Max Houkes and Sumit Nagal will face off in the 2^nd round of the Tampere Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.4
Max Houkes -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Sumit Nagal

This will be the 2^nd time that Max Houkes and Sumit Nagal face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nagal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Nagal won 7-5 6-0 in the quarter in the Rome Challenger back in 2023.

Max Houkes

Ranked no. 288, Max got to the 2^nd round after defeating Vesa Ahti 6-2 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Max had a good straight sets win against Ahti (6-2 7-5). During the match, Houkes scored 70 points vs Ahti’s 49. Max was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Houkes blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Houkes lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Ahti 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Houkes has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (276-149). 27-19 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Houkes has a compiled262-130 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Dutch’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Max has a composed 27-21 win-loss record in 2025, 27-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Houkes has never competed in this tournament before.

Sumit Nagal

Ranked no. 306, Sumit reached the 2^nd round after beating Jay Clarke 7-6(4) 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Nagal had a good straight sets win against Clarke (7-6⁴ 6-1). During the match Nagal scored 80 points vs Clarke’s 62. Sumit was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Nagal couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 71% of his first serves in, winning 61% (31/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Nagal broke Clarke 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

The Indian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Trieste Challenger.

Nagal has an overall 17-19 win-loss record in 2025, 15-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Houkes	Nagal
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
Pts	70-49	80-62
Total Points	119	142
Winners	26	31
%Winners	37%	39%

Both Houkes and Nagal played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Houkes and Nagal have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). Max scored 26 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Sumit bagged 31 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Houkes	Nagal
Aces	4	0
Avg per match	4	0
1st in	37/55	51/72
%1st in	67%	71%
1st pts	26/37	31/51
%1st pts	70%	61%
2nd pts	15/18	9/21
%2nd pts	83%	43%

Houkes struck 4 aces . Nagal didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Houkes won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Houkes	Nagal
Won	4	6
Converted	4/7	6/15
% Converted	57%	40%
Conceded	5	8
Saved	4	4
% Saved	80%	50%
Times Broken	1	4

Max broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Dutch lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Nagal broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Nagal conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Houkes
	R1 Ahti	Total
Score	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	70-49	70-49
Total points	119	119
Winners	26	26
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/55	37/55
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	26/37	26/37
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	15/18	15/18
% 2nd pts	83%	83%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Nagal
	R1 Clarke	Total
Score	7-64 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	80-62	80-62
Total points	142	142
Winners	31	31
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	51/72	51/72
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	31/51	31/51
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	9/21	9/21
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/15	6/15
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

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