Giles Hussey and Radu Albot will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Soma Bay Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giles Hussey who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giles Hussey is the pick to win this match.
Giles Hussey -> 1.68
Radu Albot -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Giles Hussey vs. Radu Albot

There is no head to head record between Giles Hussey and Radu Albot since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Giles Hussey

Ranked no. 334, Giles reached the 2^nd round after defeating Henry Bernet 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Giles had a good straight sets win against Bernet (6-3 6-4). During the match, Hussey scored 63 points vs Bernet’s 47. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hussey made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Giles Hussey was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hussey broke Bernet twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Hussey has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (201-119). 42-20 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hussey has an overall135-69 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

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

Hussey has an aggregate 48-26 win-loss record in 2025, 42-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Soma Bay Challenger

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Radu Albot

Ranked no. 448, Radu reached the 2^nd round after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Albot had a good straight sets win against Orlov (6-3 7-5). During the match Albot scored 65 points vs Orlov’s 56. Radu was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Albot managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 60% of his first serves in, winning 75% (30/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. Albot broke Orlov 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Radu has a compiled 25-32 win-loss record in 2025, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hussey	Albot
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	21
Pts	63-47	65-56
Total Points	110	121
Winners	28	30
%Winners	44%	46%

Both Hussey and Albot played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hussey and Albot have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hussey played 2 games less than Albot. The Brit scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Albot bagged 30 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hussey	Albot
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	39/56	40/67
%1st in	70%	60%
1st pts	28/39	30/40
%1st pts	72%	75%
2nd pts	14/17	9/27
%2nd pts	82%	33%

Hussey blasted 2 aces . Albot made 6 aces . Hussey won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hussey	Albot
Won	2	5
Converted	2/5	5/8
% Converted	40%	63%
Conceded	2	5
Saved	2	2
% Saved	100%	40%
Times Broken	0	3

Giles broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Hussey pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Albot broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Albot conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Hussey
	R1 Bernet	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	63-47	63-47
Total points	110	110
Winners	28	28
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	39/56	39/56
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	28/39	28/39
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	14/17	14/17
% 2nd pts	82%	82%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Albot
	R1 Orlov	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	65-56	65-56
Total points	121	121
Winners	30	30
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	40/67	40/67
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	30/40	30/40
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	9/27	9/27
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

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
• 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
• Giles HusseyHussey – Henry BernetBernet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Fares ZakariaZakaria (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Sebastian SorgerSorger (5-7 6-4 6-1) – 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