Jelle Sels and Thomas Faurel will play each other in the qualifications of the Tampere Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelle Sels who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jelle Sels is the pick to win this match.
Jelle Sels -> 1.54
Thomas Faurel -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Thomas Faurel
This will be the 2nd time that Jelle Sels and Thomas Faurel face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sels (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Sels won 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in M25 Carnac back in May 2025.
Jelle Sels
24 - 21win/loss
329
127
LLLWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-25 | 3-5 | 19-16 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-30 | 13-6 | 28-16 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-27 | 5-4 | 3-14 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-33 | 0-0 | 26-17 | 22-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 14-13 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 311, Jelle got to the qualifications after beating Oskari Eerola 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Sels had a good straight sets win against Eerola (6-2 6-2). During the match, Sels scored 58 points vs Eerola’s 37. Jelle was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sels wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jelle Sels was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (16/22) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sels broke Eerola 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Sels has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (332-256). 17-12 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sels has a composed 198-138 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Sels’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Cherbourg Challenger and M25 Carnac.
The Dutch has an overall 24-21 win-loss record in 2025, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Thomas Faurel
28 - 16win/loss
715
715
LWWWWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-19 | 4-2 | 32-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 806 (career-high), the French player got to the qualifications after defeating Dali Blanch 6-0 7-6(1).
In the qualifications, Faurel had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-0 7-61). During the match Faurel scored 80 points vs Blanch’s 57. Thomas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Faurel couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Thomas Faurel lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Faurel put 55% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Thomas broke Blanch 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Faurel’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Antalya.
The French player has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2025, 24-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Thomas has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sels | Faurel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 |
| Pts | 58-37 | 80-57 |
| Total Points | 95 | 137 |
| Winners | 16 | 25 |
| %Winners | 28% | 31% |
Both Sels and Faurel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sels and Faurel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sels played 3 games less than Faurel. The Dutch scored 16 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 25 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sels | Faurel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 22/42 | 37/67 |
| %1st in | 52% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 16/22 | 25/37 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 57% |
Sels didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Faurel also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sels won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Faurel won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sels | Faurel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 60% | 42% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 33% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Jelle broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Dutch lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Faurel broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sels | |||
| Q1 Eerola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 58-37 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/42 | 22/42 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Faurel | |||
| Q1 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 80-57 | 80-57 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/67 | 37/67 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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