Daniel Elahi Galan and Matej Dodig will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Daniel Elahi Galan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Elahi Galan is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 1.52
Matej Dodig -> 2.42

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Matej Dodig

There is no head to head record between Daniel Elahi Galan and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Daniel Elahi Galan

Ranked no. 130, Daniel got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nino Serdarusic 6-7(4) 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Serdarusic, Elahi Galan Riveros recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-1 6-4). During the match, Elahi Galan Riveros scored 96 points vs Serdarusic’s 72. The Colombian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Elahi Galan Riveros bagged 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Daniel Elahi Galan was very efficient on serve to win 86% (43/50) of his 1st serve and 75% (21/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Daniel broke Serdarusic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Elahi Galan Riveros has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (346-266). 17-17 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Elahi Galan Riveros has a composed 236-158 match record in the last years on clay.

Elahi Galan Riveros’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger.

Elahi Galan Riveros has a composed 24-26 win-loss record in 2024, 17-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger

Daniel has never competed in this tournament before.

Matej Dodig

Ranked no. 291, Matej reached the 2^nd round after defeating Cem Ilkel 5-7 6-4 7-6(1).

In the 1^st round against Ilkel, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 7-6¹).During the match Dodig scored less points (3) than Ilkel. In fact, the world no. 130 won 106 points vs Ilkel’s. That means that Dodig was more focused during the important points. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Dodig struck 13 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Matej Dodig lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 48% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (26/53) on the 2nd serve. Dodig broke Ilkel 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Matej’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.

Matej has a composed 41-19 win-loss record in 2024, 26-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Elahi Galan Riveros	Dodig
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	35
Pts	96-72	106-109
Total Points	168	215
Winners	43	38
%Winners	45%	36%

Both Elahi Galan Riveros and Dodig played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniel Elahi Galan lost 1 set, while Matej Dodig conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Elahi Galan Riveros and Dodig have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Elahi Galan Riveros played 5 games less than Dodig. The Colombian scored 43 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Matej managed to score 38 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Elahi Galan Riveros	Dodig
Aces	12	13
Avg per match	12	13
1st in	50/78	49/102
%1st in	64%	48%
1st pts	43/50	38/49
%1st pts	86%	78%
2nd pts	21/28	26/53
%2nd pts	75%	49%

Elahi Galan Riveros blasted 12 aces . Dodig fired 13 aces . Elahi Galan Riveros won 86% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Elahi Galan Riveros	Dodig
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/11
% Converted	75%	27%
Conceded	0	4
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	25%
Times Broken	0	3

Elahi Galan Riveros broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Colombian was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Croatian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Matej conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Elahi Galan Riveros
	R1 Serdarusic	Total
Score	6-74 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	96-72	96-72
Total points	168	168
Winners	43	43
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	50/78	50/78
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	43/50	43/50
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	21/28	21/28
% 2nd pts	75%	75%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Dodig
	R1 Ilkel	Total
Score	5-7 6-4 7-61
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	106-109	106-109
Total points	215	215
Winners	38	38
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	49/102	49/102
% 1st in	48%	48%
1st pts	38/49	38/49
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	26/53	26/53
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Bad Waltersdorf Challenger

• Matej DodigDodig – Cem IlkelIlkel (5-7 6-4 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (7-6⁴ 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Tim HandelHandel (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel Masur/Lucas MiedlerMasur/Lucas Miedler – Neil Oberleitner/Joel SchwaerzlerOberleitner/Joel Schwaerzler (7-6⁵ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – David PichlerPichler (6-7⁴ 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-7⁴ 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-6⁵ 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Vilius GaubasGaubas (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Sandro KoppKopp – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – Maximilian Neuchrist/Tristan-Samuel WeissbornNeuchrist/Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (6-2 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Cem IlkelIlkel (5-7 6-4 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Tim HandelHandel (7-6(5) 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Carlos TabernerTaberner (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Dennis NovakNovak (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sandro KoppKopp – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – H2H and prediction