Joao Sousa and Radu Albot will play each other in the 1st round of the Mercedes Cup for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on MATCH COURT 1. 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 Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.80
Joao Sousa -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Radu Albot
This will be the 7th time that Joao Sousa and Radu Albot clash against each other. The head to head is 3-3 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Albot won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in January 2022.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 63, Joao will start his run in Stuttgart after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 to Sonego in the 2nd round on the 26th of May.
The Portuguese has a composed 20-18 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Pune where he overcame Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Joao has an overall 504-435 record. He has a negative 23-28 record on grass.
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-13 | 1-5 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121, the Moldovan got to the 1st round after defeating Oscar Moraing 6-3 6-4 and Quentin Halys 1-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Halys, The Moldovan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-2 ret.).During the match Albot scored less points (1) than Halys. In fact, the world no. 63 won 11 points vs Halys’s. That means that Albot was more focused during the important points. The Moldovan was very aggressive to blast 7 winners.
Talking about serving, Albot was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Radu Albot conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 75% of his first serves in, winning 78% (7/9) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (1/3) on the 2nd serve.
The Moldovan has a composed 18-17 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
LLLLWLWLWL Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Quentin HalysHalys (1-2 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Joao SousaSousa (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
