Maximus Jones and Theo Papamalamis will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Hersonissos 3 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 21. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Theo Papamalamis who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Theo Papamalamis is the pick to win this match.
Theo Papamalamis -> 1.727
Maximus Jones -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Maximus Jones vs. Theo Papamalamis

There is no head to head record between Maximus Jones and Theo Papamalamis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Maximus Jones

Ranked no. 387 (career-high), Maximus got to the 2^nd round after defeating Jie Cui 7-5 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Thai had a good straight sets win against Cui (7-5 6-1). During the match, Jones scored 64 points vs Cui’s 51. Jones was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Jones fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Maximus Jones was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Thai broke Cui 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Jones has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 52% of his matches (124-116). 21-12 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Jones has an aggregate104-89 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Abidjan 1 Challenger where he overcame Ricardas Berankis in the final 6-3 4-6 6-4.

Maximus has an aggregate 29-19 win-loss record in 2025, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 3 Challenger

Jones has never competed in this tournament before.

Theo Papamalamis

Ranked no. 644, Papamalamis reached the 2^nd round after defeating Aoran Wang 6-0 ret., Arthur Reymond 4-1 ret. and Petros Tsitsipas 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Papamalamis had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (6-4 6-3). During the match Papamalamis scored 69 points vs Tsitsipas’s 47. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Papamalamis recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Theo Papamalamis was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Tsitsipas 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Ithaca.

The French player has a compiled 18-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Jones	Papamalamis
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	19	30
Pts	64-51	115-61
Total Points	115	176
Winners	29	32
%Winners	45%	28%

Jones played 1 match while Papamalamis competed in 3 matches. Papamalamis started his run from the qualifications while Jones had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Jones has played 4 set(s) less than Papamalamis (2 vs 6). Therefore, Jones played 11 games less than Papamalamis. The Thai scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 32 winners (28%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Jones	Papamalamis
Aces	5	4
Avg per match	5	1.3
1st in	38/66	39/80
%1st in	58%	49%
1st pts	29/38	32/39
%1st pts	76%	82%
2nd pts	15/28	26/41
%2nd pts	54%	63%

Jones struck 5 aces . Papamalamis blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Jones won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Papamalamis won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Jones	Papamalamis
Won	4	9
Converted	4/7	9/17
% Converted	57%	53%
Conceded	4	3
Saved	3	1
% Saved	75%	33%
Times Broken	1	2

Jones broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Jones dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Theo broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Jones
	R1 Cui	Total
Score	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	64-51	64-51
Total points	115	115
Winners	29	29
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	38/66	38/66
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	29/38	29/38
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	15/28	15/28
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Papamalamis
	Q1 Wang	Q3 Reymond	R1 Tsitsipas	Total
Score	6-0 ret.	4-1 ret.	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	1	1	2	4
Tot Games	6	5	19	30
pts	25-8	21-6	69-47	115-61
Total points	33	27	116	176
Winners	4	8	20	32
%Winners	16%	38%	29%	28%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	4	4
Double Faults	0	1	1	2
1st in	5/18	9/14	25/48	39/80
% 1st in	28%	64%	52%	49%
1st pts	4/5	8/9	20/25	32/39
% 1st pts	80%	89%	80%	82%
2nd pts	9/13	4/5	13/23	26/41
% 2nd pts	69%	80%	57%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	1	5	9
Converted	3/4	1/1	5/12	9/17
Converted %	75%	100%	42%	53%
Conceded	1	0	2	3
Saved	1/1	0/0	0/2	1
Saved %	100%	–	0%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 3 Challenger

• Harry WendelkenWendelken – Lucas PoullainPoullain (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Filippo MoroniMoroni – Orel KimhiKimhi (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• George LoffhagenLoffhagen – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Petr BrunclikBrunclik – Peter MakkMakk (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Oliver TarvetTarvet – Blaise BicknellBicknell (5-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Dan AddedAdded – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Laurent LokoliLokoli – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (6-7¹ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 1-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Ioannis XilasXilas – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Alexandr BindaBinda (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Luca PotenzaPotenza (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Max WiskandtWiskandt – Stuart ParkerParker (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Maximus JonesJones – Jie CuiCui (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-3) – 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
• Oliver TarvetTarvet – Blaise BicknellBicknell (5-2 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