Jay Clarke and Elias Ymer will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Chennai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elias Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elias Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Elias Ymer -> 1.56
Jay Clarke -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Elias Ymer
This will be the 2nd time that Jay Clarke and Elias Ymer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Clarke (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Clarke won 6-4 7-6(5) in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2017.
Jay Clarke
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-18 | 21-7 | 18-3 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 1-1 |
| 2024 | 54-29 | 6-4 | 41-18 | 6-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 10-12 | 21-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-27 | 11-12 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 7-7 | 8-14 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, the Brit reached the 2nd round after beating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Clarke had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-3 7-5). During the match, Clarke scored 70 points vs Ramanathan’s 52. Clarke was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Clarke made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jay Clarke lost the serve once. Furthermore, Clarke put 63% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Clarke broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Clarke has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (296-216). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Clarke has an aggregate 106-77 record in the last years on hard.
Clarke has a composed 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Elias Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-17 | 6-3 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-32 | 7-15 | 6-9 | 8-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 332, Elias got to the 2nd round after defeating Duje Ajdukovic 6-2 6-7(4) 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Swede defeated Ajdukovic (6-2 6-74 6-2). During the match Ymer scored 101 points vs Ajdukovic’s 83. Elias was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Ymer scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Elias Ymer was very efficient on serve to win 75% (43/57) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Elias broke Ajdukovic 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Elias has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Clarke | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 29 |
| Pts | 70-52 | 101-83 |
| Total Points | 122 | 184 |
| Winners | 32 | 43 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Both Clarke and Ymer played 1 match. At the moment, Elias Ymer surrendered 1 set while Jay Clarke hasn’t conceded a set so far. Clarke has played 1 set(s) less than Ymer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Clarke played 8 games less than Ymer. Jay scored 32 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Swede managed to score 43 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Clarke | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 57/88 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 43/57 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 17/31 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Clarke bagged 4 aces . Ymer bagged 1 ace . Clarke won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Clarke | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 63% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Jay broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Clarke conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Ymer broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Swede conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Clarke | |||
| R1 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-52 | 70-52 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 38/60 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 32/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ymer | |||
| R1 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-74 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 101-83 | 101-83 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/88 | 57/88 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Chennai Challenger
- Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-3 6-73 6-1) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Corentin DenollyDenolly (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (5-7 7-62 6-0) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Hynek BartonBarton (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Siddhant Banthia/Parikshit SomaniBanthia/Parikshit Somani – Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta/Vishnu VardhanKarteek Reddy Ganta/Vishnu Vardhan (6-3 3-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-5 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Karan SinghSingh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Corentin DenollyDenolly (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Hynek BartonBarton (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 6-7(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-5 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Karan SinghSingh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-3 6-7(3) 6-1) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (5-7 7-6(2) 6-0) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Yurii DzhavakianDzhavakian (6-3 5-7 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
