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.
As 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
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-30 | 13-6 | 28-16 | 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
Alexey Zakharov
27 - 15win/loss
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LLWWLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-27 | 25-17 | 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
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