ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Joao Sousa, Henri Laaksonen, Denis Istomin and Jozef Kovalik are going to play on Tuesday at the Helsinki Challenger on CENTER COURT.
Joao Sousa vs. Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Head to head 0-0
Joao Sousa will face Patrik Niklas-Salminen in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT.
Joao Sousa: ranking and results
Ranked no. 147, Sousa will start his run in Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava Challenger where he lost 7-66 6-73 7-62 to Celikbilek in the 1st round on the 8th of November.
The Portuguese has a 24-30 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Joao’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Brest Challenger.
Patrik Niklas-Salminen: ranking and results
Ranked no. 590, the Finn will start his run in Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava Challenger where he lost 7-66 6-70 7-66 to Piros in the qualifications on the 7th of November.
Niklas-Salminen has a 9-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Niklas-Salminen’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Parnu.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Patrik Niklas-Salminen since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Sousa who should win in 2 sets.
Joao Sousa -> 1.121
Patrik Niklas-Salminen -> 5.8
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Henri Laaksonen vs. Denis Istomin
Head to head 0-0
Henri Laaksonen will take on Denis Istomin in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT.
Henri Laaksonen: ranking and results
Ranked no. 97, the Swiss will start his run in Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Roanne Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Kravchenko in the 1st round on the 9th of November.
Henri has a 41-24 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Laaksonen’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Braunschweig Challenger and the Orleans Challenger.
Denis Istomin: ranking and results
Ranked no. 244, Istomin will start his run in Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in Stockholm where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Krajinovic in the 1st round on the 8th of November.
Denis has a 17-28 win-loss record in 2021, 7-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Henri Laaksonen and Denis Istomin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
The last time they squared off, Istomin won 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 7-6(6) 7-5 in the Rubber 4 in the 3 back in 2016.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henri Laaksonen who should win in 2 sets.
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.3
Denis Istomin -> 3.4
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Jozef Kovalik vs. Mats Moraing
Head to head 1-0 for Moraing
Jozef Kovalik will play Mats Moraing in the 1st round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT.
Jozef Kovalik: ranking and results
Ranked no. 131, Kovalik will start his run in Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in Stockholm where he lost 6-4 6-1 to Rinderknech in the 2nd round on the 10th of November.
The Slovakian has a 31-26 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Kovalik’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger,the Belgrade Challenger and the Warsaw Challenger.
Mats Moraing: ranking and results
Ranked no. 158, the German will start his run in Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Ismaning Challenger where he lost w/o to Maden in the 1st round on the 27th of October.
The German has a 29-21 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Mats’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Forli Challenger,the Tulln Challenger and the Rennes Challenger.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Mats Moraing play each other. Their current record is 1-0 for Moraing (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
Previously, the last time when they played, Moraing won 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Tulln Challenger back in September 2021.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mats Moraing who should win in 3 sets.
Mats Moraing -> 2.02
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.76
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Last Results
These are the last results of the The Helsinki Challenger
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-5 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Emilio GomezGomez (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the The Helsinki Challenger
- Denis IstominIstomin – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Joao SousaSousa – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Oscar OtteOtte (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Tobias KamkeKamke (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Julian LenzLenz (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – H2H – Prediction