Justin Engel and Jakub Paul will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Cassis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Justin Engel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Justin Engel is the pick to win this match.
Justin Engel -> 1.66
Jakub Paul -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Justin Engel vs. Jakub Paul
There is no head to head record between Justin Engel and Jakub Paul since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Justin Engel
28 - 26win/loss
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LWWLWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-33 | 8-9 | 11-14 | 10-6 | 3-3 | 8-1 |
| 2024 | 37-17 | 4-3 | 32-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 220, Justin reached the 1st round after defeating Damien Salvestre 6-4 6-4 and Felix Corwin 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Corwin (6-1 6-0). During the match, Engel scored 53 points vs Corwin’s 23. The German was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Engel recorded 5 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Justin Engel was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 80% (4/5) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Justin broke Corwin 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Justin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Engel has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 55% of his matches (79-65). 5-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Engel has an aggregate9-9 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The German’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Cadolzburg.
Engel has an aggregate 27-26 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cassis Challenger
Justin has never competed in this tournament before.
Jakub Paul
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-21 | 14-5 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-27 | 15-9 | 17-11 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 20-4 | 14-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 25-26 | 4-4 | 20-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 34-21 | 4-3 | 17-10 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 288 (career-high), Jakub reached the 1st round after defeating Enzo Wallart 6-4 7-6(4) and David Pichler 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Pichler (7-5 6-1). During the match Paul scored 79 points vs Pichler’s 63. Paul was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Paul managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jakub Paul lost the serve once and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 70% of his first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Paul broke Pichler 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Paul’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger and the Zug Challenger.
The Swiss has an aggregate 35-17 win-loss record in 2025, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Engel | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 42 |
| Pts | 120-81 | 156-132 |
| Total Points | 201 | 288 |
| Winners | 45 | 70 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Engel and Paul played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Engel and Paul have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Engel played 9 games less than Paul. Engel scored 45 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Jakub blasted 70 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Engel | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 54/87 | 99/152 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 45/54 | 70/99 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 27/53 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 51% |
Engel recorded 11 aces (5.5 per match). Paul struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Engel won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Engel | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 42% | 47% |
| Conceded | 2 | 18 |
| Saved | 2 | 15 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Justin broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Justin very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Jakub broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Engel | ||||
| Q1 Salvestre |
Q3 Corwin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 13 | 33 | |
| pts | 67-58 | 53-23 | 120-81 | |
| Total points | 125 | 76 | 201 | |
| Winners | 24 | 21 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 24/29 | 54/87 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 83% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 21/24 | 45/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 88% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 4/5 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 80% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 6/9 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 67% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul | ||||
| Q1 Wallart |
Q3 Pichler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 77-69 | 79-63 | 156-132 | |
| Total points | 146 | 142 | 288 | |
| Winners | 31 | 39 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 49% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 57/82 | 99/152 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 39/57 | 70/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 68% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 11/25 | 27/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 44% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/7 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 57% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 | 18 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 12/13 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 92% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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