
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.
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
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
| 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
Raul Brancaccio

27 - 15win/loss
395
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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
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LLLWWLLLWW Tennis Scores in Sassuolo Challenger
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-63 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (7-65 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (7-6(5) 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Elias YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction








