Mukund Sasikumar and Sebastian Fanselow will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Oeiras 1 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Fanselow who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Fanselow is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Fanselow -> 1.74
Mukund Sasikumar -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Mukund Sasikumar vs. Sebastian Fanselow
This will be the 3rd time that Mukund Sasikumar and Sebastian Fanselow play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kumar Mukund (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Kumar Mukund won 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Traralgon Challenger back in 2019.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-33 | 39-32 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 371, Kumar Mukund got to the qualifications after beating Laurent Lokoli 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Lokoli (7-65 6-2). During the match, Kumar Mukund scored 81 points vs Lokoli’s 74. Kumar Mukund was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kumar Mukund scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 60% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Lokoli 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Kumar Mukund has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (298-265). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kumar Mukund has a composed 19-25 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Kumar Mukund has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 1 Challenger
The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Fanselow
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-34 | 7-9 | 14-18 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-31 | 24-9 | 20-15 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 5-11 | 17-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 17-13 | 13-11 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 450, Fanselow reached the qualifications after defeating Hazem Naw 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Fanselow had a good straight sets win against Naw (6-3 6-3). During the match Fanselow scored 67 points vs Naw’s 53. Fanselow was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Fanselow blasted 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Sebastian Fanselow lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Fanselow put 53% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Naw 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Sebastian has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kumar Mukund | Fanselow |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 |
| Pts | 81-74 | 67-53 |
| Total Points | 155 | 120 |
| Winners | 33 | 23 |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% |
Both Kumar Mukund and Fanselow played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kumar Mukund and Fanselow have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kumar Mukund played 3 games more than Fanselow. Kumar Mukund scored 33 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Fanselow scored 23 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kumar Mukund | Fanselow |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 45/75 | 33/62 |
| %1st in | 60% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 23/33 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 52% |
Kumar Mukund managed to score 1 ace . Fanselow also recorded 5 aces . Kumar Mukund won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Fanselow won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kumar Mukund | Fanselow |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 86% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Kumar Mukund broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Indian lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kumar Mukund | |||
| Q1 Lokoli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 81-74 | 81-74 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/75 | 45/75 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Fanselow | |||
| Q1 Naw |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 33/62 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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