Oliver Tarvet and Ioannis Xilas will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Hersonissos 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oliver Tarvet who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oliver Tarvet is the pick to win this match.
Oliver Tarvet -> 1.164
Ioannis Xilas -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Oliver Tarvet vs. Ioannis Xilas
There is no head to head record between Oliver Tarvet and Ioannis Xilas since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Oliver Tarvet
18 - 2win/loss
337
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LWLWWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-9 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 14-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-3 | 17-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 403, Oliver reached the 2nd round after defeating Blaise Bicknell 5-2 ret..
In the 1st round against Bicknell, Oliver had a free pass after Bicknell retired on a 5-2 . scoreline.
Tarvet has a fantastic record in the last 4 years having won 81% of his matches (59-14). 14-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tarvet has a compiled49-10 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
Tarvet’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 San Diego and M25 Roehampton.
The Brit has a compiled 18-2 win-loss record in 2025, 14-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 3 Challenger
Tarvet has never competed in this tournament before.
Ioannis Xilas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-17 | 29-11 | 12-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-20 | 23-14 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-6 | 0-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-11 | 4-7 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 869, Ioannis got to the 2nd round after beating Marek Gengel 6-4 3-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Gengel, the Greek had a free pass after Gengel retired on a 6-4 3-0 . scoreline.
Xilas’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
Xilas has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tarvet | Xilas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 7 | 13 |
| Pts | 28-20 | 49-31 |
| Total Points | 48 | 80 |
| Winners | 9 | 21 |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% |
Both Tarvet and Xilas played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Tarvet has played 1 set(s) less than Xilas (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tarvet played 6 games less than Xilas. The Brit scored 9 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Ioannis struck 21 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tarvet | Xilas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 10/18 | 28/43 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 9/10 | 21/28 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Tarvet fired 1 ace . Xilas also managed to score 1 ace . Tarvet won 90% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Xilas won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tarvet | Xilas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Tarvet broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Oliver extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Greek broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tarvet | |||
| R1 Bicknell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 7 | 7 | |
| pts | 28-20 | 28-20 | |
| Total points | 48 | 48 | |
| Winners | 9 | 9 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 9/10 | 9/10 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Xilas | |||
| R1 Gengel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 49-31 | 49-31 | |
| Total points | 80 | 80 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 3 Challenger
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (6-71 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dan AddedAdded – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Petr BrunclikBrunclik – Peter MakkMakk (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Harry WendelkenWendelken – Lucas PoullainPoullain (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Ioannis XilasXilas – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 1-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Filippo MoroniMoroni – Orel KimhiKimhi (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Oliver TarvetTarvet – Blaise BicknellBicknell (5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- George LoffhagenLoffhagen – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximus JonesJones – Jie CuiCui (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Alexandr BindaBinda (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Max WiskandtWiskandt – Stuart ParkerParker (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Rafael JodarJodar – Luca PotenzaPotenza (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 1-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Petr BrunclikBrunclik – Peter MakkMakk (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Filippo MoroniMoroni – Orel KimhiKimhi (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Dan AddedAdded – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Oliver TarvetTarvet – Blaise BicknellBicknell (5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Ioannis XilasXilas – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dan AddedAdded – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- George LoffhagenLoffhagen – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harry WendelkenWendelken – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
