Matias Soto and Radu Albot will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Iasi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.57
Matias Soto -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Matias Soto vs. Radu Albot

There is no head to head record between Matias Soto and Radu Albot since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Matias Soto

Ranked no. 271, Soto reached the 2^nd round after beating Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-5 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (7-5 7-5). During the match, Soto scored 87 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 75. Soto was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Soto made 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Matias Soto was very efficient on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Matias broke Ferreira Silva 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Soto has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (141-90). 15-14 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Soto has a composed99-59 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Chilean’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Concepcion Challenger,the Campinas Challenger and M25 Coquimbo.

Matias has a composed 15-17 win-loss record in 2025, 15-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Iasi Challenger

Matias has never competed in this tournament before.

Radu Albot

Ranked no. 298, the Moldovan got to the 2^nd round after beating Dragos Nicolae Cazacu 6-4 6-3, Gerard Campana Lee 7-6(5) 6-0 and Hugo Gaston 1-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Gaston, The Moldovan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Albot scored 109 points vs Gaston’s 100. Albot was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Albot scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 9 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Albot broke Gaston 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Albot has an overall 11-22 win-loss record in 2025, 9-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Soto	Albot
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	24	66
Pts	87-75	254-214
Total Points	162	468
Winners	36	92
%Winners	41%	36%

Soto played 1 match while Albot competed in 3 matches. Albot started his run from the qualifications while Soto had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Radu Albot lost 1 set while Matias Soto hasn’t conceded a set so far. Soto has played 5 set(s) less than Albot (2 vs 7). Therefore, Soto played 42 games less than Albot. Soto scored 36 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Albot bagged 92 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Soto	Albot
Aces	7	2
Avg per match	7	0.7
1st in	51/79	140/213
%1st in	65%	66%
1st pts	36/51	92/140
%1st pts	71%	66%
2nd pts	15/28	35/73
%2nd pts	54%	48%

Soto recorded 7 aces . Albot blasted 2 aces (0.7 per match). Soto won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Soto	Albot
Won	4	16
Converted	4/10	16/35
% Converted	40%	46%
Conceded	4	26
Saved	2	16
% Saved	50%	62%
Times Broken	2	10

Matias broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Chilean dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Albot broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. Albot conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Soto
	R1 Ferreira Silva	Total
Score	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	24
pts	87-75	87-75
Total points	162	162
Winners	36	36
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	51/79	51/79
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	36/51	36/51
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	15/28	15/28
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Albot
	Q1 Nicolae	Q3 Campana	R1 Gaston	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	7-65 6-0	1-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	19	28	66
pts	75-59	70-55	109-100	254-214
Total points	134	125	209	468
Winners	22	33	37	92
%Winners	29%	47%	34%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1	2
Double Faults	1	1	9	11
1st in	34/50	50/69	56/94	140/213
% 1st in	68%	72%	60%	66%
1st pts	22/34	33/50	37/56	92/140
% 1st pts	65%	66%	66%	66%
2nd pts	10/16	8/19	17/38	35/73
% 2nd pts	63%	42%	45%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	5	5	16
Converted	6/12	5/7	5/16	16/35
Converted %	50%	71%	31%	46%
Conceded	9	7	10	26
Saved	6/9	5/7	5/10	16
Saved %	67%	71%	50%	188%
Times Broken	3	2	5	10

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