Neil Oberleitner and Andrew Paulson will square off in the qualifications of the Skopje Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Neil Oberleitner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Neil Oberleitner is the pick to win this match.
Neil Oberleitner -> 1.85
Andrew Paulson -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Neil Oberleitner vs. Andrew Paulson

There is no head to head record between Neil Oberleitner and Andrew Paulson since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Neil Oberleitner

Ranked no. 384 (career-high), the Austrian got to the qualifications after beating Berk Bugarikj 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Bugarikj, Neil recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Oberleitner scored 82 points vs Bugarikj’s 79. Oberleitner was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Oberleitner scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Neil Oberleitner lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Oberleitner put 50% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. Neil broke Bugarikj 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Oberleitner has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (219-191). 17-11 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Oberleitner has a compiled115-99 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Oberleitner has an overall 18-14 win-loss record in 2025, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Skopje Challenger

Andrew Paulson

Ranked no. 506, the Czech reached the qualifications after defeating Oleg Prihodko 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Prihodko (6-4 6-2). During the match Paulson scored 64 points vs Prihodko’s 51. Andrew was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Paulson blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrew Paulson was pretty efficient on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Andrew broke Prihodko 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

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

Previously in the Skopje Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Oberleitner	Paulson
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	28	18
Pts	82-79	64-51
Total Points	161	115
Winners	31	20
%Winners	38%	31%

Both Oberleitner and Paulson played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Neil Oberleitner conceded 1 set while Andrew Paulson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Oberleitner has played 1 set more than Paulson (3 vs 2). Therefore, Oberleitner played 10 games more than Paulson. Neil scored 31 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Andrew recorded 20 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Oberleitner	Paulson
Aces	1	2
Avg per match	1	2
1st in	38/76	23/50
%1st in	50%	46%
1st pts	31/38	20/23
%1st pts	82%	87%
2nd pts	18/38	17/27
%2nd pts	47%	63%

Oberleitner recorded 1 ace . Paulson also scored 2 aces . Oberleitner won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Paulson won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Oberleitner	Paulson
Won	4	3
Converted	4/9	3/13
% Converted	44%	23%
Conceded	4	2
Saved	1	2
% Saved	25%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

Oberleitner broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Neil lost his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Andrew broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Paulson was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Oberleitner
	Q1 Bugarikj	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	82-79	82-79
Total points	161	161
Winners	31	31
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	38/76	38/76
% 1st in	50%	50%
1st pts	31/38	31/38
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	18/38	18/38
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Paulson
	Q1 Prihodko	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-51	64-51
Total points	115	115
Winners	20	20
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	23/50	23/50
% 1st in	46%	46%
1st pts	20/23	20/23
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	17/27	17/27
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/13	3/13
Converted %	23%	23%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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