Maxime Cressy and Jelle Sels will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Forli 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CAMPO CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. 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 Maxime Cressy who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maxime Cressy is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.32
Jelle Sels -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Jelle Sels
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Jelle Sels since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maxime Cressy
Ranked no. 122 (career-high), Cressy got to the semifinal after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-3 6-2, Matteo Viola 6-4 6-4 and Julian Lenz 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Lenz (6-3 6-4). During the match, Cressy scored 73 points vs Lenz’s 56. Cressy was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cressy struck 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Maxime Cressy was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Lenz twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cressy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Cressy has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (158-99). 12-7 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cressy has an aggregate50-22 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Cressy’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Eckental Challenger and the Ortisei Challenger.
Maxime has an aggregate 39-31 win-loss record in 2021, 12-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 2 Challenger
Cressy has never competed in this tournament before.
Jelle Sels
Ranked no. 362, Jelle got to the semifinal after beating Alessandro Pecci 7-5 6-1, Valentin Vacherot 3-6 6-3 6-3, Matteo Gigante 7-63 6-2, Radu Albot 7-5 6-4 and Alexey Vatutin 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Sels had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (6-3 6-4). During the match Sels scored 59 points vs Vatutin’s 45. Sels was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Sels recorded 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Jelle Sels was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sels broke Vatutin 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Dutch’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Alkmaar and M25 The Hague.
Sels has a composed 37-29 win-loss record in 2021, 20-12 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cressy | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 108 |
| Pts | 190-136 | 337-278 |
| Total Points | 326 | 615 |
| Winners | 84 | 143 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Cressy played 3 matches while Sels competed in 5 matches. Sels started his run from the qualifications while Cressy had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jelle Sels dropped 1 set while Maxime Cressy hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cressy has played 5 set(s) less than Sels (6 vs 11). Therefore, Cressy played 52 games less than Sels. The American scored 84 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Sels struck 143 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cressy | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 9.3 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 96/143 | 190/325 |
| %1st in | 67% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 84/96 | 143/190 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 34/47 | 81/135 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 60% |
Cressy struck 28 aces (9.3 per match). Sels made 24 aces (4.8 per match). Cressy won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cressy | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 18 |
| Converted | 7/24 | 18/27 |
| % Converted | 29% | 67% |
| Conceded | 1 | 16 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 29% conversion rate. Cressy very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Jelle broke his opponents 18 times with a 67% conversion rate. Jelle conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cressy | |||||
| R1 Karlovskiy |
R2 Viola |
1/4 Lenz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 19 | 56 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 59-46 | 73-56 | 190-136 | |
| Total points | 92 | 105 | 129 | 326 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 30 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 6 | 10 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 32/50 | 38/53 | 96/143 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/26 | 28/32 | 30/38 | 84/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 88% | 79% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 12/18 | 12/15 | 34/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 67% | 80% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 7/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 18% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sels | |||||||
| Q1 Pecci |
Q3 Vacherot |
R1 Gigante |
R2 Albot |
1/4 Vatutin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | 7-63 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 108 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 70-61 | 70-59 | 70-60 | 59-45 | 337-278 | |
| Total points | 121 | 131 | 129 | 130 | 104 | 615 | |
| Winners | 29 | 33 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 143 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 37% | 40% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 39/61 | 35/68 | 38/70 | 37/58 | 190/325 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 64% | 51% | 54% | 64% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 33/39 | 26/35 | 28/38 | 27/37 | 143/190 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 85% | 74% | 74% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 16/22 | 21/33 | 17/32 | 12/21 | 81/135 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 73% | 64% | 53% | 57% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/4 | 3/8 | 4/4 | 4/5 | 18/27 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 75% | 38% | 100% | 80% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 3/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 0% | 67% | 60% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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