Arthur Gea and Jelle Sels will play each other in the 2nd round of the Dobrich Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Gea who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Gea is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Gea -> 1.78
Jelle Sels -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Gea vs. Jelle Sels
There is no head to head record between Arthur Gea and Jelle Sels since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Arthur Gea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-30 | 1-4 | 26-23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-17 | 18-2 | 14-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 354 (career-high), Gea got to the 2nd round after beating Andrej Martin 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1.
In the 1st round, The French player defeated Martin (6-4 6-73 6-1). During the match, Gea scored 114 points vs Martin’s 101. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gea made 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Arthur Gea was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (36/50) of his 1st serve and 60% (32/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gea broke Martin 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Gea has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 56% of his matches (62-49). 20-17 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gea has a compiled35-33 record in the last 4 years on clay.
The French player has a composed 24-23 win-loss record in 2024, 20-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Dobrich Challenger
Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.
Jelle Sels
37 - 19win/loss
292
127
LLLWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-25 | 13-6 | 28-15 | 6-4 | 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. 365, Sels reached the 2nd round after beating Martin Krumich 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Krumich, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Sels scored 93 points vs Krumich’s 82. Jelle was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Sels scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Jelle Sels lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 64% of his first serves in, winning 61% (33/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Krumich 8 times after converting 62% of his break points (8/13).
Sels’s best result of the 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 a composed 37-18 win-loss record in 2024, 24-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gea | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 |
| Pts | 114-101 | 93-82 |
| Total Points | 215 | 175 |
| Winners | 36 | 33 |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% |
Both Gea and Sels played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Arthur Gea surrendered 1 set, while Jelle Sels conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gea and Sels have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gea played 4 games more than Sels. The French player scored 36 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Jelle blasted 33 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gea | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 50/103 | 54/84 |
| %1st in | 49% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 33/54 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 32/53 | 11/30 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 37% |
Gea managed to score 4 aces . Sels managed to score 1 ace . Gea won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gea | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 31% | 62% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 86% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Gea broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Arthur lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Jelle broke his opponent 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Sels conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gea | |||
| R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-73 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 114-101 | 114-101 | |
| Total points | 215 | 215 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/103 | 50/103 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 32/53 | 32/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sels | |||
| R1 Krumich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 93-82 | 93-82 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/84 | 54/84 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/54 | 33/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/30 | 11/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 62% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Dobrich Challenger
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander DonskiDonski – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Martin KrumichKrumich (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Hady HabibHabib – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Yanaki MilevMilev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Valerio AboianAboian – Nikolay NedelchevNedelchev (5-7 6-4 7-60) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Mirza BasicBasic (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Petr NesterovNesterov – Cezar CretuCretu (6-0 7-63) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Andrej MartinMartin (6-4 6-73 6-1) – See score progression
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Anthony GenovGenov (3-6 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
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