Jelle Sels and Milos Karol will square off in the qualifications of the Barletta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelle Sels who should win in 3 sets.
Jelle Sels -> 1.59
Milos Karol -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Milos Karol
There is no head to head record between Jelle Sels and Milos Karol since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-34 | 5-6 | 21-18 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 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 |
Ranked no. 291, Sels got to the qualifications after beating Filippo Romano 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Jelle had a good straight sets win against Romano (6-4 6-1). During the match, Sels scored 58 points vs Romano’s 43. Sels was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sels couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jelle Sels was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dutch broke Romano 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Sels has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (316-243). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sels has a composed 182-126 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Sels’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Sels has a composed 8-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Milos Karol
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-28 | 4-4 | 20-14 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 53-31 | 8-5 | 21-17 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 28-27 | 3-2 | 11-13 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 6-24 | 3-5 | 1-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 0-0 | 10-11 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 436, Karol reached the qualifications after beating Gabriele Pennaforti 7-6(4) 7-6(7).
In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Pennaforti (7-64 7-67). During the match Karol scored 98 points vs Pennaforti’s 89. Karol was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Karol made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Milos Karol was quite effective on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Milos broke Pennaforti twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Milos has a compiled 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sels | Karol |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 |
| Pts | 58-43 | 98-89 |
| Total Points | 101 | 187 |
| Winners | 18 | 39 |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% |
Both Sels and Karol played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sels and Karol have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sels played 9 games less than Karol. The Dutch scored 18 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian fired 39 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sels | Karol |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 25/50 | 54/88 |
| %1st in | 50% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 39/54 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 56% |
Sels didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Karol managed to score 5 aces . Sels won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Karol won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sels | Karol |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 2/12 |
| % Converted | 83% | 17% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Sels broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Sels dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Karol broke his opponent twice with a 17% conversion rate. Milos conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sels | |||
| Q1 Romano | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-43 | 58-43 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/50 | 25/50 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Karol | |||
| Q1 Pennaforti | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 98-89 | 98-89 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/88 | 54/88 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 2/12 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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