H2H, prediction of Jelle Sels vs Alexey Zakharov in Amersfoort Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 16th July 2024

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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Alexey Zakharov

Jelle Sels and Alexey Zakharov will face off in the 1st round of the Amersfoort Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on SCHOONDERBEEK COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexey Zakharov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alexey Zakharov is the pick to win this match.
Alexey Zakharov -> 1.87
Jelle Sels -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Alexey Zakharov

This will be the 2nd time that Jelle Sels and Alexey Zakharov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sels (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sels won 7-6(2) 0-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Greece F9 (Heraklion) back in 2017.

Jelle Sels

Jelle Sels
Jelle Sels

32 - 15win/loss

Hard
13-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
19-9
Rank
292
High
127
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-29 13-6 28-15 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
2020 18-10 0-1 14-8 4-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 410, Jelle reached the 1st round after defeating Jonas Forejtek 2-6 7-5 6-3, Moez Echargui 6-3 7-6(3) and Alexey Zakharov .

In the qualifications, Jelle had a good straight sets win against Echargui (6-3 7-63). During the match, Sels scored 76 points vs Echargui’s 68. Sels was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sels struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jelle Sels lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Echargui twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sels started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Sels has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (310-248). 19-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sels has an aggregate 185-137 record in the last years on clay.

Jelle’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Mandya,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and M25 Reggio Emilia.

Jelle has an aggregate 32-15 win-loss record in 2024, 19-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger

Sels
Amersfoort Challenger
Sels's Record

Alexey Zakharov

Alexey Zakharov
Alexey Zakharov

27 - 15win/loss

Hard
16-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-7
Rank
311
High
306
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-25 24-15 15-9 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 21-8 21-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 12-9 0-2 0-0 12-7 0-0 0-0
2020 11-8 3-5 0-0 7-2 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 441, Alexey got to the 1st round after defeating Tristan Lamasine 6-4 6-4, Gerard Campana Lee 6-4 6-4 and Jelle Sels .

In the qualifications, Zakharov had a good straight sets win against Campana Lee (6-4 6-4). During the match Zakharov scored 74 points vs Campana Lee’s 61. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Zakharov scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexey Zakharov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Zakharov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Zakharov broke Campana Lee twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexey started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Zakharov has a composed 27-15 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Zakharov
Amersfoort Challenger
Zakharov's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Sels
A.Zakharov
3h:44
3h:44
Time on court​
3h:04
3h:04
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
1h:43
1h:43
2
2
Match played
2
2
51
51
Games Played​
40
40
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
154
154
Total points​
138
138
77
77
Avg point​
69
69
65
65
Winners
70
70
32.5
32.5
Avg Winners​
35
35
42%
42%
Ratio winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
9
9
5
5
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
7
7
Double Faults
4
4
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
65/90
65/90
1st won total​
70/86
70/86
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
43/72
43/72
2nd won total​
19/32
19/32
60%
60%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
4/9
4/9
2/4.5
2/4.5
Avg BP won
2/4.5
2/4.5
44%
44%
Won
44%
44%
10
10
Conceded
5
5
5
5
Avg Conceded
2.5
2.5
3
3
Broken
0
0
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
!
0
0
7
7
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sels Zakharov
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 51 40
Pts 154-145 138-105
Total Points 299 243
Winners 65 70
%Winners 42% 51%

Both Sels and Zakharov played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jelle Sels surrendered 1 set while Alexey Zakharov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sels has played 1 set more than Zakharov (5 vs 4). Therefore, Sels played 11 games more than Zakharov. The Dutch scored 65 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 70 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sels Zakharov
Aces 10 9
Avg per match 5 4.5
1st in 90/162 86/118
%1st in 56% 73%
1st pts 65/90 70/86
%1st pts 72% 81%
2nd pts 43/72 19/32
%2nd pts 60% 59%

Sels scored 10 aces (5 per match). Zakharov managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sels won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Zakharov won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sels Zakharov
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
% Converted 44% 44%
Conceded 10 5
Saved 7 5
% Saved 70% 100%
Times Broken 3 0

The Dutch broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Sels dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Zakharov broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Zakharov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Sels
Q1
Forejtek
Q3
Echargui
Total
Score 2-6 7-5 6-3 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 29 22 51
pts 78-77 76-68 154-145
Total points 155 144 299
Winners 34 31 65
%Winners 44% 41% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 8 10
Double Faults 6 1 7
1st in 43/84 47/78 90/162
% 1st in 51% 60% 56%
1st pts 34/43 31/47 65/90
% 1st pts 79% 66% 72%
2nd pts 24/41 19/31 43/72
% 2nd pts 59% 61% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/2 2/7 4/9
Converted % 100% 29% 44%
Conceded 5 5 10
Saved 3/5 4/5 7
Saved % 60% 80% 70%
Times Broken 2 1 3
Zakharov
Q1
Lamasine
Q3
Campana
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 20 40
pts 64-44 74-61 138-105
Total points 108 135 243
Winners 33 37 70
%Winners 52% 50% 51%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 9
Double Faults 1 3 4
1st in 41/54 45/64 86/118
% 1st in 76% 70% 73%
1st pts 33/41 37/45 70/86
% 1st pts 80% 82% 81%
2nd pts 10/13 9/19 19/32
% 2nd pts 77% 47% 59%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/2 2/7 4/9
Converted % 100% 29% 44%
Conceded 3 2 5
Saved 3/3 2/2 5
Saved % 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sels
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Zakharov
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2024 2023 2022
48 - 29
39 - 25
13-6
Hard
24-15
7-8
I Hard
0-1
28-15
Clay
15-9

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