Vadym Ursu and Louis Wessels will square off 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 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 Vadym Ursu who should win in 3 sets.
Vadym Ursu -> 1.86
Louis Wessels -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Vadym Ursu vs. Louis Wessels
There is no head to head record between Vadym Ursu and Louis Wessels since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Vadym Ursu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-27 | 44-23 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-34 | 40-28 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-12 | 34-9 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 493, Ursu reached the qualifications after beating Georgii Kravchenko 3-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Kravchenko, Ursu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Ursu scored 96 points vs Kravchenko’s 88. Ursu was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ursu blasted 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Vadym Ursu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ursu put 66% of his first serves in, winning 73% (44/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Ursu broke Kravchenko 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
Ursu has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (178-130). 25-14 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ursu has an overall130-79 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Ursu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Kayseri.
Ursu has a composed 27-17 win-loss record in 2025, 25-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Louis Wessels
23 - 22win/loss
607
267
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-29 | 8-3 | 15-19 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 29-30 | 6-3 | 20-20 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 37-36 | 4-4 | 26-18 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 7-4 | 39-27 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 32-19 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 627, the German reached the qualifications after defeating S Mert Ozdemir 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Wessels had a good straight sets win against Mert Ozdemir (6-2 6-1). During the match Wessels scored 67 points vs Mert Ozdemir’s 43. The German was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Wessels scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Louis Wessels was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Wessels broke Mert Ozdemir 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The German’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion.
Wessels has a compiled 23-22 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ursu | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 15 |
| Pts | 96-88 | 67-43 |
| Total Points | 184 | 110 |
| Winners | 44 | 19 |
| %Winners | 46% | 28% |
Both Ursu and Wessels played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Vadym Ursu conceded 1 set while Louis Wessels hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ursu has played 1 set more than Wessels (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ursu played 14 games more than Wessels. Ursu scored 44 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Louis bagged 19 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ursu | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 60/91 | 23/41 |
| %1st in | 66% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 44/60 | 19/23 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 61% |
Ursu bagged 4 aces . Wessels fired 1 ace . Ursu won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Wessels won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ursu | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/15 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 20% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 57% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponent 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. Vadym dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Louis broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Wessels was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ursu | |||
| Q1 Kravchenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 96-88 | 96-88 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 60/91 | 60/91 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 44/60 | 44/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/15 | 3/15 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Wessels | |||
| Q1 Mert | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 67-43 | 67-43 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 23/41 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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