Christoph Negritu and Jakub Paul will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Koblenz Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on LOTTO RLP COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Paul who should win in 3 sets.
Jakub Paul -> 1.66
Christoph Negritu -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Christoph Negritu vs. Jakub Paul
This will be the 3rd time that Christoph Negritu and Jakub Paul clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Negritu (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Negritu won 6-2 6-3 in the final in M25 Sion back in 2024.
Christoph Negritu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-37 | 10-8 | 18-23 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-26 | 20-14 | 25-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 29-17 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-19 | 18-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 19-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 343, Christoph reached the qualifications after beating Stijn Slump 7-6(6) 6-4.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Slump (7-66 6-4). During the match, Negritu scored 72 points vs Slump’s 60. Christoph was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Negritu recorded 6 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Christoph Negritu was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (36/41) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Negritu was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Slump once.
Negritu has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (220-157). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Negritu has a composed 23-15 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Negritu has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Koblenz Challenger
Negritu has never competed in this tournament before.
Jakub Paul
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-21 | 14-5 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-27 | 15-9 | 17-11 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 20-4 | 14-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 25-26 | 4-4 | 20-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 34-21 | 4-3 | 17-10 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 385, Paul got to the qualifications after beating David Jorda Sanchis 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Paul had a good straight sets win against Jorda Sanchis (6-3 6-2). During the match Paul scored 61 points vs Jorda Sanchis’s 41. Paul was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Paul was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jakub Paul lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Jorda Sanchis 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
The Swiss has an aggregate 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Negritu | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 |
| Pts | 72-60 | 61-41 |
| Total Points | 132 | 102 |
| Winners | 36 | 20 |
| %Winners | 50% | 33% |
Both Negritu and Paul 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, Negritu and Paul have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Negritu played 6 games more than Paul. Christoph scored 36 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss fired 20 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Negritu | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0 |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 30/45 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 20/30 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Negritu recorded 6 aces . Paul didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Negritu won 88% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Negritu | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 6 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The German broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The German had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Swiss broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Paul conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Negritu | |||
| Q1 Slump | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 72-60 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 36/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul | |||
| Q1 Jorda Sanchis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 61-41 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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