Jelle Sels and Leandro Riedi will face off in the semifinal of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Leandro Riedi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Leandro Riedi is the pick to win this match.
Leandro Riedi -> 1.85
Jelle Sels -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Leandro Riedi

There is no head to head record between Jelle Sels and Leandro Riedi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jelle Sels

Ranked no. 133, Sels got to the semifinal after beating Vit Kopriva 6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3, Raul Brancaccio 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Adrian Andreev 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Jelle had a good straight sets win against Andreev (6-3 6-4). During the match, Sels scored 67 points vs Andreev’s 56. Sels was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sels struck 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jelle Sels lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 59% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Sels broke Andreev 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Dutch has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Sels has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (289-225). 21-13 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sels has an aggregate68-55 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Sels’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Den Haag,the Tulln Challenger,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Captif Challenger.

Sels has an aggregate 47-31 win-loss record in 2022, 21-13 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.

Leandro Riedi

Ranked no. 277, Riedi got to the semifinal after beating Mark Lajal 6-3 4-6 6-3, Arthur Cazaux 6-4 7-6³, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-1 6-4, Maximilian Marterer 7-6⁵ 6-2 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Leandro had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-4 6-2). During the match Riedi scored 60 points vs Kuzmanov’s 42. Leandro was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Riedi struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Leandro Riedi was quite effective on serve to win 93% (27/29) 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 Swiss broke Kuzmanov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Riedi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Leandro’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Trimbach,the Lugano Challenger,M25 Nottingham and M25 Aldershot.

Riedi has an overall 42-17 win-loss record in 2022, 14-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sels	Riedi
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	8	11
Tot Games	77	107
Pts	259-220	379-321
Total Points	479	700
Winners	114	153
%Winners	44%	40%

Sels played 3 matches while Riedi competed in 5 matches. Riedi started his run from the qualifications while Sels had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jelle Sels dropped 2 sets, while Leandro Riedi conceded 1 set. Sels has played 3 set(s) less than Riedi (8 vs 11). Therefore, Sels played 30 games less than Riedi. Jelle scored 114 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Leandro bagged 153 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sels	Riedi
Aces	33	25
Avg per match	11	5
1st in	144/257	196/349
%1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	114/144	153/196
%1st pts	79%	78%
2nd pts	58/113	84/153
%2nd pts	51%	55%

Sels blasted 33 aces (11 per match). Riedi made 25 aces (5 per match). Sels won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Riedi won 78% of the points on 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	Riedi
Won	10	16
Converted	10/22	16/35
% Converted	45%	46%
Conceded	18	19
Saved	14	14
% Saved	78%	74%
Times Broken	4	5

Sels broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Dutch dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Riedi broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Sels
	R1 Kopriva	R2 Brancaccio	1/4 Andreev	Total
Score	6-3 6-75 6-3	4-6 6-3 6-2	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	31	27	19	77
pts	104-88	88-76	67-56	259-220
Total points	192	164	123	479
Winners	40	42	32	114
%Winners	38%	48%	48%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	17	7	33
Double Faults	2	5	4	11
1st in	54/99	50/90	40/68	144/257
% 1st in	55%	56%	59%	56%
1st pts	40/54	42/50	32/40	114/144
% 1st pts	74%	84%	80%	79%
2nd pts	26/45	19/40	13/28	58/113
% 2nd pts	58%	48%	46%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	3	3	10
Converted	4/7	3/6	3/9	10/22
Converted %	57%	50%	33%	45%
Conceded	7	5	6	18
Saved	5/7	4/5	5/6	14
Saved %	71%	80%	83%	78%
Times Broken	2	1	1	4

Riedi
	Q1 Lajal	Q3 Cazaux	R1 Mpetshi	R2 Marterer	1/4 Kuzmanov	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 6-3	6-4 7-63	6-1 6-4	7-65 6-2	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	2	11
Tot Games	28	23	17	21	18	107
pts	106-96	83-70	62-51	68-62	60-42	379-321
Total points	202	153	113	130	102	700
Winners	35	28	31	32	27	153
%Winners	33%	34%	50%	47%	45%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	1	5	5	5	25
Double Faults	6	4	4	1	1	16
1st in	49/89	36/73	42/68	40/66	29/53	196/349
% 1st in	55%	49%	62%	61%	55%	56%
1st pts	35/49	28/36	31/42	32/40	27/29	153/196
% 1st pts	71%	78%	74%	80%	93%	78%
2nd pts	20/40	21/37	14/26	16/26	13/24	84/153
% 2nd pts	50%	57%	54%	62%	54%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	3	3	2	3	16
Converted	5/16	3/9	3/4	2/2	3/4	16/35
Converted %	31%	33%	75%	100%	75%	46%
Conceded	7	6	1	3	2	19
Saved	4/7	4/6	1/1	3/3	2/2	14
Saved %	57%	67%	100%	100%	100%	141%
Times Broken	3	2	0	0	0	5

Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger

• Tomas MachacMachac – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Leandro RiediRiedi – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Tomas MachacMachac – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction