Jay Clarke and Franco Agamenone will fight against each other in the final of the Targu Mures 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Franco Agamenone who should win in 3 sets.
Franco Agamenone -> 1.77
Jay Clarke -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Franco Agamenone
There is no head to head record between Jay Clarke and Franco Agamenone since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jay Clarke
50 - 22win/loss
213
153
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56-29 | 24-8 | 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 |
Ranked no. 194, Jay got to the final after beating Oleksandr Ovcharenko 6-0 6-4, Amaury Raynel 6-2 6-4, Gabi Adrian Boitan 6-0 7-5 and Miguel Damas 6-3 6-0.
In the semifinal, Clarke had a good straight sets win against Damas (6-3 6-0). During the match, Clarke scored 67 points vs Damas’s 43. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Clarke recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jay Clarke lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 53% of his first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Damas 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.
Clarke has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (343-235). 26-6 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Clarke has a composed 172-81 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Skopje Challenger where he defeated Nerman Fatic in the final 6-2 6-3.
Clarke has a compiled 50-22 win-loss record in 2025, 26-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger
Franco Agamenone
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-23 | 0-0 | 37-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-32 | 1-4 | 28-24 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-29 | 0-3 | 24-24 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-32 | 6-3 | 26-24 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 81-23 | 21-5 | 60-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 408, Agamenone got to the final after defeating Thomas Faurel 6-1 6-3, Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 6-3, Daniel Rincon 6-2 7-5 and Mathys Erhard 6-0 6-2.
In the semifinal, Franco had a good straight sets win against Erhard (6-0 6-2). During the match Agamenone scored 54 points vs Erhard’s 24. Franco was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Agamenone blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Franco Agamenone conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 76% of his first serves in, win 92% (24/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. Franco broke Erhard 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Belgrade.
The Italian has an aggregate 34-20 win-loss record in 2025, 34-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Clarke | Agamenone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 69 |
| Pts | 269-189 | 262-182 |
| Total Points | 458 | 444 |
| Winners | 99 | 98 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Clarke and Agamenone played 4 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Clarke and Agamenone have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Clarke played 2 games less than Agamenone. Jay scored 99 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Agamenone fired 98 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Clarke | Agamenone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1st in | 143/240 | 136/193 |
| %1st in | 60% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 99/143 | 98/136 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 46/97 | 26/57 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 46% |
Clarke recorded 8 aces (2 per match). Agamenone recorded 7 aces (1.8 per match). Clarke won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Agamenone won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Clarke | Agamenone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 22 |
| Converted | 23/39 | 22/49 |
| % Converted | 59% | 45% |
| Conceded | 23 | 14 |
| Saved | 16 | 7 |
| % Saved | 70% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Jay broke his opponents 23 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 22 times with a 45% conversion rate. Agamenone conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Clarke | ||||||
| R1 Ovcharenko | R2 Raynel | 1/4 Adrian | 1/2 Damas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-0 7-5 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 67 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 67-51 | 71-52 | 67-43 | 269-189 | |
| Total points | 107 | 118 | 123 | 110 | 458 | |
| Winners | 21 | 22 | 33 | 23 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | 46% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 40/62 | 43/69 | 31/58 | 143/240 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 65% | 62% | 53% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 22/40 | 33/43 | 23/31 | 99/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 55% | 77% | 74% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 11/22 | 10/26 | 13/27 | 46/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 50% | 38% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/13 | 5/6 | 6/11 | 23/39 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 54% | 83% | 55% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/7 | 4/5 | 5/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 43% | 80% | 83% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Agamenone | ||||||
| R1 Faurel | R2 Cristian | 1/4 Rincon | 1/2 Erhard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 69 | |
| pts | 60-35 | 67-56 | 81-67 | 54-24 | 262-182 | |
| Total points | 95 | 123 | 148 | 78 | 444 | |
| Winners | 21 | 24 | 29 | 24 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% | 36% | 44% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 38/56 | 41/57 | 26/34 | 136/193 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 72% | 76% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 24/38 | 29/41 | 24/26 | 98/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 63% | 71% | 92% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 9/18 | 7/16 | 4/8 | 26/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 50% | 44% | 50% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/11 | 5/18 | 5/8 | 22/49 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 45% | 28% | 63% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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