Joao Sousa and Patrik Niklas-Salminen will play each other in the 1st round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Sousa who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Joao Sousa -> 1.121
Patrik Niklas-Salminen -> 5.8
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Patrik Niklas-Salminen
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Patrik Niklas-Salminen since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Joao Sousa
Ranked no. 147, the Portuguese will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 6-7(3) 7-6(2) to Celikbilek in the 1st round on the 8th of November.
Joao has a composed 24-30 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Sousa’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Brest Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Portuguese has an overall 480-416 record. He has a positive 71-64 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Ranked no. 590, Patrik will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 6-7(0) 7-6(6) to Piros in the qualifications on the 7th of November.
The Finn has an overall 9-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Niklas-Salminen’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Parnu.
In terms of his career, Patrik has an overall 39-42 record. He has a positive 18-15 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis IstominIstomin – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao SousaSousa – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Oscar OtteOtte (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Tobias KamkeKamke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Julian LenzLenz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
