Toby Samuel and Matisse Bobichon will face off in the semifinal of the Manama 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Toby Samuel who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Toby Samuel is the pick to win this match.
Toby Samuel -> 1.26
Matisse Bobichon -> 3.4

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Prediction and head to head Toby Samuel vs. Matisse Bobichon

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

Toby Samuel

Ranked no. 329 (career-high), Samuel reached the semifinal after defeating Colin Sinclair 6-3 6-0, Semen Pankin 6-2 6-1, Sergey Fomin 6-4 6-2 and Matisse Bobichon 6-3 6-2.

In the semifinal, Toby had a good straight sets win against Bobichon (6-3 6-2). During the match, Samuel and Bobichon scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 329 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Samuel was not very aggressive to strike just winners.

Regarding the service games, Samuel wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Toby Samuel conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Samuel hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 63% of the points he played.

Samuel has a fantastic match record in the last 5 years having won 73% of his matches (101-37). 47-11 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Samuel has a composed66-17 record in the last 5 years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Soma Bay Challenger where he defeated Jay Clarke in the final 4-6 7-6(4) 6-0.

The Brit has a composed 55-16 win-loss record in 2025, 47-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manama 2 Challenger

Toby has never competed in this tournament before.

Matisse Bobichon

Ranked no. 804, the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Oliver Bonding 4-6 6-3 6-2, Dominik Kellovsky 6-2 6-1, Yurii Dzhavakian 6-1 6-4, Fares Zakaria 6-3 6-2, Alexander Ritschard 2-6 6-4 6-2 and Toby Samuel 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Ritschard, Matisse recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Bobichon scored 89 points vs Ritschard’s 82. Bobichon was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Bobichon bagged 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Matisse Bobichon was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Bobichon broke Ritschard 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Matisse’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Madrid and M15 Szabolcsveresmart.

Bobichon has a compiled 40-19 win-loss record in 2025, 24-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Samuel	Bobichon
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	12
Tot Games	48	102
Pts	180-108	379-294
Total Points	288	673
Winners	62	147
%Winners	34%	39%

Samuel played 3 matches while Bobichon competed in 5 matches. Bobichon started his run from the qualifications while Samuel had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matisse Bobichon dropped 2 sets while Toby Samuel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Samuel has played 6 set(s) less than Bobichon (6 vs 12). Therefore, Samuel played 54 games less than Bobichon. The Brit scored 62 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Matisse scored 147 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Samuel	Bobichon
Aces	11	33
Avg per match	3.7	6.6
1st in	82/146	193/358
%1st in	56%	54%
1st pts	62/82	147/193
%1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	42/64	96/165
%2nd pts	66%	58%

Samuel scored 11 aces (3.7 per match). Bobichon recorded 33 aces (6.6 per match). Samuel won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Bobichon won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Samuel	Bobichon
Won	13	17
Converted	13/19	17/39
% Converted	68%	44%
Conceded	8	24
Saved	6	20
% Saved	75%	83%
Times Broken	2	4

Samuel broke his opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. Samuel dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Bobichon broke his opponents 17 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Samuel
	R1 Sinclair	R2 Pankin	1/4 Fomin	1/2 Bobichon	Total
Score	6-3 6-0	6-2 6-1	6-4 6-2	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	15	15	18	17	65
pts	58-28	56-30	66-50	–	180-108
Total points	86	86	116	0	288
Winners	16	24	22		62
%Winners	28%	43%	33%	0%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	3	0	11
Double Faults	1	2	2		5
1st in	18/39	31/52	33/55	/	82/146
% 1st in	46%	60%	60%	0%	56%
1st pts	16/18	24/31	22/33	/	62/82
% 1st pts	89%	77%	67%	0%	76%
2nd pts	17/21	13/21	12/22	/	42/64
% 2nd pts	81%	62%	55%	0%	66%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5		13
Converted	4/8	4/5	5/6	/	13/19
Converted %	50%	80%	83%	0%	68%
Conceded	0	2	6		8
Saved	0/0	2/2	4/6	0/	6
Saved %	–	100%	67%	–	42%
Times Broken	0	0	2		2

Bobichon
	Q1 Bonding	Q3 Kellovsky	R1 Dzhavakian	R2 Zakaria	1/4 Ritschard	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-2	6-2 6-1	6-1 6-4	6-3 6-2	2-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	3	12
Tot Games	27	15	17	17	26	102
pts	106-92	58-32	61-43	65-45	89-82	379-294
Total points	198	90	104	110	171	673
Winners	37	19	24	32	35	147
%Winners	35%	33%	39%	49%	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	7	2	7	9	8	33
Double Faults	6	2	2	1	6	17
1st in	55/110	24/42	29/55	36/57	49/94	193/358
% 1st in	50%	57%	53%	63%	52%	54%
1st pts	37/55	19/24	24/29	32/36	35/49	147/193
% 1st pts	67%	79%	83%	89%	71%	76%
2nd pts	32/55	14/18	16/26	9/21	25/45	96/165
% 2nd pts	58%	78%	62%	43%	56%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	3	3	17
Converted	4/10	4/9	3/4	3/9	3/7	17/39
Converted %	40%	44%	75%	33%	43%	44%
Conceded	10	0	3	2	9	24
Saved	8/10	0/0	3/3	2/2	7/9	20
Saved %	80%	–	100%	100%	78%	90%
Times Broken	2	0	0	0	2	4

Tennis Scores in Manama 2 Challenger

• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Petr BrunclikBrunclik (1-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Toby SamuelSamuel – Matisse BobichonBobichon (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Petr Bar Biryukov/Alexandr BindaBar Biryukov/Alexandr Binda – Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Eero VasaNiklas-Salminen/Eero Vasa (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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