Jelle Sels and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will play each other in the semifinal of the Braga Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.83
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
This will be the 3rd time that Jelle Sels and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sels and Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sels won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in the Troisdorf Challenger back in May 2022.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-29 | 13-6 | 28-15 | 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 |
| 2020 | 18-10 | 0-1 | 14-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 196 (career-high), Sels got to the semifinal after defeating Franco Agamenone 6-3 7-67, Goncalo Oliveira w/o and Alexander Shevchenko 7-61 7-69.
In the quarter, Sels had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (7-61 7-69). During the match, Sels scored 95 points vs Shevchenko’s 87. Sels was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sels blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jelle Sels lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. Sels broke Shevchenko 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Sels has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (277-221). 26-16 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sels has a compiled171-121 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Jelle’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Den Haag,the Tulln Challenger and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Jelle has a compiled 35-27 win-loss record in 2022, 26-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 0-1 | 38-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 13-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 216, matheus got to the semifinal after defeating Jeremy Jahn 6-4 6-4, Nuno Borges 6-2 6-4 and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Pucinelli De Almeida had a good straight sets win against Llamas Ruiz (6-3 6-3). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 73 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 59. Pucinelli De Almeida was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Pucinelli De Almeida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Matheus broke Llamas Ruiz 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matheus hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Pucinelli De Almeida’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Iasi Challenger.
Pucinelli De Almeida has an overall 22-23 win-loss record in 2022, 20-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sels | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 56 |
| Pts | 181-161 | 198-156 |
| Total Points | 342 | 354 |
| Winners | 69 | 77 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Sels played 2 matches while Pucinelli De Almeida competed in 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Sels has played 2 set(s) less than Pucinelli De Almeida (4 vs 6). Therefore, Sels played 8 games less than Pucinelli De Almeida. The Dutch scored 69 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian scored 77 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sels | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 102/169 | 112/170 |
| %1st in | 60% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 69/102 | 77/112 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 36/67 | 32/58 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 55% |
Sels made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Pucinelli De Almeida bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Sels won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sels | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 13 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 47% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 8 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 69% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
The Dutch broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Sels lost his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Matheus conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sels | |||||
| R1 Agamenone |
R2 Oliveira |
1/4 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-67 | w/o | 7-61 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | – | 26 | 48 | |
| pts | 86-74 | – | 95-87 | 181-161 | |
| Total points | 160 | – | 182 | 342 | |
| Winners | 30 | – | 39 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 35% | – | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/78 | – | 56/91 | 102/169 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | – | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | – | 39/56 | 69/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | – | 70% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | – | 19/35 | 36/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | – | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | – | 3/9 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | – | 33% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 10 | – | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | – | 3/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 50% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | |
| Pucinelli De Almeida | |||||
| R1 Jahn |
R2 Borges |
1/4 Llamas Ruiz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 18 | 56 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 58-44 | 73-59 | 198-156 | |
| Total points | 120 | 102 | 132 | 354 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 28 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 47% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 36/49 | 39/60 | 112/170 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 73% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/37 | 27/36 | 28/39 | 77/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 75% | 72% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 9/13 | 11/21 | 32/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 69% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/7 | 4/7 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 57% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 20% | – | 67% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
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