Daniel Rincon and Jelle Sels will play each other in the 1st round of the Sofia 1 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Rincon who should win in 3 sets.
Daniel Rincon -> 1.47
Jelle Sels -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Rincon vs. Jelle Sels
This will be the 3rd time that Daniel Rincon and Jelle Sels fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Rincon (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Rincon won 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Tampere Challenger back in 2024.
Daniel Rincon
23 - 21win/loss
239
181
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-28 | 8-2 | 15-21 | 9-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 3-7 | 25-19 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 19-7 | 31-18 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-29 | 6-10 | 31-16 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 9-8 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290, Daniel will start his run in the Sofia 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Tampere Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-2 6-1 to Barton in the 2nd round on the 23rd of July.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 23-21 win-loss record in 2025, 11-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Rincon’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger,the Tenerife 2 Challenger and the Glasgow Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Rincon has an overall 171-131 record. He has a positive 110-79 record on clay.
Previously in the Sofia 1 Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Jelle Sels
26 - 24win/loss
352
127
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-34 | 5-6 | 21-18 | 15-9 | 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. 329, Sels will start his run in the Sofia 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Cordenons Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Piraino in the 1st round on the 5th of August.
Sels has a composed 26-24 win-loss record in 2025, 19-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Jelle’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Cherbourg Challenger and M25 Carnac.
In terms of his career, Jelle has an overall 375-308 record. He has a positive 221-167 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Sofia 1 Challenger
- Sandro KoppKopp – Andrej NedicNedic (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Milos KarolKarol – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aryan ShahShah – Alexander DonskiDonski (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Naoya HondaHonda (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sandro KoppKopp – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Sebastian GimaGima (0-0) – H2H and prediction