Radu Albot and Toby Samuel will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Chisinau Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.8
Toby Samuel -> 1.93

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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Toby Samuel

There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Toby Samuel since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Radu Albot

Ranked no. 283, Radu reached the 2^nd round after beating Ricardas Berankis 7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(7).

In the 1^st round, The Moldovan defeated Berankis (7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁷). During the match, Albot scored 123 points vs Berankis’s 120. The Moldovan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 59 winners.

Regarding the service games, Albot fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 72% of his first serves in, winning 74% (59/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Moldovan broke Berankis once after converting 11% of his break points (1/9).

Albot has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (307-277). 2-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Albot has an overall 128-112 record in the last years on hard.

Radu has an overall 5-17 win-loss record in 2025, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chisinau Challenger

The Moldovan has never competed in this tournament before.

Toby Samuel

Ranked no. 888, Toby got to the 2^nd round after defeating Lilian Marmousez 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Samuel had a good straight sets win against Marmousez (7-5 6-2). During the match Samuel scored 70 points vs Marmousez’s 43. Toby was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Samuel bagged 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Toby Samuel was extremely efficient on serve to win 87% (33/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Marmousez 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Samuel has an aggregate 12-10 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Albot	Samuel
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	36	20
Pts	123-120	70-43
Total Points	243	113
Winners	59	33
%Winners	48%	47%

Both Albot and Samuel played 1 match. At the moment, Radu Albot dropped 1 set while Toby Samuel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Albot has played 1 set more than Samuel (3 vs 2). Therefore, Albot played 16 games more than Samuel. Albot scored 59 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Toby bagged 33 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Albot	Samuel
Aces	3	12
Avg per match	3	12
1st in	80/111	38/47
%1st in	72%	81%
1st pts	59/80	33/38
%1st pts	74%	87%
2nd pts	15/31	5/9
%2nd pts	48%	56%

Albot blasted 3 aces . Samuel blasted 12 aces . Albot won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Samuel won 87% 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	Albot	Samuel
Won	1	4
Converted	1/9	4/8
% Converted	11%	50%
Conceded	9	1
Saved	7	0
% Saved	78%	0%
Times Broken	2	1

Radu broke his opponent once with a 11% conversion rate. Radu dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Toby broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Toby conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Albot
	R1 Berankis	Total
Score	7-63 4-6 7-67
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	36
pts	123-120	123-120
Total points	243	243
Winners	59	59
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	80/111	80/111
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	59/80	59/80
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	15/31	15/31
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/9	1/9
Converted %	11%	11%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Samuel
	R1 Marmousez	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	70-43	70-43
Total points	113	113
Winners	33	33
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	38/47	38/47
% 1st in	81%	81%
1st pts	33/38	33/38
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	5/9	5/9
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Chisinau Challenger

• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Charlie RobertsonRobertson (7-5 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Charles BroomBroom (7-6² 6-7³ 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Cem IlkelIlkel – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip HenningHenning – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (2-6 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Giles HusseyHussey – Robin BertrandBertrand (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – Lukas PokornyPokorny (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-6⁶ 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alastair GrayGray (6-2 4-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Stuart ParkerParker – Ilya SnitariSnitari (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Toby SamuelSamuel – Lilian MarmousezMarmousez (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Harry WendelkenWendelken (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-6(6) 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Stuart ParkerParker (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cem IlkelIlkel – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction