Sebastian Ofner and Mate Valkusz will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Antalya Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTER. 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 Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.81
Mate Valkusz -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Mate Valkusz

This will be the 2^nd time that Sebastian Ofner and Mate Valkusz face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Ofner won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger back in January 2023.

Sebastian Ofner

Ranked no. 160, Ofner got to the 2^nd round after defeating Yanki Erel 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Ofner had a good straight sets win against Erel (7-5 6-2). During the match, Ofner scored 72 points vs Erel’s 55. Ofner was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ofner scored 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 56% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Ofner broke Erel 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Ofner has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (246-188). 1-0 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ofner has an overall106-85 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Sebastian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.

Sebastian has an overall 9-6 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Antalya Challenger

Sebastian has never competed in this tournament before.

Mate Valkusz

Ranked no. 244, the Hungarian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-3 6-2). During the match Valkusz scored 60 points vs Kirkin’s 40. Mate was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Valkusz scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Mate Valkusz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 54% of his first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Valkusz broke Kirkin 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

The Hungarian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.

Mate has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ofner	Valkusz
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	17
Pts	72-55	60-40
Total Points	127	100
Winners	24	18
%Winners	33%	30%

Both Ofner and Valkusz played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ofner and Valkusz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ofner played 3 games more than Valkusz. The Austrian scored 24 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian struck 18 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ofner	Valkusz
Aces	5	1
Avg per match	5	1
1st in	30/54	27/50
%1st in	56%	54%
1st pts	24/30	18/27
%1st pts	80%	67%
2nd pts	12/24	12/23
%2nd pts	50%	52%

Ofner made 5 aces . Valkusz struck 1 ace . Ofner won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Valkusz won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ofner	Valkusz
Won	5	6
Converted	5/15	6/12
% Converted	33%	50%
Conceded	3	4
Saved	1	1
% Saved	33%	25%
Times Broken	2	3

Sebastian broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Mate broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Valkusz conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Ofner
	R1 Erel	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	72-55	72-55
Total points	127	127
Winners	24	24
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	30/54	30/54
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	24/30	24/30
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	12/24	12/24
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/15	5/15
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Valkusz
	R1 Kirkin	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	60-40	60-40
Total points	100	100
Winners	18	18
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	27/50	27/50
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	18/27	18/27
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/12	6/12
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Antalya Challenger

• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Lucas GerchGerch (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Steven DiezDiez – Vilius GaubasGaubas (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Yanki ErelErel (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (7-6³ 6-0) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Li TuTu (6-7⁰ 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-7⁸ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Joao DominguesDomingues (4-6 6-0 6-0) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Gianmarco FerrariFerrari (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Mirza BasicBasic (3-6 6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Mate ValkuszValkusz – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Li TuTu (6-7(0) 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-7(8) 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Steven DiezDiez – Vilius GaubasGaubas (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-7(4) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (7-6(3) 6-0) – See score progression
• Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Joao DominguesDomingues (4-6 6-0 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Steven DiezDiez – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nerman FaticFatic – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Zdenek KolarKolar (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Mate ValkuszValkusz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Gianluca MagerMager (0-1) – H2H and prediction