Tomas Machac and Yannick Hanfmann will play each other in the semifinal of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.
Tomas Machac -> 1.56
Yannick Hanfmann -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Yannick Hanfmann
There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Yannick Hanfmann since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-19 | 15-9 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-24 | 22-11 | 9-5 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
Ranked no. 112, Machac got to the semifinal after beating Alibek Kachmazov 7-64 6-4, Otto Virtanen 6-4 6-2 and Zizou Bergs 6-1 6-2.
In the quarter, Machac had a good straight sets win against Bergs (6-1 6-2). During the match, Machac scored 62 points vs Bergs’s 34. Tomas was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Machac struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Tomas Machac was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Bergs 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Machac hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Machac has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (166-78). 16-8 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Machac has an aggregate61-28 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Tomas’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Traralgon Challenger and the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger.
The Czech has an aggregate 45-17 win-loss record in 2022, 16-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Machac has never competed in this tournament before.
Yannick Hanfmann
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-28 | 12-9 | 17-12 | 12-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-33 | 8-11 | 12-15 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 6-8 | 29-14 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 4-3 | 21-16 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 1-4 | 14-11 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 140, the German reached the semifinal after defeating Pablo Andujar 6-3 6-4, Ryan Peniston 6-3 6-4 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Yannick had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (6-4 6-1). During the match Hanfmann scored 67 points vs Kukushkin’s 45. The German was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Hanfmann made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yannick Hanfmann lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Hanfmann put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (19/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Yannick broke Kukushkin 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hanfmann hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Hanfmann’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger.
Hanfmann has a composed 34-25 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Hanfmann |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 55 |
| Pts | 198-144 | 195-144 |
| Total Points | 342 | 339 |
| Winners | 80 | 82 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Machac and Hanfmann played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Machac and Hanfmann have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Machac played 1 game more than Hanfmann. Machac scored 80 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The German blasted 82 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Hanfmann |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 106/169 | 111/160 |
| %1st in | 63% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 80/106 | 82/111 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 41/63 | 28/49 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 57% |
Machac recorded 10 aces (3.3 per match). Hanfmann blasted 18 aces (6 per match). Machac won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Hanfmann won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Machac | Hanfmann |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 12 |
| Converted | 10/23 | 12/21 |
| % Converted | 43% | 57% |
| Conceded | 11 | 8 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 82% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Czech broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Machac dropped his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Hanfmann broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | |||||
| R1 Kachmazov | R2 Virtanen | 1/4 Bergs | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 | 15 | 56 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 63-48 | 62-34 | 198-144 | |
| Total points | 135 | 111 | 96 | 342 | |
| Winners | 32 | 23 | 25 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 33/53 | 32/51 | 106/169 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 62% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 23/33 | 25/32 | 80/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 70% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 15/20 | 13/19 | 41/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 75% | 68% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/7 | 4/11 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 43% | 36% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 100% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hanfmann | |||||
| R1 Andujar | R2 Peniston | 1/4 Kukushkin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 17 | 55 | |
| pts | 62-47 | 66-52 | 67-45 | 195-144 | |
| Total points | 109 | 118 | 112 | 339 | |
| Winners | 35 | 28 | 19 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 42% | 28% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/60 | 41/60 | 26/40 | 111/160 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 68% | 65% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 28/41 | 19/26 | 82/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 68% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 11/19 | 7/14 | 28/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 58% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/8 | 6/11 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 55% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 0% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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