Sumit Nagal and Stefano Travaglia will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Helsinki Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.7
Stefano Travaglia -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Stefano Travaglia
This will be the 5th time that Sumit Nagal and Stefano Travaglia clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Travaglia (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Travaglia won 6-4 0-6 6-0 in the semifinal in the Sibiu Challenger back in 2021.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-13 | 2-3 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-29 | 15-13 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169, Sumit got to the semifinal after defeating Dennis Novak 6-2 6-3, Jakub Mensik 7-5 6-2 and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3 3-1 ret..
In the quarter against Ruusuvuori, Sumit had a free pass after Ruusuvuori retired on a 6-3 3-1 . scoreline.
Nagal has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (296-190). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nagal has a composed 7-11 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Tampere Challenger where he defeated Dalibor Svrcina in the final 6-4 7-5.
Sumit has a compiled 44-26 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Nagal has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefano Travaglia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-34 | 5-6 | 24-22 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-37 | 9-7 | 29-24 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-27 | 5-8 | 2-11 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-28 | 7-7 | 20-14 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 211, the Italian got to the semifinal after defeating Liam Broady 6-4 6-2, Denis Yevseyev 6-3 6-0 and Radu Albot 6-4 3-6 7-5.
In the quarter, Stefano defeated Albot (6-4 3-6 7-5). During the match Travaglia scored 106 points vs Albot’s 105. Travaglia was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Travaglia made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Stefano Travaglia lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Travaglia put 51% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (25/51) on the 2nd serve. Travaglia broke Albot 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefano started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Tenerife 3 Challenger and M25 Palmanova.
Travaglia has a composed 43-35 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nagal | Travaglia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 64 |
| Pts | 191-146 | 224-183 |
| Total Points | 337 | 407 |
| Winners | 74 | 79 |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% |
Both Nagal and Travaglia played 3 matches. At the moment, Stefano Travaglia conceded 1 set while Sumit Nagal hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Nagal and Travaglia have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Nagal played 14 games less than Travaglia. Nagal scored 74 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Travaglia fired 79 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nagal | Travaglia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 110/166 | 103/197 |
| %1st in | 66% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 74/110 | 79/103 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 32/56 | 51/94 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Nagal struck 2 aces (0.7 per match). Travaglia fired 18 aces (6 per match). Nagal won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Travaglia won 77% of the points on 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 | Nagal | Travaglia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 13 |
| Converted | 13/24 | 13/30 |
| % Converted | 54% | 43% |
| Conceded | 11 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 11 |
| % Saved | 73% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Sumit broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Indian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Travaglia broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Stefano conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nagal | |||||
| R1 Novak |
R2 Mensik |
1/4 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 13 | 50 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 79-67 | 49-33 | 191-146 | |
| Total points | 109 | 146 | 82 | 337 | |
| Winners | 23 | 31 | 20 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 52/78 | 28/37 | 110/166 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 67% | 76% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 31/52 | 20/28 | 74/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 60% | 71% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 14/26 | 8/9 | 32/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 54% | 89% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/8 | 3/6 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 7/9 | 0/0 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 78% | – | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Travaglia | ||||||
| Q3 Krutykh |
R1 Broady |
R2 Yevseyev |
1/4 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 | 15 | 31 | 89 | |
| pts | – | 64-52 | 54-26 | 106-105 | 224-183 | |
| Total points | 0 | 116 | 80 | 211 | 407 | |
| Winners | 24 | 18 | 37 | 79 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | 38% | 33% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | / | 31/54 | 19/39 | 53/104 | 103/197 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 57% | 49% | 51% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | / | 24/31 | 18/19 | 37/53 | 79/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 77% | 95% | 70% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 12/23 | 14/20 | 25/51 | 51/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 52% | 70% | 49% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Converted | / | 4/8 | 4/9 | 5/13 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 50% | 44% | 38% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 1/2 | 0/0 | 10/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | – | 71% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-77 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Luke Johnson/Skander MansouriJohnson/Skander Mansouri – Vasil Kirkov/Ivan LiutarevichKirkov/Ivan Liutarevich (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- N.Sriram Balaji/Andre BegemannBalaji/Andre Begemann – Andrea Pellegrino/Andrea VavassoriPellegrino/Andrea Vavassori (6-73 6-4 11-9) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7(7) 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Sumit NagalNagal (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-1) – H2H and prediction
