Patrick Zahraj and Jelle Sels will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on JEAN JAURES. 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 Patrick Zahraj who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Patrick Zahraj is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Zahraj -> 1.52
Jelle Sels -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Patrick Zahraj vs. Jelle Sels

There is no head to head record between Patrick Zahraj and Jelle Sels since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Patrick Zahraj

Patrick Zahraj

17 - 9win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
17-8
Rank
289
High
289
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-9 0-1 0-0 17-8 0-0 0-0
2024 42-31 9-5 17-15 14-9 0-0 2-2
2023 28-16 4-3 15-10 7-2 0-0 2-1
2022 10-7 0-1 10-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 8-7 0-1 8-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 319, Zahraj reached the semifinal after beating Maxence Beauge 7-6(2) 7-6(5), Tom Gentzsch 6-1 6-4, Alexey Vatutin 6-1 6-4, Mae Malige 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Arthur Fery 7-5 6-1.

In the quarter, Zahraj had a good straight sets win against Fery (7-5 6-1). During the match, Zahraj scored 72 points vs Fery’s 58. Patrick was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zahraj blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Patrick Zahraj lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zahraj put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Fery 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zahraj started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Zahraj has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (125-87). 17-7 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zahraj has a compiled41-21 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Patrick’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Pau Challenger.

Patrick has an aggregate 17-8 win-loss record in 2025, 17-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

Cherbourg Challenger
Zahraj's Record

Jelle Sels

Jelle Sels

7 - 7win/loss

Hard
3-5
I Hard
4-2
Rank
291
High
127
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-8 3-5 0-0 4-3 0-0 0-0
2024 48-30 13-6 28-16 7-8 0-0 0-0
2023 11-27 5-4 3-14 3-6 0-3 0-0
2022 48-33 0-0 26-17 22-15 0-1 0-0
2021 37-31 2-3 14-13 20-14 0-0 1-1
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Ranked no. 367, the Dutch got to the semifinal after defeating Antoine Escoffier 6-4 6-4, Adrien Gobat 6-4 6-1 and Yuta Shimizu 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter, Jelle had a good straight sets win against Shimizu (7-5 6-3). During the match Sels scored 75 points vs Shimizu’s 61. Jelle was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Sels fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jelle Sels lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Jelle broke Shimizu 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jelle hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Sels has an aggregate 6-7 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Cherbourg Challenger
Sels's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

P.Zahraj
J.Sels
!
6h:37
6h:37
Time on court​
4h:13
4h:13
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
!
5
5
Match played
3
3
107
107
Games Played​
58
58
11
11
Set played​​
6
6
317
317
Total points​
210
210
63.4
63.4
Avg point​
70
70
146
146
Winners
86
86
29.2
29.2
Avg Winners​
28.7
28.7
46%
46%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
28
28
Aces
12
12
5.6
5.6
Avg Aces
4
4
13
13
Double Faults
3
3
2.6
2.6
Avg Double Faults
1
1
146/202
146/202
1st won total​
86/119
86/119
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
58/107
58/107
2nd won total​
36/63
36/63
54%
54%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
14/23
14/23
BP won
12/29
12/29
2.8/4.6
2.8/4.6
Avg BP won
4/9.7
4/9.7
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61%
61%
Won
41%
41%
22
22
Conceded
19
19
4.4
4.4
Avg Conceded
6.3
6.3
6
6
Broken
4
4
1.2
1.2
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
16
16
Saved
15
15
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zahraj Sels
Match played 4 3
Tot Set 9 6
Tot Games 90 58
Pts 317-268 210-165
Total Points 585 375
Winners 146 86
%Winners 46% 41%

Zahraj played 4 matches while Sels competed in 3 matches. Zahraj started his run from the qualifications while Sels had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Patrick Zahraj dropped 1 set while Jelle Sels hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zahraj has played 3 sets more than Sels (9 vs 6). Therefore, Zahraj played 32 games more than Sels. Zahraj scored 146 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch blasted 86 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zahraj Sels
Aces 28 12
Avg per match 7 4
1st in 202/309 119/182
%1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 146/202 86/119
%1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 58/107 36/63
%2nd pts 54% 57%

Zahraj recorded 28 aces (7 per match). Sels scored 12 aces (4 per match). Zahraj won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Sels 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 Zahraj Sels
Won 14 12
Converted 14/23 12/29
% Converted 61% 41%
Conceded 22 19
Saved 16 15
% Saved 73% 79%
Times Broken 6 4

Patrick broke his opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. Patrick conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Sels conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Zahraj
Q1
Beauge		 Q3
Gentzsch		 R1
Vatutin		 R2
Malige		 1/4
Fery		 Total
Score 7-62 7-65 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 2 11
Tot Games 26 17 17 28 19 107
pts 85-77 – 60-38 100-95 72-58 317-268
Total points 162 0 98 195 130 585
Winners 44 25 45 32 146
%Winners 52% 0% 42% 45% 44% 46%
SERVE
Aces 8 0 5 7 8 28
Double Faults 5 1 5 2 13
1st in 55/81 / 31/49 69/110 47/69 202/309
% 1st in 68% 0% 63% 63% 68% 65%
1st pts 44/55 / 25/31 45/69 32/47 146/202
% 1st pts 80% 0% 81% 65% 68% 72%
2nd pts 17/26 / 11/18 17/41 13/22 58/107
% 2nd pts 65% 0% 61% 41% 59% 54%
Breaks
Won 0 4 6 4 14
Converted 0/4 / 4/5 6/9 4/5 14/23
Converted % 0% 0% 80% 67% 80% 61%
Conceded 3 3 13 3 22
Saved 3/3 0/ 2/3 9/13 2/3 16
Saved % 100% – 67% 69% 67% 61%
Times Broken 0 1 4 1 6
Sels
R1
Escoffier		 R2
Gobat		 1/4
Shimizu		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-1 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 17 21 58
pts 72-62 63-42 75-61 210-165
Total points 134 105 136 375
Winners 26 25 35 86
%Winners 36% 40% 47% 41%
SERVE
Aces 1 6 5 12
Double Faults 1 1 1 3
1st in 36/60 32/47 51/75 119/182
% 1st in 60% 68% 68% 65%
1st pts 26/36 25/32 35/51 86/119
% 1st pts 72% 78% 69% 72%
2nd pts 14/24 7/15 15/24 36/63
% 2nd pts 58% 47% 63% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 5 3 12
Converted 4/11 5/9 3/9 12/29
Converted % 36% 56% 33% 41%
Conceded 7 6 6 19
Saved 5/7 5/6 5/6 15
Saved % 71% 83% 83% 47%
Times Broken 2 1 1 4

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