Rares Teodor Pieleanu and Alexander Donski will face off in the qualifications of the Brasov Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Alexander Donski who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Donski is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Donski -> 1.3
Rares Teodor Pieleanu -> 3.28
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Prediction and head to head Rares Teodor Pieleanu vs. Alexander Donski
There is no head to head record between Rares Teodor Pieleanu and Alexander Donski since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Rares Teodor Pieleanu
18 - 12win/loss
LWLWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-12 | 5-5 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-17 | 5-2 | 24-13 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Teodor Pieleanu got to the qualifications after beating Michael Vrbensky 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Vrbensky, Rares recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Teodor Pieleanu scored 87 points vs Vrbensky’s 84. Teodor Pieleanu was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Teodor Pieleanu struck 6 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Rares Teodor Pieleanu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Teodor Pieleanu put 62% of his first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Rares broke Vrbensky 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Teodor Pieleanu has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 65% of his matches (55-30). 11-5 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Teodor Pieleanu has a compiled36-20 record in the last 3 years on clay.
Rares has a composed 18-11 win-loss record in 2025, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brasov Challenger
Alexander Donski
10 - 6win/loss
690
525
LWWWLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-7 | 8-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-20 | 31-16 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-22 | 11-9 | 8-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 33-16 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-24 | 13-14 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 690, the Canadian got to the qualifications after beating Cezar Cretu 6-4 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Donski defeated Cretu (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match Donski scored 89 points vs Cretu’s 76. Donski was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Donski made 5 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Alexander Donski lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Donski put 58% of his first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Cretu 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
The Canadian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Pretoria.
The Canadian has an overall 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brasov Challenger
Donski has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Teodor Pieleanu | Donski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 |
| Pts | 87-84 | 89-76 |
| Total Points | 171 | 165 |
| Winners | 42 | 37 |
| %Winners | 48% | 42% |
Both Teodor Pieleanu and Donski played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Rares Teodor Pieleanu surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Donski surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Teodor Pieleanu and Donski have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Teodor Pieleanu played 2 games more than Donski. Rares scored 42 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Donski bagged 37 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Teodor Pieleanu | Donski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 59/95 | 51/88 |
| %1st in | 62% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 42/59 | 37/51 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 16/37 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 43% |
Teodor Pieleanu struck 6 aces . Donski bagged 5 aces . Teodor Pieleanu won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Donski won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Teodor Pieleanu | Donski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 45% | 86% |
| Conceded | 14 | 11 |
| Saved | 10 | 7 |
| % Saved | 71% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Teodor Pieleanu broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Rares surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Teodor Pieleanu | |||
| Q1 Vrbensky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 87-84 | 87-84 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 59/95 | 59/95 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 42/59 | 42/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 14/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Donski | |||
| Q1 Cretu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-76 | 89-76 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 51/88 | 51/88 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 16/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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