James Story and Dimitris Sakellaridis will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Story who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Story is the pick to win this match.
James Story -> 1.35
Dimitris Sakellaridis -> 3.02

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Prediction and head to head James Story vs. Dimitris Sakellaridis

There is no head to head record between James Story and Dimitris Sakellaridis since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

James Story

Ranked no. 527, the Brit got to the qualifications after defeating Carlos Silvestre 6-1 6-0.

In the qualifications, Story had a good straight sets win against Silvestre (6-1 6-0). During the match, Story scored 55 points vs Silvestre’s 25. Story was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Story managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. James Story was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Silvestre 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Story has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (94-52). 26-12 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Story has an overall56-25 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

Story’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

Story has a composed 43-25 win-loss record in 2025, 26-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger

James has never competed in this tournament before.

Dimitris Sakellaridis

Ranked no. 809 (career-high), Sakellaridis got to the qualifications after defeating Olaf Pieczkowski 6-7(4) 3-1 ret..

In the qualifications against Pieczkowski, Sakellaridis had a free pass after Pieczkowski retired on a 6-7⁴ 3-1 . scoreline.

Dimitris’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir,M15 Slovenska Bistrica and M15 Mistelbach.

Dimitris has a compiled 75-39 win-loss record in 2025, 56-23 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Story	Sakellaridis
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	13	17
Pts	55-25	56-56
Total Points	80	112
Winners	23	16
%Winners	42%	29%

Both Story and Sakellaridis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dimitris Sakellaridis dropped 1 set while James Story hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Story has played 1 set(s) less than Sakellaridis (2 vs 3). Therefore, Story played 4 games less than Sakellaridis. The Brit scored 23 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek made 16 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Story	Sakellaridis
Aces	4	2
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	31/49	29/56
%1st in	63%	52%
1st pts	23/31	16/29
%1st pts	74%	55%
2nd pts	10/18	13/27
%2nd pts	56%	48%

Story blasted 4 aces . Sakellaridis recorded 2 aces . Story won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sakellaridis won 55% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Story	Sakellaridis
Won	5	4
Converted	5/6	4/10
% Converted	83%	40%
Conceded	2	7
Saved	2	4
% Saved	100%	57%
Times Broken	0	3

The Brit broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Brit very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Dimitris broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Dimitris conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Story
	Q1 Silvestre	Total
Score	6-1 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	55-25	55-25
Total points	80	80
Winners	23	23
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	31/49	31/49
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	23/31	23/31
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	10/18	10/18
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Sakellaridis
	Q1 Pieczkowski	Total
Score	6-74 3-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	56-56	56-56
Total points	112	112
Winners	16	16
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	29/56	29/56
% 1st in	52%	52%
1st pts	16/29	16/29
% 1st pts	55%	55%
2nd pts	13/27	13/27
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

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