Toby Samuel and Mees Rottgering will square off in the 1^st round of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 21. 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 Toby Samuel who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Toby Samuel is the pick to win this match.
Toby Samuel -> 1.533
Mees Rottgering -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Toby Samuel vs. Mees Rottgering

There is no head to head record between Toby Samuel and Mees Rottgering since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Toby Samuel

Ranked no. 534, Toby got to the 1^st round after defeating Nino Ehrenschneider 6-4 6-1 and Dali Blanch 7-6(2) 7-5.

In the qualifications, Toby had a good straight sets win against Blanch (7-6² 7-5). During the match, Samuel scored 88 points vs Blanch’s 77. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Samuel fired 2 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Toby Samuel lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Samuel put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Toby broke Blanch 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Toby started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Samuel has a fantastic match record in the last 5 years having won 70% of his matches (83-35). 29-9 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Samuel has an overall48-15 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

Toby’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Aldershot and M15 Hurghada.

Toby has a compiled 37-14 win-loss record in 2025, 29-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Mees Rottgering

Ranked no. 695, Rottgering will start his run in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger after he played his last match in the Captif Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-7(4) 6-2 to Kukushkin in the 2^nd round on the 1^st of October.

Mees has an overall 23-22 win-loss record in 2025, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Rottgering’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Antalya and M15 Klagenfurt.

In terms of his career, Mees has an overall 48-41 record. He has a positive 21-17 record on hard.

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 5 Challenger

• Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Maxim MrvaMrva (6-3 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Charles BroomBroom – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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