 6-4 6-2, Joel Schwaerzler 6-1 6-3 and Borna Gojo 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Gojo (6-2 7-5). During the match Pinnington scored 65 points vs Gojo’s 47. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Pinnington couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jack Pinnington Jones was very effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pinnington broke Gojo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
ATP Villena Challenger - Jack Pinnington Jones's projected path
Pinnington’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Soma Bay Challenger.
Jack has an overall 25-23 win-loss record in 2026, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Glinka | Pinnington |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 54 |
| Pts | 257-209 | 193-134 |
| Total Points | 466 | 327 |
| Winners | 101 | 87 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Glinka and Pinnington played 3 matches. At the moment, Daniil Glinka dropped 2 sets while Jack Pinnington Jones hasn’t conceded a set so far. Glinka has played 2 sets more than Pinnington (8 vs 6). Therefore, Glinka played 20 games more than Pinnington. The Estonian scored 101 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Jack managed to score 87 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Glinka | Pinnington |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 136/250 | 118/166 |
| %1st in | 54% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 101/136 | 87/118 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 62/114 | 25/48 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 52% |
Glinka recorded 16 aces (5.3 per match). Pinnington made 3 aces (1 per match). Glinka won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Pinnington won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Glinka | Pinnington |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 13 |
| Converted | 12/20 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 60% | 54% |
| Conceded | 23 | 8 |
| Saved | 17 | 5 |
| % Saved | 74% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Daniil broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Glinka dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Glinka | |||||
| R1 Onclin |
R2 Echargui |
1/4 Shelbayh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | 7-62 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 15 | 32 | 74 | |
| pts | 99-89 | 54-24 | 104-96 | 257-209 | |
| Total points | 188 | 78 | 200 | 466 | |
| Winners | 39 | 16 | 46 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 30% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 53/98 | 19/40 | 64/112 | 136/250 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 48% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 16/19 | 46/64 | 101/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/45 | 15/21 | 22/48 | 62/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 71% | 46% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/8 | 4/6 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 67% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 5/6 | 8/12 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 83% | 67% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Pinnington | |||||
| R1 Dedura |
R2 Schwaerzler |
1/4 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 20 | 54 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 61-42 | 65-47 | 193-134 | |
| Total points | 112 | 103 | 112 | 327 | |
| Winners | 29 | 30 | 28 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% | 43% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/59 | 39/56 | 35/51 | 118/166 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 70% | 69% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 30/39 | 28/35 | 87/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 77% | 80% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 5/17 | 9/16 | 25/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 29% | 56% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/8 | 4/8 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 0% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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