Clement Chidekh and Toby Samuel will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Chisinau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clement Chidekh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Clement Chidekh is the pick to win this match.
Clement Chidekh -> 1.78
Toby Samuel -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Clement Chidekh vs. Toby Samuel
There is no head to head record between Clement Chidekh and Toby Samuel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Clement Chidekh
16 - 17win/loss
238
184
WLWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-19 | 19-7 | 0-2 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 64-26 | 17-7 | 7-6 | 39-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-17 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 26-5 | 23-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297, the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Lukas Pokorny 6-2 7-5, Olaf Pieczkowski 6-4 0-6 6-1 and Robert Strombachs 6-4 6-0.
In the quarter, The French player had a good straight sets win against Strombachs (6-4 6-0). During the match, Chidekh scored 58 points vs Strombachs’s 42. Chidekh was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chidekh made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Clement Chidekh conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Chidekh put 75% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Strombachs 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Clement has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Chidekh has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (163-84). 12-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Chidekh has a composed79-33 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Chidekh has a composed 16-17 win-loss record in 2025, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chisinau Challenger
Chidekh has never competed in this tournament before.
Toby Samuel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-12 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-14 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 8-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-5 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 888, Samuel reached the semifinal after defeating Lilian Marmousez 7-5 6-2, Radu Albot 6-4 6-3 and Stuart Parker 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter against Parker, Toby recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Samuel scored 97 points vs Parker’s 92. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, Samuel blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Toby Samuel was very efficient on serve to win 73% (54/74) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Parker twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Samuel has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Brit has an overall 14-10 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chidekh | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 68 |
| Pts | 203-173 | 234-186 |
| Total Points | 376 | 420 |
| Winners | 81 | 118 |
| %Winners | 40% | 50% |
Both Chidekh and Samuel played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Clement Chidekh surrendered 1 set, while Toby Samuel surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Chidekh and Samuel have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Chidekh played 9 games less than Samuel. The French player scored 81 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Samuel bagged 118 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chidekh | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 115/176 | 154/226 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 81/115 | 118/154 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 34/61 | 39/72 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 54% |
Chidekh bagged 7 aces (2.3 per match). Samuel made 25 aces (8.3 per match). Chidekh won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Samuel won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chidekh | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/31 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 39% | 53% |
| Conceded | 11 | 18 |
| Saved | 7 | 15 |
| % Saved | 64% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Clement broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Samuel broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Toby conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chidekh | |||||
| R1 Pokorny |
R2 Pieczkowski |
1/4 Strombachs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 0-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 16 | 59 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 72-71 | 58-42 | 203-173 | |
| Total points | 133 | 143 | 100 | 376 | |
| Winners | 29 | 26 | 26 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 37/60 | 38/51 | 115/176 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 75% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 26/37 | 26/38 | 81/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 70% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 10/23 | 9/13 | 34/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 43% | 69% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/14 | 4/7 | 12/31 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 36% | 57% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/6 | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 100% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Samuel | |||||
| R1 Marmousez |
R2 Albot |
1/4 Parker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 29 | 68 | |
| pts | 70-43 | 67-51 | 97-92 | 234-186 | |
| Total points | 113 | 118 | 189 | 420 | |
| Winners | 33 | 31 | 54 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% | 56% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 6 | 7 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/47 | 42/64 | 74/115 | 154/226 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 66% | 64% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 33/38 | 31/42 | 54/74 | 118/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 74% | 73% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 12/22 | 22/41 | 39/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 55% | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/4 | 2/5 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 40% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/5 | 11/12 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 92% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Chisinau Challenger
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Toby SamuelSamuel – Stuart ParkerParker (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Giles HusseyHussey – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Siddhant Banthia/Ramkumar RamanathanBanthia/Ramkumar Ramanathan – Petr Bar Biryukov/Saba PurtseladzeBar Biryukov/Saba Purtseladze (w/o) – See score progression
- Szymon Kielan/Filip PieczonkaKielan/Filip Pieczonka – Philip Henning/Courtney John LockHenning/Courtney John Lock (6-3 4-6 10-4) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Giles HusseyHussey – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Toby SamuelSamuel – Stuart ParkerParker (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
