Jelle Sels and Michael Geerts will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Tunis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.76
Michael Geerts -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Jelle Sels and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-28 | 13-6 | 28-15 | 7-7 | 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 |
| 2020 | 18-10 | 0-1 | 14-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 258, Sels got to the 2nd round after beating Malek Jaziri 4-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Jaziri, Sels recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Sels scored 88 points vs Jaziri’s 67. Jelle was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sels scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jelle Sels lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 68% of his first serves in, winning 79% (44/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Jaziri 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Sels has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (255-209). 4-5 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sels has a compiled149-110 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Dutch’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Turin Challenger.
Sels has a composed 13-15 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Jelle has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-35 | 17-10 | 10-12 | 17-12 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 325, the Belgian got to the 2nd round after beating Aziz Ouakaa 2-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Ouakaa, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Geerts scored 84 points vs Ouakaa’s 76. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Geerts bagged 5 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 51% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Ouakaa 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Michael’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Geerts has a composed 21-14 win-loss record in 2022, 14-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sels | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 |
| Pts | 88-67 | 84-76 |
| Total Points | 155 | 160 |
| Winners | 44 | 27 |
| %Winners | 50% | 32% |
Both Sels and Geerts played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Jelle Sels surrendered 1 set, while Michael Geerts dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sels and Geerts have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (25). The Dutch scored 44 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian recorded 27 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sels | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 56/82 | 39/76 |
| %1st in | 68% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 27/39 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 19/37 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 51% |
Sels struck 4 aces . Geerts struck 5 aces . Sels won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sels | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Dutch broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Dutch dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Geerts conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sels | |||
| R1 Jaziri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 88-67 | 88-67 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/82 | 56/82 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 44/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 10/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Ouakaa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 84-76 | 84-76 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/76 | 39/76 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Tunis Challenger
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Aldin SetkicSetkic (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Miguel DamasDamas (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ErlerErler – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-65 7-61) – See score progression
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Remy BertolaBertola (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Felix GillGill (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Malek JaziriJaziri (4-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-75 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Alexander ErlerErler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Nicola KuhnKuhn (0-0) – H2H and prediction
