Oleksii Krutykh and Niklas Schell will face off in the qualifications of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on COURT 9. 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 Oleksii Krutykh who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oleksii Krutykh is the pick to win this match.
Oleksii Krutykh -> 1.25
Niklas Schell -> 3.62
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Prediction and head to head Oleksii Krutykh vs. Niklas Schell
There is no head to head record between Oleksii Krutykh and Niklas Schell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Oleksii Krutykh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-34 | 5-5 | 24-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 13-8 | 15-16 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 49-27 | 2-3 | 44-20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 8-3 | 32-20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 13-7 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 249, the Ukrainian got to the qualifications after beating Juho-Eric Biggs 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, Oleksii had a good straight sets win against Biggs (6-3 6-0). During the match, Krutykh scored 62 points vs Biggs’s 37. Oleksii was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krutykh managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Oleksii Krutykh was quite efficient on serve to win 89% (17/19) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Ukrainian broke Biggs 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Krutykh has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (159-99). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Krutykh has an overall16-14 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Oleksii’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and the Prague 3 Challenger.
Oleksii has an aggregate 43-25 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Niklas Schell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-27 | 5-7 | 6-14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2023 | 14-28 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2022 | 20-21 | 8-5 | 4-10 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-18 | 4-4 | 9-10 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 742 (career-high), Niklas got to the qualifications after defeating Viktor Durasovic 7-5 7-66.
In the qualifications, Schell had a good straight sets win against Durasovic (7-5 7-66). During the match Schell scored 83 points vs Durasovic’s 74. Niklas was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Schell blasted 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Niklas Schell was very effective on serve to win 83% (44/53) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Durasovic once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Schell’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Parnu.
The German has a composed 20-19 win-loss record in 2022, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krutykh | Schell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 25 |
| Pts | 62-37 | 83-74 |
| Total Points | 99 | 157 |
| Winners | 17 | 44 |
| %Winners | 27% | 53% |
Both Krutykh and Schell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krutykh and Schell have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Krutykh played 10 games less than Schell. The Ukrainian scored 17 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Schell fired 44 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krutykh | Schell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11 |
| 1st in | 19/36 | 53/77 |
| %1st in | 53% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 44/53 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 13/24 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 54% |
Krutykh bagged 5 aces . Schell blasted 11 aces . Krutykh won 89% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Schell won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krutykh | Schell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 1 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 43% | 25% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Oleksii broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Krutykh dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Niklas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Krutykh | |||
| Q1 Biggs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 62-37 | 62-37 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 19/36 | 19/36 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 17/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Schell | |||
| Q1 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-74 | 83-74 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/77 | 53/77 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 44/53 | 44/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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