Eliot Spizzirri and Jay Clarke will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliot Spizzirri who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Eliot Spizzirri is the pick to win this match.
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.39
Jay Clarke -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. Jay Clarke

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

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 231 (career-high), Eliot reached the 2^nd round after defeating Mitchell Krueger 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-1 6-4). During the match, Spizzirri scored 51 points vs Krueger’s 36. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Spizzirri blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Krueger 3 times.

Spizzirri has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (62-39). 4-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Spizzirri has a compiled8-7 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

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

The American has an aggregate 33-16 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Eliot has never competed in this tournament before.

Jay Clarke

Ranked no. 241, the Brit got to the 2^nd round after defeating Felix Corwin 6-0 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, Clarke had a good straight sets win against Corwin (6-0 7-6⁴). During the match Clarke scored 90 points vs Corwin’s 68. Clarke was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Clarke scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Jay Clarke was quite effective on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Clarke broke Corwin 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

The Brit’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Hammamet,M15 Rovinj,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 Kiseljak and M25 Bali.

Clarke has a composed 54-27 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Spizzirri	Clarke
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	19
Pts	51-36	90-68
Total Points	87	158
Winners	26	18
%Winners	51%	20%

Both Spizzirri and Clarke played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Spizzirri and Clarke have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Spizzirri played 2 games less than Clarke. The American scored 26 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Clarke bagged 18 winners (20%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Spizzirri	Clarke
Aces	6	1
Avg per match	6	1
1st in	33/50	25/62
%1st in	66%	40%
1st pts	26/33	18/25
%1st pts	79%	72%
2nd pts	11/17	21/37
%2nd pts	65%	57%

Spizzirri fired 6 aces . Clarke bagged 1 ace . Spizzirri won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Clarke won 72% 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	Clarke
Won	3	5
Converted	3/3	5/12
% Converted	100%	42%
Conceded	0	5
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	60%
Times Broken	0	2

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Jay broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Clarke conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Spizzirri
	R1 Krueger	Total
Score	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	51-36	51-36
Total points	87	87
Winners	26	26
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	33/50	33/50
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	26/33	26/33
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	11/17	11/17
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Clarke
	R1 Corwin	Total
Score	6-0 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	90-68	90-68
Total points	158	158
Winners	18	18
%Winners	20%	20%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	25/62	25/62
% 1st in	40%	40%
1st pts	18/25	18/25
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	21/37	21/37
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

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