Skander Mansouri and Elmar Ejupovic will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Forli 5 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on GENCOM. 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 Elmar Ejupovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elmar Ejupovic is the pick to win this match.
Elmar Ejupovic -> 1.72
Skander Mansouri -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Skander Mansouri vs. Elmar Ejupovic
There is no head to head record between Skander Mansouri and Elmar Ejupovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Skander Mansouri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-7 | 1-4 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-30 | 30-26 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 73-35 | 71-26 | 0-3 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-25 | 41-17 | 8-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-15 | 26-13 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 386, Skander reached the qualifications after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Skander had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (7-5 7-5). During the match, Mansouri scored 95 points vs Watanuki’s 87. The Tunisian was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mansouri scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Skander Mansouri lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mansouri put 56% of his first serves in, winning 78% (36/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Mansouri broke Watanuki 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Mansouri has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (196-104). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mansouri has an aggregate9-8 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Mansouri’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Monastir.
Skander has a composed 12-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 5 Challenger
The Tunisian has never competed in this tournament before.
Elmar Ejupovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-24 | 1-2 | 19-12 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 30-34 | 4-7 | 16-17 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2022 | 46-28 | 4-2 | 32-19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2021 | 34-25 | 1-2 | 23-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 10-3 |
Ranked no. 404, Ejupovic got to the qualifications after beating Alexis Galarneau 7-67 6-3.
In the qualifications, Elmar had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (7-67 6-3). During the match Ejupovic scored 73 points vs Galarneau’s 68. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Ejupovic recorded 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Elmar Ejupovic lost the serve once. Furthermore, Ejupovic put 75% of his first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Elmar broke Galarneau twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Ejupovic has an aggregate 2-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mansouri | Ejupovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 22 |
| Pts | 95-87 | 73-68 |
| Total Points | 182 | 141 |
| Winners | 36 | 40 |
| %Winners | 38% | 55% |
Both Mansouri and Ejupovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mansouri and Ejupovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mansouri played 2 games more than Ejupovic. Skander scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Elmar managed to score 40 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mansouri | Ejupovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 15 |
| 1st in | 46/82 | 54/72 |
| %1st in | 56% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 40/54 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 7/18 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 39% |
Mansouri scored 7 aces . Ejupovic scored 15 aces . Mansouri won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Ejupovic won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mansouri | Ejupovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 31% | 25% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 71% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Skander broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Tunisian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Ejupovic broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mansouri | |||
| Q1 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 95-87 | 95-87 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/82 | 46/82 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 16/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-68 | 73-68 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/72 | 54/72 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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