Joao Sousa and Jonas Forejtek will play each other in the 2nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
Joao Sousa -> 1.7
Jonas Forejtek -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Jonas Forejtek
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Jonas Forejtek since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Joao Sousa
Ranked no. 147,he will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Helsinki Challenger where he beat 6-3 7-6(9) to Niklas-Salminen in the 1st round on the 16th of November.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 24-30 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Sousa’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Brest Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Sousa has an overall 480-416 record. He has a positive 71-64 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Joao has never competed in this tournament before.
Jonas Forejtek
Ranked no. 315, the Czech got to the 2nd round after beating N.Sriram Balaji 6-2 7-5, Denis Yevseyev 6-2 6-3 and Egor Gerasimov 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Gerasimov, Forejtek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Forejtek scored 100 points vs Gerasimov’s 89. Forejtek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Forejtek scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jonas Forejtek lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Forejtek put 67% of his first serves in, winning 77% (51/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Gerasimov twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Prague 2 Challenger.
Forejtek has a composed 33-29 win-loss record in 2021, 14-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Forejtek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 66 |
| Pts | 87-69 | 224-179 |
| Total Points | 156 | 403 |
| Winners | 30 | 105 |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% |
Sousa played 1 match while Forejtek competed in 3 matches. Forejtek started his run from the qualifications while Sousa had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jonas Forejtek surrendered 1 set while Joao Sousa hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sousa has played 5 set(s) less than Forejtek (2 vs 7). Therefore, Sousa played 44 games less than Forejtek. Sousa scored 30 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Forejtek managed to score 105 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Forejtek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 41/67 | 128/200 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 105/128 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 40/72 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Sousa struck 10 aces . Forejtek recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Sousa won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Forejtek won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Forejtek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 67% | 47% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 33% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Joao conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Forejtek broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Jonas conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | – | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | NAN% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | NAN% | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | NAN% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | NAN% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Forejtek | |||||
| Q1 Balaji | Q3 Yevseyev | R1 Gerasimov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-2 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 29 | 66 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 57-44 | 100-89 | 224-179 | |
| Total points | 113 | 101 | 189 | 403 | |
| Winners | 31 | 23 | 51 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% | 51% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 27/52 | 66/98 | 128/200 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 52% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 23/27 | 51/66 | 105/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 85% | 77% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 14/25 | 16/32 | 40/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 2/4 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 75% | INF% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-3 7-69) – See score progression
- Julian LenzLenz – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 2-6 4-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Emilio GomezGomez (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 2-6 4-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-3 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Julian LenzLenz – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Joao SousaSousa – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Oscar OtteOtte (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Julian LenzLenz – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Mats MoraingMoraing (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-2) – H2H and prediction