Toby Samuel and Peter Fajta will play each other in the 2nd round of the Soma Bay Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Toby Samuel who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Toby Samuel is the pick to win this match.
Toby Samuel -> 1.29
Peter Fajta -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Toby Samuel vs. Peter Fajta

There is no head to head record between Toby Samuel and Peter Fajta since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Toby Samuel

Toby Samuel

48 - 16win/loss

Hard
40-11
I Hard
5-4
Clay
3-1
Rank
436
High
404
WWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 48-16 40-11 3-1 5-4 0-0 0-0
2024 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 24-14 10-4 0-0 8-6 6-4 0-0
2022 20-5 7-1 0-0 5-1 8-3 0-0
2021 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 436, the Brit got to the 2nd round after defeating Ilia Simakin 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Samuel had a good straight sets win against Simakin (6-4 6-4). During the match, Samuel scored 72 points vs Simakin’s 65. Toby was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Samuel scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Toby Samuel lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Samuel put 68% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Simakin 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Samuel has a fantastic record in the last 5 years having won 72% of his matches (94-37). 40-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Samuel has a composed59-17 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

The Brit’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Aldershot,M15 Hurghada,M15 Malta and M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

The Brit has a composed 48-16 win-loss record in 2025, 40-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Soma Bay Challenger

Samuel has never competed in this tournament before.

Soma Bay Challenger
Samuel's Record

Peter Fajta

Peter Fajta

33 - 15win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
8-1
Clay
21-9
Carpet
0-1
Rank
563
High
477
WWWWWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-15 4-4 21-9 8-1 0-0 0-1
2024 41-21 4-3 28-15 9-3 0-0 0-0
2023 36-15 12-6 24-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-19 15-7 12-11 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 38-22 22-7 14-14 2-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 563, Peter reached the 2nd round after beating Matteo Fondriest 6-3 6-4 and Dali Blanch 6-1 6-4.

In the 1st round, Peter had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-1 6-4). During the match Fajta scored 59 points vs Blanch’s 42. Peter was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Fajta scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Peter Fajta was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fajta broke Blanch 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

The Hungarian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Gyula,M15 Nyiregyhaza,M15 Bielsko Biala and M15 Szabolcsveresmart.

The Hungarian has a composed 33-15 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Soma Bay Challenger
Fajta's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Samuel
P.Fajta
1h:25
1h:25
Time on court​
!
2h:37
2h:37
1h:25
1h:25
Last match​
1h:08
1h:08
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
20
20
Games Played​
36
36
2
2
Set played​​
4
4
72
72
Total points​
133
133
72
72
Avg point​
66.5
66.5
28
28
Winners
59
59
28
28
Avg Winners​
29.5
29.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
1
1
Avg Aces
0.5
0.5
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
3
3
Avg Double Faults
3
3
28/44
28/44
1st won total​
59/71
59/71
64%
64%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
14/21
14/21
2nd won total​
21/38
21/38
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
BP won
5/19
5/19
3/10
3/10
Avg BP won
2.5/9.5
2.5/9.5
30%
30%
Won
!
26%
26%
3
3
Conceded
4
4
3
3
Avg Conceded
2
2
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
2
2
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Samuel Fajta
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 20 36
Pts 72-65 133-103
Total Points 137 236
Winners 28 59
%Winners 39% 44%

Samuel played 1 match while Fajta competed in 2 matches. Fajta started his run from the qualifications while Samuel had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Samuel has played 2 set(s) less than Fajta (2 vs 4). Therefore, Samuel played 16 games less than Fajta. The Brit scored 28 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Peter scored 59 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Samuel Fajta
Aces 1 1
Avg per match 1 0.5
1st in 44/65 71/109
%1st in 68% 65%
1st pts 28/44 59/71
%1st pts 64% 83%
2nd pts 14/21 21/38
%2nd pts 67% 55%

Samuel scored 1 ace . Fajta also fired 1 ace (0.5 per match). Samuel won 64% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Fajta won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Samuel Fajta
Won 3 5
Converted 3/10 5/19
% Converted 30% 26%
Conceded 3 4
Saved 2 4
% Saved 67% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

The Brit broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Samuel lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Fajta broke his opponents 5 times with a 26% conversion rate. Fajta was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Samuel
R1
Simakin
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 72-65 72-65
Total points 137 137
Winners 28 28
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 44/65 44/65
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 28/44 28/44
% 1st pts 64% 64%
2nd pts 14/21 14/21
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Fajta
Q3
Fondriest
R1
Blanch
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 17 36
pts 74-61 59-42 133-103
Total points 135 101 236
Winners 34 25 59
%Winners 46% 42% 44%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1
Double Faults 4 2 6
1st in 40/58 31/51 71/109
% 1st in 69% 61% 65%
1st pts 34/40 25/31 59/71
% 1st pts 85% 81% 83%
2nd pts 9/18 12/20 21/38
% 2nd pts 50% 60% 55%
Breaks
Won 2 3 5
Converted 2/15 3/4 5/19
Converted % 13% 75% 26%
Conceded 3 1 4
Saved 3/3 1/1 4
Saved % 100% 100% 200%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Soma Bay Challenger

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