Eliot Spizzirri and Zachary Svajda will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Newport Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.49
Eliot Spizzirri -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. Zachary Svajda

This will be the 2^nd time that Eliot Spizzirri and Zachary Svajda fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Svajda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Svajda won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in M25 Austin back in 2021.

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 128, the American got to the semifinal after beating Evan Zhu 7-5 6-2, Aidan Mayo 6-4 6-4 and Tristan Schoolkate 4-6 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter against Schoolkate, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Spizzirri scored 100 points vs Schoolkate’s 89. Eliot was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Spizzirri fired 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Eliot Spizzirri was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (40/53) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The American broke Schoolkate 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Spizzirri has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (90-59). 5-5 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Spizzirri has a composed6-7 record in the last 5 years on grass.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Diego Challenger where he overcame Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.

Eliot has an overall 26-19 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Newport Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Zachary Svajda

Ranked no. 229, the American reached the semifinal after defeating Quinn Vandecasteele 6-2 6-3, Brandon Holt 4-6 6-0 6-1 and Yosuke Watanuki 7-5 6-4.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (7-5 6-4). During the match Svajda scored 79 points vs Watanuki’s 65. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Svajda scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zachary Svajda lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Svajda put 45% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the 2nd serve. Svajda broke Watanuki 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

Svajda’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Ilkley Challenger.

Svajda has an overall 19-17 win-loss record in 2025, 12-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Spizzirri	Svajda
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	70	62
Pts	226-183	223-148
Total Points	409	371
Winners	98	72
%Winners	43%	32%

Both Spizzirri and Svajda played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Eliot Spizzirri lost 1 set, while Zachary Svajda conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Spizzirri and Svajda have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Spizzirri played 8 games more than Svajda. The American scored 98 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Svajda blasted 72 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Spizzirri	Svajda
Aces	25	22
Avg per match	8.3	7.3
1st in	126/196	89/166
%1st in	64%	54%
1st pts	98/126	72/89
%1st pts	78%	81%
2nd pts	36/70	49/77
%2nd pts	51%	64%

Spizzirri blasted 25 aces (8.3 per match). Svajda made 22 aces (7.3 per match). Spizzirri won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Svajda won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Spizzirri	Svajda
Won	11	14
Converted	11/22	14/30
% Converted	50%	47%
Conceded	12	6
Saved	7	2
% Saved	58%	33%
Times Broken	5	4

The American broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Eliot surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Svajda conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Spizzirri
	R1 Zhu	R2 Mayo	1/4 Schoolkate	Total
Score	7-5 6-2	6-4 6-4	4-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	20	20	30	70
pts	67-46	59-48	100-89	226-183
Total points	113	107	189	409
Winners	30	28	40	98
%Winners	45%	47%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	10	8	7	25
Double Faults	1	0	5	6
1st in	41/55	32/51	53/90	126/196
% 1st in	75%	63%	59%	64%
1st pts	30/41	28/32	40/53	98/126
% 1st pts	73%	88%	75%	78%
2nd pts	5/14	12/19	19/37	36/70
% 2nd pts	36%	63%	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	2	4	11
Converted	5/6	2/3	4/13	11/22
Converted %	83%	67%	31%	50%
Conceded	3	0	9	12
Saved	1/3	0/0	6/9	7
Saved %	33%	–	67%	33%
Times Broken	2	0	3	5

Svajda
	R1 Vandecasteele	R2 Holt	1/4 Watanuki	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	4-6 6-0 6-1	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	17	23	22	62
pts	64-42	80-41	79-65	223-148
Total points	106	121	144	371
Winners	24	27	21	72
%Winners	38%	34%	27%	32%
SERVE
Aces	5	10	7	22
Double Faults	0	1	2	3
1st in	26/40	31/55	32/71	89/166
% 1st in	65%	56%	45%	54%
1st pts	24/26	27/31	21/32	72/89
% 1st pts	92%	87%	66%	81%
2nd pts	9/14	19/24	21/39	49/77
% 2nd pts	64%	79%	54%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	5	5	14
Converted	4/9	5/10	5/11	14/30
Converted %	44%	50%	45%	47%
Conceded	1	1	4	6
Saved	1/1	0/1	1/4	2
Saved %	100%	0%	25%	42%
Times Broken	0	1	3	4

Tennis Scores in Newport Challenger

• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Bernard TomicTomic (4-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – James WattWatt (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – (0-0) – H2H and prediction