Jay Clarke and Andrea Picchione will clash against each other in the quarter of the Targu Mures 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jay Clarke who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jay Clarke is the pick to win this match.
Jay Clarke -> 1.34
Andrea Picchione -> 3.04

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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Andrea Picchione

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

Jay Clarke

Ranked no. 192, Jay got to the quarter after defeating Ryan Nijboer 6-3 6-2 and Radu Mihai Papoe 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Mihai Papoe, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Clarke scored 87 points vs Mihai Papoe’s 85. Jay was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Clarke scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jay Clarke lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Jay broke Mihai Papoe 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Clarke has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (338-234). 21-5 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Clarke has a composed 167-80 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Skopje Challenger where he beat Nerman Fatic in the final 6-2 6-3.

Jay has a composed 45-21 win-loss record in 2025, 21-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger

Clarke has never competed in this tournament before.

Andrea Picchione

Ranked no. 407, Picchione got to the quarter after defeating Sebastian Gima 6-3 6-4 and Corentin Denolly 6-4 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, Andrea had a good straight sets win against Denolly (6-4 6-0). During the match Picchione scored 63 points vs Denolly’s 40. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.

About the serving games, Picchione was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrea Picchione lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Picchione put 48% of his first serves in, winning 73% (16/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Denolly 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

Picchione’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Bolzano and M25 Montesilvano.

Picchione has an overall 36-21 win-loss record in 2025, 36-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Clarke	Picchione
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	45	35
Pts	156-135	129-90
Total Points	291	219
Winners	58	46
%Winners	37%	36%

Both Clarke and Picchione played 2 matches. At the moment, Jay Clarke dropped 1 set while Andrea Picchione hasn’t conceded a set so far. Clarke has played 1 set more than Picchione (5 vs 4). Therefore, Clarke played 10 games more than Picchione. Clarke scored 58 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 46 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Clarke	Picchione
Aces	3	1
Avg per match	1.5	0.5
1st in	78/137	60/103
%1st in	57%	58%
1st pts	58/78	46/60
%1st pts	74%	77%
2nd pts	30/59	20/43
%2nd pts	51%	47%

Clarke struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Picchione managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Clarke won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Picchione won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Clarke	Picchione
Won	8	10
Converted	8/17	10/20
% Converted	47%	50%
Conceded	7	9
Saved	3	5
% Saved	43%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Clarke broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Andrea broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Clarke
	R1 Nijboer	R2 Mihai	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	28	45
pts	69-50	87-85	156-135
Total points	119	172	291
Winners	25	33	58
%Winners	36%	38%	37%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	3
Double Faults	0	3	3
1st in	29/49	49/88	78/137
% 1st in	59%	56%	57%
1st pts	25/29	33/49	58/78
% 1st pts	86%	67%	74%
2nd pts	12/20	18/39	30/59
% 2nd pts	60%	46%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/11	5/6	8/17
Converted %	27%	83%	47%
Conceded	1	6	7
Saved	1/1	2/6	3
Saved %	100%	33%	67%
Times Broken	0	4	4

Picchione
	R1 Gima	R2 Denolly	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	16	35
pts	66-50	63-40	129-90
Total points	116	103	219
Winners	30	16	46
%Winners	45%	25%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	38/57	22/46	60/103
% 1st in	67%	48%	58%
1st pts	30/38	16/22	46/60
% 1st pts	79%	73%	77%
2nd pts	9/19	11/24	20/43
% 2nd pts	47%	46%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	7	10
Converted	3/9	7/11	10/20
Converted %	33%	64%	50%
Conceded	4	5	9
Saved	3/4	2/5	5
Saved %	75%	40%	58%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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