Maxim Mrva and Ioannis Xilas will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Hersonissos 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxim Mrva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maxim Mrva is the pick to win this match.
Maxim Mrva -> 1.73
Ioannis Xilas -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Maxim Mrva vs. Ioannis Xilas
There is no head to head record between Maxim Mrva and Ioannis Xilas since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Maxim Mrva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-26 | 7-4 | 23-19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-25 | 14-6 | 23-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-8 | 2-3 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 305 (career-high), the Czech got to the 2nd round after beating Svyatoslav Gulin 4-6 7-6(6) 6-1.
In the 1st round against Gulin, Mrva recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 6-1). During the match, Mrva scored 102 points vs Gulin’s 92. Mrva was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mrva scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Maxim Mrva lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mrva put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Maxim broke Gulin 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Mrva has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 57% of his matches (56-42). 3-2 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mrva has an aggregate19-11 record in the last 4 years on hard.
Mrva has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2026, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger
Mrva has never competed in this tournament before.
Ioannis Xilas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-20 | 10-8 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-17 | 29-11 | 12-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-20 | 23-14 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-6 | 0-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 363, Ioannis got to the 2nd round after beating Gabriele Piraino 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ioannis had a good straight sets win against Piraino (6-2 6-4). During the match Xilas scored 69 points vs Piraino’s 53. Ioannis was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Xilas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Ioannis Xilas lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Xilas put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. Xilas broke Piraino 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Xilas has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2026, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mrva | Xilas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 |
| Pts | 102-92 | 69-53 |
| Total Points | 194 | 122 |
| Winners | 42 | 25 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Mrva and Xilas played 1 match. At the moment, Maxim Mrva surrendered 1 set while Ioannis Xilas hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mrva has played 1 set more than Xilas (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mrva played 12 games more than Xilas. Maxim scored 42 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek blasted 25 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mrva | Xilas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 62/98 | 38/63 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 25/38 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 14/25 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 56% |
Mrva fired 1 ace . Xilas also fired 1 ace . Mrva won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Xilas won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mrva | Xilas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 45% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 33% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
The Czech broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Czech lost his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Ioannis broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Xilas conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mrva | |||
| R1 Gulin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-66 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 102-92 | 102-92 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 62/98 | 62/98 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 42/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 15/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Xilas | |||
| R1 Piraino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 69-53 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/38 | 25/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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