Patrick Zahraj and Axel Nefve will face off in the 1^st round of the Nottingham 3 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Zahraj who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Patrick Zahraj is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Zahraj -> 1.191
Axel Nefve -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Patrick Zahraj vs. Axel Nefve

There is no head to head record between Patrick Zahraj and Axel Nefve since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Patrick Zahraj

Ranked no. 280, Patrick reached the 1^st round after beating William Jansen 6-4 6-2 and Dylan Dietrich 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, Patrick had a good straight sets win against Dietrich (6-4 6-1). During the match, Zahraj scored 66 points vs Dietrich’s 43. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zahraj scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Patrick Zahraj lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zahraj put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. Patrick broke Dietrich 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zahraj started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Zahraj has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (132-99). 3-3 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zahraj has a compiled3-3 match record in the last 8 years on grass.

The German’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Pau Challenger.

Zahraj has a compiled 24-20 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham 3 Challenger

Zahraj has never competed in this tournament before.

Axel Nefve

Ranked no. 826, Axel got to the 1^st round after defeating Luca Pow 7-6(5) 6-2 and Petros Tsitsipas 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (6-3 6-3). During the match Nefve scored 69 points vs Tsitsipas’s 54. The American was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Nefve recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Axel Nefve was very efficient on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Axel broke Tsitsipas 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Nefve’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Huamantla and M15 Kayseri.

The American has an overall 24-16 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zahraj	Nefve
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	35	39
Pts	128-86	141-118
Total Points	214	259
Winners	36	67
%Winners	28%	48%

Both Zahraj and Nefve played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zahraj and Nefve have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Zahraj played 4 games less than Nefve. The German scored 36 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Axel struck 67 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zahraj	Nefve
Aces	8	6
Avg per match	4	3
1st in	45/87	98/136
%1st in	52%	72%
1st pts	36/45	67/98
%1st pts	80%	68%
2nd pts	29/42	17/38
%2nd pts	69%	45%

Zahraj fired 8 aces (4 per match). Nefve fired 6 aces (3 per match). Zahraj won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Nefve won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zahraj	Nefve
Won	9	9
Converted	9/21	9/16
% Converted	43%	56%
Conceded	5	16
Saved	3	12
% Saved	60%	75%
Times Broken	2	4

Zahraj broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Patrick dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Zahraj
	Q1 Jansen	Q3 Dietrich	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	17	35
pts	62-43	66-43	128-86
Total points	105	109	214
Winners	18	18	36
%Winners	29%	27%	28%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	8
Double Faults	4	2	6
1st in	18/43	27/44	45/87
% 1st in	42%	61%	52%
1st pts	18/18	18/27	36/45
% 1st pts	100%	67%	80%
2nd pts	18/25	11/17	29/42
% 2nd pts	72%	65%	69%
Breaks
Won	3	6	9
Converted	3/9	6/12	9/21
Converted %	33%	50%	43%
Conceded	0	5	5
Saved	0/0	3/5	3
Saved %	–	60%	30%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Nefve
	Q1 Pow	Q3 Tsitsipas	Total
Score	7-65 6-2	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	18	39
pts	72-64	69-54	141-118
Total points	136	123	259
Winners	33	34	67
%Winners	46%	49%	48%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	6
Double Faults	4	3	7
1st in	50/72	48/64	98/136
% 1st in	69%	75%	72%
1st pts	33/50	34/48	67/98
% 1st pts	66%	71%	68%
2nd pts	7/22	10/16	17/38
% 2nd pts	32%	63%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/11	3/5	9/16
Converted %	55%	60%	56%
Conceded	11	5	16
Saved	7/11	5/5	12
Saved %	64%	100%	82%
Times Broken	4	0	4

Tennis Scores in Nottingham 3 Challenger

• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Dylan DietrichDietrich (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Patrick BradyBrady – Andrin CasanovaCasanova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Axel NefveNefve – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Amit ValesVales (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tom HandsHands – Alexis CanterCanter (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Lui MaxtedMaxted – Finn BassBass (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Kyle EdmundEdmund – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Liam BroadyBroady (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Ben JonesJones (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur ReymondReymond – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Charles BroomBroom – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Axel NefveNefve – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taha BaadiBaadi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alastair GrayGray – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Connor ThomsonThomson – James StoryStory (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hamish StewartStewart – Matthew SummersSummers (0-0) – H2H and prediction