Eric Vanshelboim and Manish Sureshkumar will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Chennai Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eric Vanshelboim who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Eric Vanshelboim is the pick to win this match.
Eric Vanshelboim -> 1.38
Manish Sureshkumar -> 2.85
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Prediction and head to head Eric Vanshelboim vs. Manish Sureshkumar
This will be the 4th time that Eric Vanshelboim and Manish Sureshkumar fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Vanshelboim (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Vanshelboim won 6-2 7-6(6) in the quarter in M25 Chennai back in January 2025.
Eric Vanshelboim
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-15 | 12-6 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-33 | 11-8 | 28-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-25 | 6-2 | 50-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 4-5 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-20 | 12-4 | 26-13 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 475, Eric got to the qualifications after defeating Sidharth Rawat 6-4 5-7 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Ukrainian defeated Rawat (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match, Vanshelboim scored 111 points vs Rawat’s 102. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vanshelboim managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Eric Vanshelboim lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Vanshelboim put 72% of his first serves in, winning 56% (41/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Eric broke Rawat 7 times after converting 37% of his break points (7/19).
Vanshelboim has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (235-131). 9-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Vanshelboim has an overall54-33 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Vanshelboim’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Chennai.
Eric has an overall 9-3 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Manish Sureshkumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-7 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-16 | 15-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-18 | 15-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-22 | 15-17 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-18 | 19-10 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 891, the Indian got to the qualifications after defeating Luca Castelnuovo 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Castelnuovo (7-65 6-4). During the match Sureshkumar scored 72 points vs Castelnuovo’s 65. Manish was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Sureshkumar fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Manish Sureshkumar was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Sureshkumar broke Castelnuovo 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Manish has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vanshelboim | Sureshkumar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 23 |
| Pts | 111-102 | 72-65 |
| Total Points | 213 | 137 |
| Winners | 41 | 28 |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% |
Both Vanshelboim and Sureshkumar played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Eric Vanshelboim conceded 1 set while Manish Sureshkumar hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vanshelboim has played 1 set more than Sureshkumar (3 vs 2). Therefore, Vanshelboim played 8 games more than Sureshkumar. The Ukrainian scored 41 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Sureshkumar struck 28 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vanshelboim | Sureshkumar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 73/102 | 39/65 |
| %1st in | 72% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 41/73 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 15/26 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 58% |
Vanshelboim bagged 4 aces . Sureshkumar scored 4 aces . Vanshelboim won 56% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sureshkumar won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vanshelboim | Sureshkumar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 37% | 80% |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 62% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Vanshelboim broke his opponent 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Ukrainian surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Manish broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sureshkumar conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vanshelboim | |||
| Q1 Rawat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 111-102 | 111-102 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 73/102 | 73/102 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 41/73 | 41/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 37% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Sureshkumar | |||
| Q1 Castelnuovo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 72-65 | 72-65 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/65 | 39/65 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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