Elias Ymer and Raul Brancaccio will play each other in the qualifications of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Elias Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elias Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Elias Ymer -> 1.727
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Raul Brancaccio
There is no head to head record between Elias Ymer and Raul Brancaccio since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Elias Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-15 | 6-3 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-32 | 7-15 | 6-9 | 8-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 260, Ymer got to the qualifications after defeating Maxime Janvier 7-6(8) 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, The Swede had a good straight sets win against Janvier (7-68 7-63). During the match, Ymer scored 88 points vs Janvier’s 79. The Swede was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ymer made 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Elias Ymer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (42/52) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Elias broke Janvier once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Ymer has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (303-271). 11-10 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ymer has a composed 170-129 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Swede’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Chennai Challenger.
The Swede has a composed 17-13 win-loss record in 2025, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Raul Brancaccio
26 - 14win/loss
337
121
LLWLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-17 | 4-0 | 16-12 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-27 | 6-6 | 21-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 379, Raul got to the qualifications after beating Alex Molcan 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, Brancaccio had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-4 6-0). During the match Brancaccio scored 67 points vs Molcan’s 48. Raul was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Brancaccio struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Raul Brancaccio was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Raul broke Molcan 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Brancaccio’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Villena,M25 Tarragona and M25 Cordoba.
Raul has a composed 26-14 win-loss record in 2025, 15-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ymer | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 |
| Pts | 88-79 | 67-48 |
| Total Points | 167 | 115 |
| Winners | 42 | 29 |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% |
Both Ymer and Brancaccio played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ymer and Brancaccio have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ymer played 10 games more than Brancaccio. Ymer scored 42 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 29 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 2 |
| 1st in | 52/79 | 37/60 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 29/37 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 12/23 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 52% |
Ymer made 12 aces . Brancaccio fired 2 aces . Ymer won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 20% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Ymer broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Ymer lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Raul was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.
| Ymer | |||
| Q1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-79 | 88-79 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/79 | 52/79 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 42/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Brancaccio | |||
| Q1 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 67-48 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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