Murkel Dellien and Elias Ymer will square off in the 2^nd round of the Naples Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CAMPO D’AVALOS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.7
Murkel Dellien -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Murkel Dellien vs. Elias Ymer

There is no head to head record between Murkel Dellien and Elias Ymer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Murkel Dellien

Ranked no. 222, Murkel reached the 2^nd round after defeating Francesco Maestrelli 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Bolivian had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (6-3 6-4). During the match, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 71 points vs Maestrelli’s 54. Alejandro Dellien Velasco was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Murkel Dellien was very efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alejandro Dellien Velasco broke Maestrelli 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (187-118). 9-7 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alejandro Dellien Velasco has an aggregate176-106 record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Bolivian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Rosario Challenger.

The Bolivian has an overall 9-8 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Naples Challenger

The Bolivian has never competed in this tournament before.

Elias Ymer

Ranked no. 261, the Swede got to the 2^nd round after beating Gianluca Cadenasso 6-3 7-5, Oleksandr Ovcharenko 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Francesco Passaro 6-7(6) 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Passaro, The Swede recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁶ 6-3 7-5). During the match Ymer scored 129 points vs Passaro’s 119. Elias was quite aggressive to blast 67 winners.

About the serving games, Ymer bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Elias Ymer lost the serve twice and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 69% of his first serves in, winning 66% (67/101) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (23/46) on the 2nd serve. Ymer broke Passaro 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Ymer’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Chennai Challenger.

The Swede has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Naples Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Ymer
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	19	84
Pts	71-54	301-265
Total Points	125	566
Winners	24	135
%Winners	34%	45%

Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 1 match while Ymer competed in 3 matches. Ymer started his run from the qualifications while Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Elias Ymer lost 2 sets while Murkel Dellien hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Alejandro Dellien Velasco has played 6 set(s) less than Ymer (2 vs 8). Therefore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 65 games less than Ymer. Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 24 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Swede bagged 135 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Ymer
Aces	2	11
Avg per match	2	3.7
1st in	33/54	192/306
%1st in	61%	63%
1st pts	24/33	135/192
%1st pts	73%	70%
2nd pts	11/21	62/114
%2nd pts	52%	54%

Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 2 aces . Ymer fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Ymer
Won	4	11
Converted	4/13	11/21
% Converted	31%	52%
Conceded	2	26
Saved	0	20
% Saved	0%	77%
Times Broken	2	6

Murkel broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Alejandro Dellien Velasco dropped his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Swede broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Ymer conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco
	R1 Maestrelli	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	71-54	71-54
Total points	125	125
Winners	24	24
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	33/54	33/54
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	24/33	24/33
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	11/21	11/21
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/13	4/13
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Ymer
	Q1 Cadenasso	Q3 Ovcharenko	R1 Passaro	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-3 4-6 6-4	6-76 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	21	29	34	84
pts	67-48	105-98	129-119	301-265
Total points	115	203	248	566
Winners	29	39	67	135
%Winners	43%	37%	52%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	6	4	11
Double Faults	0	4	3	7
1st in	37/56	54/103	101/147	192/306
% 1st in	66%	52%	69%	63%
1st pts	29/37	39/54	67/101	135/192
% 1st pts	78%	72%	66%	70%
2nd pts	14/19	25/49	23/46	62/114
% 2nd pts	74%	51%	50%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	11
Converted	3/5	4/11	4/5	11/21
Converted %	60%	36%	80%	52%
Conceded	1	8	17	26
Saved	0/1	5/8	15/17	20
Saved %	0%	63%	88%	151%
Times Broken	1	3	2	6

Tennis Scores in Naples Challenger

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Borna GojoGojo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Tristan BoyerBoyer (1-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Hynek BartonBarton (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Harold MayotMayot (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-7⁶ 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-7² 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Murkel DellienDellien – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Borna GojoGojo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Harold MayotMayot (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Hynek BartonBarton (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Borna CoricCoric (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elias YmerYmer – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction