H2H, prediction of Elias Ymer vs Raul Brancaccio in Sassuolo Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th June 2025

PREVIEW. Sassuolo Challenger. Ymer and Brancaccio will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sassuolo Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 18th of June

Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Raul Brancaccio

Elias Ymer and Raul Brancaccio will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elias Ymer who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs 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

This will be the 2nd time that Elias Ymer and Raul Brancaccio fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Ymer won 6-4 0-6 6-4 in the qualifications in the Sassuolo Challenger back in June 2025.

Elias Ymer

Elias Ymer
Elias Ymer

19 - 13win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
13-10
Rank
173
High
105
LWLLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-32 12-8 16-20 7-3 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. 255, Ymer got to the 2nd round after beating Maxime Janvier 7-6(8) 7-6(3), Raul Brancaccio 6-4 0-6 6-4 and Stan Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round against Wawrinka, Ymer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Ymer scored 97 points vs Wawrinka’s 93. Ymer was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ymer blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Elias Ymer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (41/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Swede broke Wawrinka 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Ymer has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (305-271). 13-10 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ymer has a compiled 172-129 record in the last years on clay.

Elias’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Chennai Challenger.

The Swede has an aggregate 19-13 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger

Ymer
Sassuolo Challenger
Ymer's Record

Raul Brancaccio

Raul Brancaccio
Raul Brancaccio

27 - 15win/loss

Hard
4-0
I Hard
7-5
Clay
16-10
Rank
395
High
121
LLLWWLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-33 7-3 24-25 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. 355, Raul got to the 2nd round after defeating Alex Molcan 6-4 6-0, Elias Ymer 6-4 0-6 6-4 and Federico Arnaboldi 7-5 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (7-5 6-4). During the match Brancaccio scored 79 points vs Arnaboldi’s 69. Raul was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Brancaccio made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Arnaboldi 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Villena,M25 Tarragona and M25 Cordoba.

Raul has a compiled 27-15 win-loss record in 2025, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger

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

Brancaccio
Sassuolo Challenger
Brancaccio's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Ymer
R.Brancaccio
6h:53
6h:53
Time on court​
5h:10
5h:10
!
2h:44
2h:44
Last match​
1h:39
1h:39
3
3
Match played
3
3
82
82
Games Played​
64
64
8
8
Set played​​
7
7
265
265
Total points​
231
231
88.3
88.3
Avg point​
77
77
117
117
Winners
97
97
39
39
Avg Winners​
32.3
32.3
44%
44%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
19
19
Aces
8
8
6.3
6.3
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
10
10
Double Faults
5
5
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
117/160
117/160
1st won total​
97/139
97/139
!
73%
73%
1st won %
70%
70%
43/92
43/92
2nd won total​
40/86
40/86
47%
47%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
9/26
9/26
BP won
15/26
15/26
3/8.7
3/8.7
Avg BP won
5/8.7
5/8.7
35%
35%
Won
!
58%
58%
21
21
Conceded
32
32
7
7
Avg Conceded
10.7
10.7
9
9
Broken
8
8
3
3
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
12
12
Saved
24
24

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ymer Brancaccio
Match played 3 2
Tot Set 8 4
Tot Games 82 38
Pts 265-257 146-117
Total Points 522 263
Winners 117 61
%Winners 44% 42%

Ymer played 3 matches while Brancaccio competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Elias Ymer dropped 2 sets while Raul Brancaccio hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ymer has played 4 sets more than Brancaccio (8 vs 4). Therefore, Ymer played 44 games more than Brancaccio. Elias scored 117 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 61 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ymer Brancaccio
Aces 19 6
Avg per match 6.3 3
1st in 160/252 84/137
%1st in 63% 61%
1st pts 117/160 61/84
%1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 43/92 27/53
%2nd pts 47% 51%

Ymer managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Brancaccio struck 6 aces (3 per match). Ymer won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ymer Brancaccio
Won 9 9
Converted 9/26 9/16
% Converted 35% 56%
Conceded 21 19
Saved 12 16
% Saved 57% 84%
Times Broken 9 3

Elias broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Swede dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Raul broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Brancaccio conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded.

Ymer
Q1
Janvier
Q3
Brancaccio
R1
Wawrinka
Total
Score 7-68 7-63 6-4 0-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 26 26 30 82
pts 88-79 80-85 97-93 265-257
Total points 167 165 190 522
Winners 42 34 41 117
%Winners 48% 43% 42% 44%
SERVE
Aces 12 2 5 19
Double Faults 3 6 1 10
1st in 52/79 51/77 57/96 160/252
% 1st in 66% 66% 59% 63%
1st pts 42/52 34/51 41/57 117/160
% 1st pts 81% 67% 72% 73%
2nd pts 15/27 7/26 21/39 43/92
% 2nd pts 56% 27% 54% 47%
Breaks
Won 1 5 3 9
Converted 1/5 5/13 3/8 9/26
Converted % 20% 38% 38% 35%
Conceded 3 10 8 21
Saved 2/3 4/10 6/8 12
Saved % 67% 40% 75% 61%
Times Broken 1 6 2 9
Brancaccio
Q1
Molcan
Q3
Ymer
R1
Arnaboldi
Total
Score 6-4 6-0 6-4 0-6 6-4 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 16 26 22 64
pts 67-48 79-69 146-117
Total points 115 0 148 263
Winners 29 32 61
%Winners 43% 0% 41% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 4 6
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 37/60 / 47/77 84/137
% 1st in 62% 0% 61% 61%
1st pts 29/37 / 32/47 61/84
% 1st pts 78% 0% 68% 73%
2nd pts 12/23 / 15/30 27/53
% 2nd pts 52% 0% 50% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/7 / 5/9 9/16
Converted % 57% 0% 56% 56%
Conceded 9 10 19
Saved 9/9 0/ 7/10 16
Saved % 100% 70% 57%
Times Broken 0 3 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ymer
LWLLWWWWLW
Brancaccio
LLLWWLLLWW
2025 2024 2023
36 - 32
38 - 33
12-8
Hard
7-3
7-3
I Hard
7-5
16-20
Clay
24-25
1-1
Grass
0-0

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