Jay Clarke and Radu Mihai Papoe will play each other in the 2nd round of the Targu Mures 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jay Clarke who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jay Clarke is the pick to win this match.
Jay Clarke -> 1.67
Radu Mihai Papoe -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Radu Mihai Papoe

There is no head to head record between Jay Clarke and Radu Mihai Papoe since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jay Clarke

Jay Clarke

44 - 21win/loss

Hard
22-8
I Hard
1-2
Clay
20-5
Grass
0-5
Carpet
1-1
Rank
213
High
153
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 54-29 22-8 26-9 5-6 0-5 1-1
2024 54-29 6-4 41-18 6-5 1-2 0-0
2023 34-19 10-12 21-4 2-2 1-1 0-0
2022 22-27 11-12 3-4 7-6 1-5 0-0
2021 19-28 7-7 8-14 3-3 1-4 0-0
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Ranked no. 192, Jay got to the 2nd round after beating Ryan Nijboer 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Clarke had a good straight sets win against Nijboer (6-3 6-2). During the match, Clarke scored 69 points vs Nijboer’s 50. Jay was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Clarke couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Jay Clarke was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jay broke Nijboer 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Clarke has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (337-234). 20-5 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Clarke has an aggregate 166-80 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Skopje Challenger where he overcame Nerman Fatic in the final 6-2 6-3.

The Brit has a compiled 44-21 win-loss record in 2025, 20-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger

Clarke has never competed in this tournament before.

Targu Mures 1 Challenger
Clarke's Record

Radu Mihai Papoe

Radu Mihai Papoe

25 - 10win/loss

Clay
25-9
Rank
609
High
509
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-13 0-0 30-12 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 25-10 0-0 19-6 6-4 0-0 0-0
2023 32-8 0-0 19-6 13-2 0-0 0-0
2022 23-9 3-1 16-5 4-3 0-0 0-0
2021 16-11 2-1 11-7 3-3 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 620, Radu reached the 2nd round after defeating David Poljak 6-1 7-5, Jan Jermar 6-4 6-0 and Gerard Campana Lee 6-4 7-6(6).

In the 1st round, Mihai had a good straight sets win against Campana Lee (6-4 7-66). During the match Mihai scored 85 points vs Campana Lee’s 76. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Mihai scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Radu Mihai Papoe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mihai put 73% of his first serves in, winning 61% (33/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Radu broke Campana Lee 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

The Romanian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Curtea de Arges.

The Romanian has a composed 25-10 win-loss record in 2025, 25-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Targu Mures 1 Challenger
Mihai's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Clarke
R.Mihai Papoe
1h:38
1h:38
Time on court​
!
4h:49
4h:49
1h:38
1h:38
Last match​
!
2h:12
2h:12
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
17
17
Games Played​
58
58
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
69
69
Total points​
216
216
69
69
Avg point​
72
72
25
25
Winners
77
77
25
25
Avg Winners​
25.7
25.7
36%
36%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
0
0
Avg Aces
0.3
0.3
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
25/29
25/29
1st won total​
77/111
77/111
!
86%
86%
1st won %
69%
69%
12/20
12/20
2nd won total​
33/59
33/59
60%
60%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
BP won
16/29
16/29
3/11
3/11
Avg BP won
5.3/9.7
5.3/9.7
!
27%
27%
Won
!
55%
55%
1
1
Conceded
16
16
1
1
Avg Conceded
5.3
5.3
0
0
Broken
7
7
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
1
1
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Clarke Mihai
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 17 58
Pts 69-50 216-157
Total Points 119 373
Winners 25 77
%Winners 36% 36%

Clarke played 1 match while Mihai competed in 3 matches. Mihai started his run from the qualifications while Clarke had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Clarke has played 4 set(s) less than Mihai (2 vs 6). Therefore, Clarke played 41 games less than Mihai. Clarke scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 77 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Clarke Mihai
Aces 0 1
Avg per match 0 0.3
1st in 29/49 111/170
%1st in 59% 65%
1st pts 25/29 77/111
%1st pts 86% 69%
2nd pts 12/20 33/59
%2nd pts 60% 56%

Clarke didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mihai blasted 1 ace (0.3 per match). Clarke won 86% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Mihai won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Clarke Mihai
Won 3 16
Converted 3/11 16/29
% Converted 27% 55%
Conceded 1 16
Saved 1 9
% Saved 100% 56%
Times Broken 0 7

Clarke broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Jay very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Radu broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Mihai conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Clarke
R1
Nijboer		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 69-50 69-50
Total points 119 119
Winners 25 25
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 29/49 29/49
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 25/29 25/29
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 12/20 12/20
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/11 3/11
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Mihai
Q1
Poljak		 Q3
Jermar 		R1
Campana Lee		 Total
Score 6-1 7-5 6-4 6-0 6-4 7-66
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 16 23 58
pts 72-48 59-33 85-76 216-157
Total points 120 92 161 373
Winners 26 18 33 77
%Winners 36% 31% 39% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 1 1
Double Faults 1 1 3 5
1st in 37/56 20/40 54/74 111/170
% 1st in 66% 50% 73% 65%
1st pts 26/37 18/20 33/54 77/111
% 1st pts 70% 90% 61% 69%
2nd pts 10/19 12/20 11/20 33/59
% 2nd pts 53% 60% 55% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 5 5 16
Converted 6/11 5/9 5/9 16/29
Converted % 55% 56% 56% 55%
Conceded 6 1 9 16
Saved 4/6 0/1 5/9 9
Saved % 67% 0% 56% 123%
Times Broken 2 1 4 7

Tennis Scores in Targu Mures 1 Challenger

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