Dali Blanch and Toby Samuel will play each other in the qualifications of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 21. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Toby Samuel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Toby Samuel is the pick to win this match.
Toby Samuel -> 1.85
Dali Blanch -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Dali Blanch vs. Toby Samuel
There is no head to head record between Dali Blanch and Toby Samuel since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dali Blanch
43 - 24win/loss
451
433
LLLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-30 | 11-14 | 36-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-29 | 9-14 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 17-17 | 19-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-28 | 11-17 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-20 | 10-10 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 446, Blanch got to the qualifications after defeating Adrian Oetzbach 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Oetzbach (6-3 6-1). During the match, Blanch scored 54 points vs Oetzbach’s 30. The American was very aggressive to blast 11 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blanch blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Dali Blanch was very effective on serve to win 73% (11/15) of his 1st serve and 78% (21/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blanch broke Oetzbach 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Blanch has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 51% of his matches (139-131). 7-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanch has an overall55-67 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Blanch’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
The American has a compiled 43-24 win-loss record in 2025, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger
Blanch has never competed in this tournament before.
Toby Samuel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57-16 | 49-11 | 3-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-14 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 8-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-5 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 534, Toby got to the qualifications after defeating Nino Ehrenschneider 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Samuel had a good straight sets win against Ehrenschneider (6-4 6-1). During the match Samuel scored 67 points vs Ehrenschneider’s 47. Samuel was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Samuel recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Toby Samuel was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Toby broke Ehrenschneider 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Brit’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Aldershot and M15 Hurghada.
Samuel has a composed 36-14 win-loss record in 2025, 28-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 |
| Pts | 54-30 | 67-47 |
| Total Points | 84 | 114 |
| Winners | 11 | 29 |
| %Winners | 20% | 43% |
Both Blanch and Samuel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Blanch and Samuel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Blanch played 1 game less than Samuel. Dali scored 11 winners (20% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit made 29 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 15/42 | 36/53 |
| %1st in | 36% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 11/15 | 29/36 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 21/27 | 9/17 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 53% |
Blanch scored 3 aces . Samuel scored 2 aces . Blanch won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Samuel won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 83% | 33% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Samuel broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Brit was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Blanch | |||
| Q1 Oetzbach |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 54-30 | 54-30 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 11 | 11 | |
| %Winners | 20% | 20% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 15/42 | 15/42 | |
| % 1st in | 36% | 36% | |
| 1st pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Samuel | |||
| Q1 Ehrenschneider |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 67-47 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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