Jay Clarke and Fares Zakaria will square off in the 1st round of the Soma Bay Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jay Clarke who should win in 2 sets.
Jay Clarke -> 1.24
Fares Zakaria -> 3.56
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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Fares Zakaria
This will be the 2nd time that Jay Clarke and Fares Zakaria play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Clarke (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Clarke won 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in M25 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2023.
Jay Clarke
54 - 29win/loss
213
153
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-29 | 22-8 | 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. 213, Clarke will start his run in the Soma Bay Challenger after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(5) to Blanch in the quarter on the 7th of November.
The Brit has a composed 54-29 win-loss record in 2025, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Skopje Challenger where he defeated Nerman Fatic in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Jay has an overall 347-242 record. He has a positive 127-85 record on hard.
Previously in the Soma Bay Challenger
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Fares Zakaria
33 - 24win/loss
527
525
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-24 | 33-21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-28 | 24-17 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-25 | 24-19 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 21-15 | 12-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 5-10 | 16-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 525 (career-high), Zakaria will start his run in the Soma Bay Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Sharm ElSheikh where he lost 3-6 6-1 6-4 to Arzhankin in the 1st round on the 5th of November.
The Egyptian has an aggregate 33-24 win-loss record in 2025, 33-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Fares’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Monastir.
In terms of his career, The Egyptian has an overall 154-145 record. He has a positive 109-90 record on hard.
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