Jelle Sels and Vit Kopriva will square off in the 1st round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 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 Jelle Sels who should win in 3 sets.
Jelle Sels -> 1.68
Vit Kopriva -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Vit Kopriva
This will be the 2nd time that Jelle Sels and Vit Kopriva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kopriva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Kopriva won 1-6 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in the Braga Challenger back in 2019.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-35 | 7-7 | 21-18 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-30 | 13-6 | 28-16 | 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 |
Ranked no. 133, Jelle will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava Challenger where he lost 7-6(9) 6-2 to Marterer in the 1st round on the 7th of November.
Sels has an aggregate 44-31 win-loss record in 2022, 18-13 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Dutch’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Den Haag,the Tulln Challenger,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Captif Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Jelle has an overall 286-225 record. He has a positive 65-55 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
Vit Kopriva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-30 | 12-10 | 25-13 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-27 | 13-9 | 21-16 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-27 | 1-4 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 7-5 | 30-18 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-26 | 1-3 | 32-21 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, the Czech will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 7-6(3) to Kovalik in the 1st round on the 8th of November.
The Czech has an aggregate 37-27 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Kopriva’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Prostejov Challenger.
In terms of his career, Kopriva has an overall 270-185 record. He has a negative 13-15 record on indoor hard courts.
Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger
- Zizou BergsBergs – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-69 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-1 3-6 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Norbert GombosGombos (4-6 7-63 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Hugo GastonGaston (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Elias YmerYmer (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Leevi SaatelaSaatela – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Jelle SelsSels (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksi LofmanLofman – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-1) – H2H and prediction