Radu Mihai Papoe and Thomas Faurel will face off in the qualifications of the Targu Mures 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Mihai Papoe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Radu Mihai Papoe is the pick to win this match.
Radu Mihai Papoe -> 1.59
Thomas Faurel -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Radu Mihai Papoe vs. Thomas Faurel

There is no head to head record between Radu Mihai Papoe and Thomas Faurel since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Radu Mihai Papoe

Ranked no. 581, Radu reached the qualifications after beating Dan Martin 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Romanian defeated Martin (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match, Mihai Papoe scored 94 points vs Martin’s 89. Radu was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mihai Papoe recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Radu Mihai Papoe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mihai Papoe put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Martin 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Mihai Papoe has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 70% of his matches (135-58). 26-10 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mihai Papoe has an aggregate104-43 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

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

Mihai Papoe has an overall 26-11 win-loss record in 2025, 26-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger

Thomas Faurel

Ranked no. 595 (career-high), Thomas got to the qualifications after beating Juan Cruz Martin Manzano 7-5 6-1.

In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Cruz Martin Manzano (7-5 6-1). During the match Faurel scored 68 points vs Cruz Martin Manzano’s 43. The French player was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Faurel scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thomas Faurel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Faurel put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Thomas broke Cruz Martin Manzano 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Faurel’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sofia.

Thomas has a compiled 41-22 win-loss record in 2025, 37-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mihai Papoe	Faurel
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	28	19
Pts	94-89	68-43
Total Points	183	111
Winners	40	21
%Winners	43%	31%

Both Mihai Papoe and Faurel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Radu Mihai Papoe conceded 1 set while Thomas Faurel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mihai Papoe has played 1 set more than Faurel (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mihai Papoe played 9 games more than Faurel. Mihai Papoe scored 40 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Faurel struck 21 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mihai Papoe	Faurel
Aces	3	2
Avg per match	3	2
1st in	59/91	30/51
%1st in	65%	59%
1st pts	40/59	21/30
%1st pts	68%	70%
2nd pts	13/32	11/21
%2nd pts	41%	52%

Mihai Papoe bagged 3 aces . Faurel managed to score 2 aces . Mihai Papoe won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Faurel won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mihai Papoe	Faurel
Won	5	7
Converted	5/14	7/12
% Converted	36%	58%
Conceded	9	4
Saved	5	1
% Saved	56%	25%
Times Broken	4	3

Mihai Papoe broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Thomas broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Mihai Papoe
	Q1 Martin	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	94-89	94-89
Total points	183	183
Winners	40	40
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	59/91	59/91
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	40/59	40/59
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	13/32	13/32
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/14
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	5/9	5
Saved %	56%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Faurel
	Q1 Cruz Martin Manzano	Total
Score	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	68-43	68-43
Total points	111	111
Winners	21	21
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	30/51	30/51
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	21/30	21/30
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	11/21	11/21
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/12	7/12
Converted %	58%	58%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

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