Jay Clarke and Amaury Raynel will play each other in the 2nd round of the Targu Mures 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.164
Amaury Raynel -> 4.65

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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Amaury Raynel

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

Jay Clarke

Jay Clarke

47 - 22win/loss

Hard
22-8
I Hard
1-2
Clay
23-6
Grass
0-5
Carpet
1-1
Rank
213
High
153
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 55-29 23-8 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. 194, the Brit got to the 2nd round after beating Oleksandr Ovcharenko 6-0 6-4.

In the 1st round, Jay had a good straight sets win against Ovcharenko (6-0 6-4). During the match, Clarke scored 64 points vs Ovcharenko’s 43. Jay was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Clarke scored just 1 ace and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jay Clarke was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Clarke broke Ovcharenko 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Clarke has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (340-235). 23-6 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Clarke has an aggregate 169-81 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

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

Jay has a compiled 47-22 win-loss record in 2025, 23-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger

Targu Mures 2 Challenger
Clarke's Record

Amaury Raynel

Amaury Raynel

27 - 23win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
9-8
Clay
18-14
Rank
722
High
622
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-29 0-1 23-20 9-8 0-0 0-0
2024 23-20 4-4 10-9 9-7 0-0 0-0
2023 44-30 19-10 14-14 11-6 0-0 0-0
2022 42-30 20-12 19-14 2-3 0-0 1-1
2021 37-24 16-9 17-10 4-3 0-0 0-2
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Ranked no. 747, Amaury reached the 2nd round after beating Filippo Romano 3-6 6-4 6-2, Gianluca Cadenasso 7-6(5) 6-4 and Daniel Uta 6-1 6-1.

In the 1st round, Amaury had a good straight sets win against Uta (6-1 6-1). During the match Raynel scored 65 points vs Uta’s 41. Raynel was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Raynel scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Amaury Raynel lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Raynel put 92% of his first serves in, winning 55% (27/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 100% (4/4) on the 2nd serve. Raynel broke Uta 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).

Raynel’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Creteil and M15 Saarlouis.

Amaury has an aggregate 27-23 win-loss record in 2025, 18-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Targu Mures 2 Challenger
Raynel's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Clarke
A.Raynel
1h:16
1h:16
Time on court​
!
4h:59
4h:59
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
1h:12
1h:12
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
16
16
Games Played​
64
64
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
64
64
Total points​
228
228
64
64
Avg point​
76
76
21
21
Winners
111
111
21
21
Avg Winners​
37
37
33%
33%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
1
1
Avg Aces
0.3
0.3
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
21/29
21/29
1st won total​
111/178
111/178
!
72%
72%
1st won %
62%
62%
12/22
12/22
2nd won total​
12/22
12/22
55%
55%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
BP won
16/30
16/30
5/9
5/9
Avg BP won
5.3/10
5.3/10
!
56%
56%
Won
!
53%
53%
5
5
Conceded
14
14
5
5
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
1
1
Broken
8
8
1
1
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
4
4
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Clarke Raynel
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 7
Tot Games 16 64
Pts 64-43 228-184
Total Points 107 412
Winners 21 111
%Winners 33% 49%

Clarke played 1 match while Raynel competed in 3 matches. Raynel started his run from the qualifications while Clarke had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Amaury Raynel lost 1 set while Jay Clarke hasn’t dropped a set so far. Clarke has played 5 set(s) less than Raynel (2 vs 7). Therefore, Clarke played 48 games less than Raynel. The Brit scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 111 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Clarke Raynel
Aces 1 1
Avg per match 1 0.3
1st in 29/51 178/200
%1st in 57% 89%
1st pts 21/29 111/178
%1st pts 72% 62%
2nd pts 12/22 12/22
%2nd pts 55% 55%

Clarke managed to score 1 ace . Raynel also made 1 ace (0.3 per match). Clarke won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Raynel won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Clarke Raynel
Won 5 16
Converted 5/9 16/30
% Converted 56% 53%
Conceded 5 14
Saved 4 6
% Saved 80% 43%
Times Broken 1 8

Jay broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Amaury broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Raynel conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Clarke
R1
Ovcharenko		 Total
Score 6-0 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 64-43 64-43
Total points 107 107
Winners 21 21
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 29/51 29/51
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 21/29 21/29
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 12/22 12/22
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Raynel
Q1
Romano		 Q3
Cadenasso		 R1
Uta		 Total
Score 3-6 6-4 6-2 7-65 6-4 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 27 23 14 64
pts 80-69 83-74 65-41 228-184
Total points 149 157 106 412
Winners 42 42 27 111
%Winners 53% 51% 42% 49%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 1 1
Double Faults 3 1 0 4
1st in 61/71 68/76 49/53 178/200
% 1st in 86% 89% 92% 89%
1st pts 42/61 42/68 27/49 111/178
% 1st pts 69% 62% 55% 62%
2nd pts 4/10 4/8 4/4 12/22
% 2nd pts 40% 50% 100% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 4 7 16
Converted 5/8 4/8 7/14 16/30
Converted % 63% 50% 50% 53%
Conceded 4 6 4 14
Saved 1/4 3/6 2/4 6
Saved % 25% 50% 50% 125%
Times Broken 3 3 2 8

Tennis Scores in Targu Mures 2 Challenger

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