Eliot Spizzirri and Karue Sell will square off in the 2^nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliot Spizzirri who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Eliot Spizzirri is the pick to win this match.
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.66
Karue Sell -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. Karue Sell

There is no head to head record between Eliot Spizzirri and Karue Sell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 244 (career-high), Spizzirri reached the 2^nd round after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 3-6 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Pablo Ficovich, Eliot recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Spizzirri scored 79 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 68. Spizzirri was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Spizzirri made 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Eliot Spizzirri was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (40/52) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pablo Ficovich 3 times.

Spizzirri has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (60-38). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Spizzirri has an overall6-6 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

Spizzirri’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Wichita,M25 Tulsa,M25 Laval and the Tiburon Challenger.

Eliot has an aggregate 31-15 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Eliot has never competed in this tournament before.

Karue Sell

Ranked no. 272, Karue got to the 2^nd round after defeating Shunsuke Mitsui 6-0 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Karue had a good straight sets win against Mitsui (6-0 6-1). During the match Sell scored 54 points vs Mitsui’s 24. The Brazilian was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Sell made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Karue Sell was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sell broke Mitsui 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Sell’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Ithaca,M15 San Diego and M25 Londrina.

The Brazilian has a composed 54-18 win-loss record in 2024, 9-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Spizzirri	Sell
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	27	13
Pts	79-68	54-24
Total Points	147	78
Winners	40	18
%Winners	51%	33%

Both Spizzirri and Sell played 1 match. At the moment, Eliot Spizzirri surrendered 1 set while Karue Sell hasn’t lost a set so far. Spizzirri has played 1 set more than Sell (3 vs 2). Therefore, Spizzirri played 14 games more than Sell. The American scored 40 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Karue bagged 18 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Spizzirri	Sell
Aces	2	4
Avg per match	2	4
1st in	52/68	23/37
%1st in	76%	62%
1st pts	40/52	18/23
%1st pts	77%	78%
2nd pts	10/16	8/14
%2nd pts	63%	57%

Spizzirri blasted 2 aces . Sell fired 4 aces . Spizzirri won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sell won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Spizzirri	Sell
Won	3	6
Converted	3/3	6/9
% Converted	100%	67%
Conceded	1	3
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Spizzirri broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Sell broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Sell conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Spizzirri
	R1 Pablo Ficovich	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	79-68	79-68
Total points	147	147
Winners	40	40
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	52/68	52/68
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	40/52	40/52
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	10/16	10/16
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Sell
	R1 Mitsui	Total
Score	6-0 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	54-24	54-24
Total points	78	78
Winners	18	18
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	23/37	23/37
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	18/23	18/23
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	8/14	8/14
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

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