Jay Clarke and Jelle Sels will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Skopje Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:30 am on COURT 6. 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 Jay Clarke who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jay Clarke is the pick to win this match.
Jay Clarke -> 1.58
Jelle Sels -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Jelle Sels

This will be the 2nd time that Jay Clarke and Jelle Sels clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sels (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Sels won 7-6(4) 6-2

in the 1st round in M25 Reggio Emilia back in 2024.

Jay Clarke

Jay Clarke

36 - 12win/loss

Hard
21-6
I Hard
1-2
Clay
13-3
Carpet
1-1
Rank
213
High
153
WLWWLWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 55-29 23-8 26-9 5-6 0-5 1-1
2024 54-29 6-4 41-18 6-5 1-2 0-0
2023 34-19 10-12 21-4 2-2 1-1 0-0
2022 22-27 11-12 3-4 7-6 1-5 0-0
2021 19-28 7-7 8-14 3-3 1-4 0-0

Ranked no. 250, the Brit will start his run in the Skopje Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Vic where he lost 6-4 7-6(1) to Tabur in the semifinal on the 17th of May.

Jay has a composed 36-12 win-loss record in 2025, 13-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Jay’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Chandigarh,M15 Ahmedabad,M25 Ahmedabad,M25 Bengaluru and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Talking about his overall career, Jay has an overall 329-225 record. He has a positive 159-78 record on clay.

Previously in the Skopje Challenger

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

Skopje Challenger
Clarke's Record

Jelle Sels

Jelle Sels

12 - 13win/loss

Hard
3-5
I Hard
4-3
Clay
5-5
Rank
352
High
127
WLWWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 42-34 6-6 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. 329, Sels will start his run in the Skopje Challenger after he played his last match in the Ostrava Challenger where he lost 2-6 6-0 7-5 to Gombos in the 1st round on the 29th of April.

Jelle has an overall 12-13 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Sels’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Cherbourg Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Dutch has an overall 361-297 record. He has a positive 207-157 record on clay.

Previously in the Skopje Challenger

Jelle has never competed in this tournament before.

Skopje Challenger
Sels's Record

Tennis Scores in Skopje Challenger

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