Eric Vanshelboim and Stefan Palosi will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Sibiu Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT CENTRE. 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 Stefan Palosi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefan Palosi is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Palosi -> 1.87
Eric Vanshelboim -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Eric Vanshelboim vs. Stefan Palosi
This will be the 2nd time that Eric Vanshelboim and Stefan Palosi play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Palosi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Palosi won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in M25 Satu Mare back in June 2024.
Eric Vanshelboim
36 - 25win/loss
531
357
LWLLLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-31 | 11-7 | 28-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-25 | 6-2 | 50-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 4-5 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-20 | 12-4 | 26-13 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 4-4 | 14-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 485, the Ukrainian reached the qualifications after beating Rares Andrei Golescu 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Eric had a good straight sets win against Andrei Golescu (6-3 6-1). During the match, Vanshelboim scored 60 points vs Andrei Golescu’s 32. Vanshelboim was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vanshelboim scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Eric Vanshelboim was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Eric broke Andrei Golescu 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Vanshelboim has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (223-120). 25-18 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vanshelboim has an aggregate172-87 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Vanshelboim’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Bhopal,M25 Chennai,M25 Brazzaville and M25 Oldenzaal.
Eric has an aggregate 36-25 win-loss record in 2024, 25-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Stefan Palosi
47 - 20win/loss
501
420
WWLLLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-25 | 15-7 | 36-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-16 | 3-2 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-23 | 2-4 | 37-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-20 | 0-1 | 38-18 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 10-7 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 520, the Romanian reached the qualifications after defeating Joao Eduardo Schiessl 6-4 0-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Palosi defeated Eduardo Schiessl (6-4 0-6 6-4).During the match Palosi scored less points (3) than Eduardo Schiessl. In fact, the world no. 485 won 89 points vs Eduardo Schiessl’s. That means that Palosi was more focused during the important points. Palosi was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Palosi struck 2 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Stefan Palosi lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Palosi put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (13/35) on the 2nd serve. Stefan broke Eduardo Schiessl 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
The Romanian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Larnaca and M15 Bucharest.
Palosi has a compiled 47-20 win-loss record in 2024, 35-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vanshelboim | Palosi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 |
| Pts | 60-32 | 89-92 |
| Total Points | 92 | 181 |
| Winners | 29 | 34 |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% |
Both Vanshelboim and Palosi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Stefan Palosi lost 1 set while Eric Vanshelboim hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Vanshelboim has played 1 set(s) less than Palosi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Vanshelboim played 10 games less than Palosi. Vanshelboim scored 29 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian recorded 34 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vanshelboim | Palosi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 38/48 | 50/85 |
| %1st in | 79% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 34/50 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 13/35 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 37% |
Vanshelboim scored 1 ace . Palosi also bagged 2 aces . Vanshelboim won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Palosi won 68% of the points behind 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 | Vanshelboim | Palosi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 1 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Vanshelboim broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Vanshelboim quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Romanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Stefan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vanshelboim | |||
| Q1 Andrei |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 60-32 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Palosi | |||
| Q1 Eduardo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-92 | 89-92 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 50/85 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/35 | 13/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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