Francesco Maestrelli and Jelle Sels will square off in the 1st round of the Dobrich 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Maestrelli who should win in 3 sets.
Francesco Maestrelli -> 1.666
Jelle Sels -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Maestrelli vs. Jelle Sels
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Maestrelli and Jelle Sels 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(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in the Forli 5 Challenger back in 2022.
Francesco Maestrelli
23 - 28win/loss
288
149
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-34 | 11-7 | 21-23 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269, Maestrelli will start his run in the Dobrich 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Genova Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-2 6-3 to Hassan in the 1st round on the 2nd of September.
Francesco has a compiled 23-28 win-loss record in 2024, 18-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Maestrelli’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger and the Szekesfehervar Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Maestrelli has an overall 135-120 record. He has a positive 92-74 record on clay.
Previously in the Dobrich 2 Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jelle Sels
37 - 19win/loss
293
127
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-28 | 13-6 | 28-15 | 7-7 | 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. 358, the Dutch will start his run in the Dobrich 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Como Challenger where he lost w/o
to Aboian in the qualifications on the 25th of August.Jelle has an overall 37-19 win-loss record in 2024, 24-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Jelle’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Mandya,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and M25 Reggio Emilia.
In terms of his career, The Dutch has an overall 338-273 record. He has a positive 198-149 record on clay.
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