Gerald Melzer and Sebastian Ofner will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Tampere Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.52
Gerald Melzer -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Sebastian Ofner

There is no head to head record between Gerald Melzer and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Gerald Melzer

Ranked no. 199, Melzer reached the 2^nd round after beating Mats Moraing 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Moraing, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1). During the match, Melzer scored 101 points vs Moraing’s 88. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Melzer scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gerald Melzer lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Melzer broke Moraing 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Melzer has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (259-182). 9-9 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Melzer has a compiled 227-143 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Melzer’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Bogota Challenger.

Melzer has a compiled 9-10 win-loss record in 2022, 9-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Sebastian Ofner

Ranked no. 227, Ofner reached the 2^nd round after defeating Juan Bautista Torres 7-6³ 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Bautista Torres (7-6³ 6-3). During the match Ofner scored 75 points vs Bautista Torres’s 63. Ofner was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Ofner scored 7 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Sebastian Ofner was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Austrian broke Bautista Torres twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Ofner’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Prague 1 Challenger.

The Austrian has an overall 17-9 win-loss record in 2022, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Melzer	Ofner
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	30	22
Pts	101-88	75-63
Total Points	189	138
Winners	40	36
%Winners	40%	48%

Both Melzer and Ofner played 1 match. At the moment, Gerald Melzer lost 1 set while Sebastian Ofner hasn’t lost a set so far. Melzer has played 1 set more than Ofner (3 vs 2). Therefore, Melzer played 8 games more than Ofner. The Austrian scored 40 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Sebastian managed to score 36 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Melzer	Ofner
Aces	3	7
Avg per match	3	7
1st in	58/92	45/80
%1st in	63%	56%
1st pts	40/58	36/45
%1st pts	69%	80%
2nd pts	19/34	18/35
%2nd pts	56%	51%

Melzer bagged 3 aces . Ofner managed to score 7 aces . Melzer won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 80% of the points on 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	Melzer	Ofner
Won	5	2
Converted	5/11	2/5
% Converted	45%	40%
Conceded	3	5
Saved	1	4
% Saved	33%	80%
Times Broken	2	1

The Austrian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Ofner conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Melzer
	R1 Moraing	Total
Score	6-75 6-4 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	101-88	101-88
Total points	189	189
Winners	40	40
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	58/92	58/92
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	40/58	40/58
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	19/34	19/34
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Ofner
	R1 Bautista	Total
Score	7-63 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	75-63	75-63
Total points	138	138
Winners	36	36
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	45/80	45/80
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	36/45	36/45
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	18/35	18/35
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger

• Luigi SorrentinoSorrentino – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Laurent LokoliLokoli – Arthur FilsFils (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Joao DominguesDomingues – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Clement TaburTabur (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Filip HoranskyHoransky (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Gerald MelzerMelzer – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (2-6 6-4 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Moez EcharguiEchargui (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Eero VasaVasa (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Maximilian MartererMarterer – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Evan FurnessFurness – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Leo BorgBorg (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Gerald MelzerMelzer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Evan FurnessFurness – Maximilian MartererMarterer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Jelle SelsSels (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Luigi SorrentinoSorrentino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Harold MayotMayot – Joao DominguesDomingues (0-0) – H2H and prediction