Mert Alkaya and Michal Krajci will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on LIMAK 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 Mert Alkaya who should win in 3 sets.
Mert Alkaya -> 1.58
Michal Krajci -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Mert Alkaya vs. Michal Krajci
There is no head to head record between Mert Alkaya and Michal Krajci since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mert Alkaya
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51-23 | 51-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-21 | 20-7 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-17 | 10-5 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 648 (career-high), Alkaya reached the qualifications after beating Alexander Donski 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Donski, Mert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 6-4 6-2). During the match, Alkaya scored 96 points vs Donski’s 91. Mert was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alkaya blasted 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Mert Alkaya was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 57% (29/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Turk broke Donski 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Alkaya has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (142-115). 31-18 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alkaya has an overall64-34 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Mert’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Turku.
Alkaya has a composed 31-18 win-loss record in 2025, 31-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Michal Krajci
40 - 20win/loss
584
584
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-28 | 46-19 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2024 | 40-26 | 27-13 | 9-7 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-16 | 18-9 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 664, the Slovakian got to the qualifications after defeating Max Wiskandt 3-6 6-1 6-1
.In the qualifications against Wiskandt, The Slovakian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-1). During the match Krajci scored 83 points vs Wiskandt’s 57. Michal was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Krajci recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Michal Krajci was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Krajci broke Wiskandt 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Krajci’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sharm ElSheikh.
Krajci has a composed 40-20 win-loss record in 2025, 35-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alkaya | Krajci |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 23 |
| Pts | 96-91 | 83-57 |
| Total Points | 187 | 140 |
| Winners | 33 | 29 |
| %Winners | 34% | 35% |
Both Alkaya and Krajci played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Mert Alkaya dropped 1 set, while Michal Krajci lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Alkaya and Krajci have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Alkaya played 8 games more than Krajci. Mert scored 33 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Krajci made 29 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alkaya | Krajci |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 42/93 | 36/58 |
| %1st in | 45% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 29/36 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 14/22 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 64% |
Alkaya blasted 4 aces . Krajci blasted 6 aces . Alkaya won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Krajci won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alkaya | Krajci |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 36% | 63% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Mert broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Mert surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Krajci broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Krajci conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alkaya | |||
| Q1 Donski | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 96-91 | 96-91 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/93 | 42/93 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Krajci | |||
| Q1 Wiskandt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 83-57 | 83-57 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/58 | 36/58 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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