Jelle Sels and Nerman Fatic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Barletta Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelle Sels who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jelle Sels is the pick to win this match.
Jelle Sels -> 1.88
Nerman Fatic -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Nerman Fatic
This will be the 3rd time that Jelle Sels and Nerman Fatic face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sels and Fatic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sels won 6-4 7-6(4) in the qualifications in the Florence Challenger back in 2018.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-35 | 7-7 | 21-18 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-30 | 13-6 | 28-16 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-27 | 5-4 | 3-14 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-33 | 0-0 | 26-17 | 22-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 14-13 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 271, the Dutch got to the 2nd round after defeating Constant Lestienne 5-7 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round against Lestienne, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-0). During the match, Sels scored 89 points vs Lestienne’s 74. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sels recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jelle Sels was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Dutch broke Lestienne 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Sels has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (252-205). 1-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sels has an aggregate146-106 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Sels’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Turin Challenger.
Jelle has a compiled 10-11 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Nerman Fatic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-18 | 2-1 | 44-15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-26 | 3-5 | 19-20 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 0-1 | 35-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 37-26 | 1-1 | 30-22 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278, Fatic got to the 2nd round after beating Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Fatic had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-3 6-3). During the match Fatic scored 59 points vs Barrere’s 42. The Bosnian was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Fatic scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nerman Fatic lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Fatic put 78% of his first serves in, winning 61% (23/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the 2nd serve. Fatic broke Barrere 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Fatic’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
The Bosnian has an overall 12-8 win-loss record in 2022, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Nerman has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sels | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 |
| Pts | 89-74 | 59-42 |
| Total Points | 163 | 101 |
| Winners | 30 | 23 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Both Sels and Fatic played 1 match. At the moment, Jelle Sels dropped 1 set while Nerman Fatic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sels has played 1 set more than Fatic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sels played 10 games more than Fatic. The Dutch scored 30 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Bosnian bagged 23 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sels | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 41/77 | 38/49 |
| %1st in | 53% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 23/38 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 9/11 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 82% |
Sels made 3 aces . Fatic struck 4 aces . Sels won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Fatic won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 82% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sels | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 86% | 63% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 40% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Sels broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Sels lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Fatic broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Nerman conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sels | |||
| R1 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 89-74 | 89-74 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/77 | 41/77 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 21/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Fatic | |||
| R1 Barrere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-42 | 59-42 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/11 | 9/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (2-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-73 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko – Lukas RosolRosol (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Francesco FortiForti (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Constant LestienneLestienne (5-7 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-6 7-64 7-64) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Kacper ZukZuk (6-4 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Lucas GerchGerch (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (2-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marius CopilCopil – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Nerman FaticFatic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Zdenek KolarKolar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
