Lukas Klein and Saba Purtseladze will face off in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Klein who should win in 2 sets.
Lukas Klein -> 1.363
Saba Purtseladze -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Lukas Klein vs. Saba Purtseladze
There is no head to head record between Lukas Klein and Saba Purtseladze since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Lukas Klein
28 - 20win/loss
141
109
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-27 | 6-9 | 17-8 | 5-9 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-24 | 16-10 | 9-7 | 5-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 9-8 | 15-12 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-22 | 5-0 | 27-17 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 0-2 | 23-17 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, Klein will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Agustin in the qualifications on the 18th of August.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 28-20 win-loss record in 2025, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Marino Challenger where he defeated Dino Prizmic in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Zug Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Lukas has an overall 355-219 record. He has a positive 105-55 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.
Saba Purtseladze
49 - 20win/loss
287
237
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51-27 | 50-17 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-34 | 25-20 | 9-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-37 | 44-27 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-35 | 34-26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-23 | 20-16 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 265, the Georgean will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Manacor Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4
to Masur in the 1st round on the 27th of August.Saba has an aggregate 49-20 win-loss record in 2025, 49-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tbilisi Challenger where he beat Federico Cina in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
In terms of his career, Purtseladze has an overall 204-168 record. He has a positive 175-107 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
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