Jay Clarke and Denis Yevseyev will square off in the 2^nd round of the Soma Bay Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Jay Clarke who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jay Clarke is the pick to win this match.
Jay Clarke -> 1.43
Denis Yevseyev -> 2.58

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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Denis Yevseyev

This will be the 2^nd time that Jay Clarke and Denis Yevseyev 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 competed against each other, Clarke won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Qatar F1 (Doha) back in 2018.

Jay Clarke

Ranked no. 213, the Brit reached the 2^nd round after defeating Fares Zakaria 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Zakaria (6-1 6-3). During the match, Clarke scored 64 points vs Zakaria’s 46. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Clarke bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jay Clarke lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Jay broke Zakaria 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Clarke has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (348-242). 23-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Clarke has an overall 128-85 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Skopje Challenger where he overcame Nerman Fatic in the final 6-2 6-3.

Clarke has an aggregate 55-29 win-loss record in 2025, 23-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Soma Bay Challenger

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Denis Yevseyev

Ranked no. 401, Denis reached the 2^nd round after beating Sebastian Sorger 5-7 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Sorger, Yevseyev recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-1). During the match Yevseyev scored 102 points vs Sorger’s 92. Yevseyev was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Yevseyev scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Yevseyev lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Yevseyev put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (45/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Sorger 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

Denis has an overall 32-40 win-loss record in 2025, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Clarke	Yevseyev
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	29
Pts	64-46	102-92
Total Points	110	194
Winners	24	45
%Winners	38%	44%

Both Clarke and Yevseyev played 1 match. At the moment, Denis Yevseyev conceded 1 set while Jay Clarke hasn’t conceded a set so far. Clarke has played 1 set(s) less than Yevseyev (2 vs 3). Therefore, Clarke played 13 games less than Yevseyev. Clarke scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani made 45 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Clarke	Yevseyev
Aces	2	1
Avg per match	2	1
1st in	35/56	66/98
%1st in	63%	67%
1st pts	24/35	45/66
%1st pts	69%	68%
2nd pts	11/21	14/32
%2nd pts	52%	44%

Clarke bagged 2 aces . Yevseyev struck 1 ace . Clarke won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Yevseyev won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Clarke	Yevseyev
Won	5	6
Converted	5/6	6/12
% Converted	83%	50%
Conceded	4	11
Saved	3	7
% Saved	75%	64%
Times Broken	1	4

Clarke broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Yevseyev conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Clarke
	R1 Zakaria	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	64-46	64-46
Total points	110	110
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	35/56	35/56
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	24/35	24/35
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	11/21	11/21
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Yevseyev
	R1 Sorger	Total
Score	5-7 6-4 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	102-92	102-92
Total points	194	194
Winners	45	45
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	66/98	66/98
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	45/66	45/66
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	14/32	14/32
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/12	6/12
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Soma Bay Challenger

• Radu AlbotAlbot – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Egor AgafonovAgafonov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Dominik KellovskyKellovsky – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (7-6⁴ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Alexandr BindaBinda – Yurii DzhavakianDzhavakian (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Maxim MrvaMrva – Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos (4-6 6-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Matthew SummersSummers (7-6⁵ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Charlie RobertsonRobertson – Amr ElsayedElsayed (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Jannik OpitzOpitz – Mert AlkayaAlkaya (6-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – Maxim MrvaMrva (6-4 2-6 ret. (Marcos ret.)) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Sebastian SorgerSorger (5-7 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Peter FajtaFajta – Dali BlanchBlanch (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Giles HusseyHussey – Henry BernetBernet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Fares ZakariaZakaria (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Toby SamuelSamuel – Ilia SimakinSimakin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael Bassem SobhyBassem Sobhy – Mirza BasicBasic (6-3 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Sebastian SorgerSorger (5-7 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Matthew SummersSummers (7-6(5) 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Egor AgafonovAgafonov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Jannik OpitzOpitz – Mert AlkayaAlkaya (6-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Charlie RobertsonRobertson – Amr ElsayedElsayed (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominik KellovskyKellovsky – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Alexandr BindaBinda – Yurii DzhavakianDzhavakian (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Peter FajtaFajta – Dali BlanchBlanch (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Radu AlbotAlbot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jelle SelsSels – Jannik OpitzOpitz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin (0-0) – H2H and prediction