Ricardas Berankis and Yanki Erel will square off in the 2nd round of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT COFINA NEEMBA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.25
Yanki Erel -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Ricardas Berankis vs. Yanki Erel
This will be the 2nd time that Ricardas Berankis and Yanki Erel fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Berankis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Berankis won 6-4 7-6(4) in the qualifications in the Guangzhou Challenger back in 2024.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-7 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 294, the Lithuanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Benoit Paire 7-6(4) ret..
In the 1st round against Paire, Berankis had a free pass after Paire retired on a 7-64 . scoreline.
Berankis has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (265-195). 6-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Berankis has a composed 106-91 record in the last years on hard.
The Lithuanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Abidjan 1 Challenger.
Berankis has an aggregate 15-6 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Yanki Erel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-4 | 5-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-28 | 27-20 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-25 | 44-18 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 27-14 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 20-7 | 11-11 | 14-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 616, Erel got to the 2nd round after defeating Myko Yohann Himad Kouame 6-1 6-3, S D Prajwal Dev 6-1 6-4 and Daniil Glinka 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Erel had a good straight sets win against Glinka (6-4 6-4). During the match Erel scored 65 points vs Glinka’s 55. Yanki was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Erel made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yanki Erel lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Erel put 68% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Yanki broke Glinka 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Turk has an aggregate 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berankis | Erel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 53 |
| Pts | 52-48 | 190-141 |
| Total Points | 100 | 331 |
| Winners | 18 | 79 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Berankis played 1 match while Erel competed in 3 matches. Erel started his run from the qualifications while Berankis had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Berankis has played 4 set(s) less than Erel (2 vs 6). Therefore, Berankis played 40 games less than Erel. The Lithuanian scored 18 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Erel struck 79 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berankis | Erel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 100/161 |
| %1st in | 52% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 79/100 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 29/61 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 48% |
Berankis blasted 4 aces . Erel struck 15 aces (5 per match). Berankis won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Erel won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berankis | Erel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 12 |
| Converted | 0/2 | 12/21 |
| % Converted | 0% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Richard hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Richard was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points without even conceding a single break point. Yanki broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Yanki conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berankis | |||
| R1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 52-48 | 52-48 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 25/48 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/2 | 0/2 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Erel | |||||
| Q1 Yohann Himad Kouame |
Q3 D Prajwal Dev |
R1 Glinka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 20 | 53 | |
| pts | 65-45 | 60-41 | 65-55 | 190-141 | |
| Total points | 110 | 101 | 120 | 331 | |
| Winners | 21 | 28 | 30 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 47% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 25/50 | 36/54 | 39/57 | 100/161 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 67% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 28/36 | 30/39 | 79/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 78% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 8/18 | 9/18 | 29/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 44% | 50% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/5 | 3/7 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 80% | 43% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 67% | 209% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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