Tomas Machac and Skander Mansouri will square off in the semifinal of the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.155
Skander Mansouri -> 5.05

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Skander Mansouri

There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Skander Mansouri since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tomas Machac

Ranked no. 158, Tomas got to the semifinal after beating Miljan Zekic 6-3 6-2, Dan Added 6-2 6-2 and Marko Topo 7-6⁵ 6-0.

In the quarter, Machac had a good straight sets win against Topo (7-6⁵ 6-0). During the match, Machac scored 78 points vs Topo’s 61. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Machac struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Tomas Machac was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Topo 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tomas hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Machac has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (147-70). 16-4 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Machac has an overall27-10 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Tomas’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Traralgon Challenger.

Tomas has a composed 26-9 win-loss record in 2022, 16-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger

Tomas has never competed in this tournament before.

Skander Mansouri

Ranked no. 299 (career-high), the Tunisian reached the semifinal after defeating Yann Wojcik 6-2 6-4, Luke Johnson 6-3 4-6 6-2, Michal Mikula 6-1 6-4, Maks Kasnikowski 6-4 6-4 and Alexey Vatutin 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Skander had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (6-4 6-2). During the match Mansouri scored 68 points vs Vatutin’s 56. Skander was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Mansouri blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Skander Mansouri lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Mansouri put 56% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The Tunisian broke Vatutin 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Skander started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Mansouri’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir and M15 Monastir.

The Tunisian has an overall 53-21 win-loss record in 2022, 52-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Machac	Mansouri
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	11
Tot Games	52	100
Pts	197-143	345-264
Total Points	340	609
Winners	73	155
%Winners	37%	45%

Machac played 3 matches while Mansouri competed in 5 matches. Mansouri started his run from the qualifications while Machac had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Skander Mansouri conceded 1 set while Tomas Machac hasn’t conceded a set so far. Machac has played 5 set(s) less than Mansouri (6 vs 11). Therefore, Machac played 48 games less than Mansouri. The Czech scored 73 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Tunisian blasted 155 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Machac	Mansouri
Aces	21	35
Avg per match	7	7
1st in	91/159	197/295
%1st in	57%	67%
1st pts	73/91	155/197
%1st pts	80%	79%
2nd pts	36/68	50/98
%2nd pts	53%	51%

Machac scored 21 aces (7 per match). Mansouri scored 35 aces (7 per match). Machac won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Mansouri won 79% 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	Machac	Mansouri
Won	13	19
Converted	13/31	19/40
% Converted	42%	48%
Conceded	9	22
Saved	7	17
% Saved	78%	77%
Times Broken	2	5

Tomas broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Machac dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Mansouri broke his opponents 19 times with a 48% conversion rate. Mansouri conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Machac
	R1 Zekic	R2 Added	1/4 Topo	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-2 6-2	7-65 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	16	19	52
pts	61-46	58-36	78-61	197-143
Total points	107	94	139	340
Winners	23	23	27	73
%Winners	38%	40%	35%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	10	6	21
Double Faults	2	0	3	5
1st in	27/46	26/42	38/71	91/159
% 1st in	59%	62%	54%	57%
1st pts	23/27	23/26	27/38	73/91
% 1st pts	85%	88%	71%	80%
2nd pts	8/19	9/16	19/33	36/68
% 2nd pts	42%	56%	58%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	4	13
Converted	5/9	4/10	4/12	13/31
Converted %	56%	40%	33%	42%
Conceded	3	0	6	9
Saved	2/3	0/0	5/6	7
Saved %	67%	–	83%	50%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2

Mansouri
	Q1 Wojcik	Q3 Johnson	R1 Mikula	R2 Kasnikowski	1/4 Vatutin	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-3 4-6 6-2	6-1 6-4	6-4 6-4	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	2	11
Tot Games	18	27	17	20	18	100
pts	60-46	93-75	62-41	62-46	68-56	345-264
Total points	106	168	103	108	124	609
Winners	28	41	30	29	27	155
%Winners	47%	44%	48%	47%	40%	45%
SERVE
Aces	6	14	5	6	4	35
Double Faults	1	3	0	2	2	8
1st in	35/55	55/78	35/45	35/51	37/66	197/295
% 1st in	64%	71%	78%	69%	56%	67%
1st pts	28/35	41/55	30/35	29/35	27/37	155/197
% 1st pts	80%	75%	86%	83%	73%	79%
2nd pts	8/20	13/23	4/10	13/16	12/29	50/98
% 2nd pts	40%	57%	40%	81%	41%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	2	5	19
Converted	4/7	4/10	4/8	2/5	5/10	19/40
Converted %	57%	40%	50%	40%	50%	48%
Conceded	4	3	4	1	10	22
Saved	3/4	1/3	4/4	1/1	8/10	17
Saved %	75%	33%	100%	100%	80%	129%
Times Broken	1	2	0	0	2	5

Tennis Scores in Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger

• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Robin HaaseHaase (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-4 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Marko TopoTopo (7-6⁵ 6-0) – See score progression
• Skander MansouriMansouri – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Robin Haase/Philipp OswaldHaase/Philipp Oswald – Dan Added/Albano OlivettiAdded/Albano Olivetti (4-6 6-3 11-9) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Skander MansouriMansouri (0-0) – H2H and prediction