Sandro Kopp and Michael Geerts will face off in the semifinal of the Athens Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Michael Geerts who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michael Geerts is the pick to win this match.
Michael Geerts -> 1.59
Sandro Kopp -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Sandro Kopp vs. Michael Geerts

There is no head to head record between Sandro Kopp and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Sandro Kopp

Sandro Kopp

57 - 27win/loss

Hard
13-5
I Hard
6-3
Clay
38-19
Rank
314
High
307
WWWLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 57-27 13-5 38-19 6-3 0-0 0-0
2024 40-26 5-3 32-21 3-2 0-0 0-0
2023 36-30 0-0 26-22 8-6 0-0 2-2
2022 54-26 6-5 32-16 14-4 0-0 2-1
2021 33-24 3-6 30-16 0-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 314, the Austrian got to the semifinal after defeating Luca Preda 7-5 1-0 ret., Oleg Prihodko 6-0 6-1 and Philip Henning 6-0 5-7 6-3.

In the quarter, The Austrian defeated Henning (6-0 5-7 6-3). During the match, Kopp scored 107 points vs Henning’s 89. Sandro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kopp fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sandro Kopp lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kopp put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Henning 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kopp has dropped 1 set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.

Kopp has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (285-192). 13-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kopp has a composed32-25 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Austrian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Mistelbach and M15 Selva Gardena.

Sandro has an aggregate 57-27 win-loss record in 2025, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Athens Challenger

Sandro has never competed in this tournament before.

Athens Challenger
Kopp's Record

Michael Geerts

Michael Geerts

39 - 34win/loss

Hard
25-15
I Hard
4-5
Clay
10-14
Rank
372
High
212
WWWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-34 25-15 10-14 4-5 0-0 0-0
2024 50-37 18-11 10-12 17-13 0-1 5-0
2023 32-39 13-10 13-19 6-8 0-1 0-1
2022 42-37 5-8 24-14 11-13 0-0 2-2
2021 35-28 13-7 14-14 8-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 372, the Belgian reached the semifinal after beating Giles Hussey 6-2 6-1, Jan Kumstat 7-6(2) 6-1 and Nikolay Vylegzhanin 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Michael had a good straight sets win against Vylegzhanin (6-2 6-4). During the match Geerts scored 64 points vs Vylegzhanin’s 47. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Geerts scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Geerts was very efficient on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Vylegzhanin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Geerts hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

The Belgian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Loule and the Abidjan 2 Challenger.

Geerts has an aggregate 39-34 win-loss record in 2025, 25-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Athens Challenger
Geerts's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Kopp
M.Geerts
4h:25
4h:25
Time on court​
3h:35
3h:35
!
2h:31
2h:31
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
3
3
Match played
3
3
53
53
Games Played​
53
53
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
207
207
Total points​
192
192
69
69
Avg point​
64
64
80
80
Winners
75
75
26.7
26.7
Avg Winners​
25
25
39%
39%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
5
5
3.7
3.7
Avg Aces
1.7
1.7
5
5
Double Faults
7
7
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
80/115
80/115
1st won total​
75/98
75/98
70%
70%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
41/72
41/72
2nd won total​
39/69
39/69
57%
57%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
14/29
14/29
BP won
13/23
13/23
4.7/9.7
4.7/9.7
Avg BP won
4.3/7.7
4.3/7.7
48%
48%
Won
!
57%
57%
13
13
Conceded
11
11
4.3
4.3
Avg Conceded
3.7
3.7
4
4
Broken
3
3
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1
1
9
9
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kopp Geerts
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 6
Tot Games 53 53
Pts 207-146 192-137
Total Points 353 329
Winners 80 75
%Winners 39% 39%

Both Kopp and Geerts played 3 matches. At the moment, Sandro Kopp conceded 1 set while Michael Geerts hasn’t lost a set so far. Kopp has played 2 sets more than Geerts (8 vs 6). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (53). Kopp scored 80 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian scored 75 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kopp Geerts
Aces 11 5
Avg per match 3.7 1.7
1st in 115/187 98/167
%1st in 61% 59%
1st pts 80/115 75/98
%1st pts 70% 77%
2nd pts 41/72 39/69
%2nd pts 57% 57%

Kopp struck 11 aces (3.7 per match). Geerts managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kopp won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kopp Geerts
Won 14 13
Converted 14/29 13/23
% Converted 48% 57%
Conceded 13 11
Saved 9 8
% Saved 69% 73%
Times Broken 4 3

Kopp broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kopp surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Kopp
R1
Preda
R2
Prihodko
1/4
Henning
Total
Score 7-5 1-0 ret. 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-7 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 13 13 27 53
pts 46-36 54-21 107-89 207-146
Total points 82 75 196 353
Winners 19 16 45 80
%Winners 41% 30% 42% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 8 11
Double Faults 0 2 3 5
1st in 28/40 19/35 68/112 115/187
% 1st in 70% 54% 61% 61%
1st pts 19/28 16/19 45/68 80/115
% 1st pts 68% 84% 66% 70%
2nd pts 8/12 10/16 23/44 41/72
% 2nd pts 67% 63% 52% 57%
Breaks
Won 2 6 6 14
Converted 2/5 6/9 6/15 14/29
Converted % 40% 67% 40% 48%
Conceded 3 1 9 13
Saved 2/3 1/1 6/9 9
Saved % 67% 100% 67% 78%
Times Broken 1 0 3 4
Geerts
R1
Hussey
R2
Kumstat
1/4
Vylegzhanin
Total
Score 6-2 6-1 7-62 6-1 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 15 20 18 53
pts 56-34 72-56 64-47 192-137
Total points 90 128 111 329
Winners 24 28 23 75
%Winners 43% 39% 36% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 1 5
Double Faults 2 4 1 7
1st in 26/45 40/72 32/50 98/167
% 1st in 58% 56% 64% 59%
1st pts 24/26 28/40 23/32 75/98
% 1st pts 92% 70% 72% 77%
2nd pts 6/19 18/32 15/18 39/69
% 2nd pts 32% 56% 83% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 4 3 13
Converted 6/10 4/7 3/6 13/23
Converted % 60% 57% 50% 57%
Conceded 5 5 1 11
Saved 4/5 3/5 1/1 8
Saved % 80% 60% 100% 80%
Times Broken 1 2 0 3

Tennis Scores in Athens Challenger

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