Jay Clarke and Sumit Nagal will face off in the 1st round of the Tampere Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.727
Jay Clarke -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Sumit Nagal
This will be the 5th time that Jay Clarke and Sumit Nagal square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Nagal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Nagal won 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in the Chennai Challenger back in 2023.
Jay Clarke
41 - 18win/loss
200
153
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58-30 | 26-9 | 26-9 | 5-6 | 0-5 | 1-1 |
| 2024 | 54-29 | 6-4 | 41-18 | 6-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 10-12 | 21-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-27 | 11-12 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 7-7 | 8-14 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 200, Jay will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-1 7-5 6-2 to Evans in the 1st round on the 1st of July.
The Brit has a compiled 41-18 win-loss record in 2025, 18-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Skopje Challenger where he overcame Nerman Fatic in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Jay has an overall 334-231 record. He has a positive 164-78 record on clay.
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Sumit Nagal
16 - 19win/loss
276
68
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-27 | 2-3 | 30-23 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-29 | 15-13 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 306, Sumit will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he played his last match in Bastad where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Skatov in the qualifications on the 13th of July.
Nagal has a composed 16-19 win-loss record in 2025, 14-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Sumit’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Trieste Challenger.
In terms of his career, Nagal has an overall 346-241 record. He has a positive 239-147 record on clay.
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Olle WallinWallin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Billy SuarezSuarez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Aristotelis ThanosThanos – Milos KarolKarol (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Olle WallinWallin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Aristotelis ThanosThanos – Milos KarolKarol (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Billy SuarezSuarez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Eero VasaVasa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Sumit NagalNagal (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vesa AhtiAhti – Max HoukesHoukes (0-0) – H2H and prediction