Stefanos Sakellaridis and Ioannis Xilas will face off in the quarter of the Hersonissos 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Sakellaridis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Sakellaridis is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Sakellaridis -> 1.363
Ioannis Xilas -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Sakellaridis vs. Ioannis Xilas
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Sakellaridis and Ioannis Xilas since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Stefanos Sakellaridis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-24 | 18-9 | 18-11 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-27 | 37-14 | 11-8 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-29 | 35-25 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-52 | 35-26 | 30-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 66-49 | 23-13 | 38-33 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 224, the Greek reached the quarter after defeating Lorenzo Carboni 4-6 7-5 3-1 ret. and Michael Geerts 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Geerts (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sakellaridis scored 57 points vs Geerts’s 37. Sakellaridis was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakellaridis fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Stefanos Sakellaridis lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakellaridis put 61% of his first serves in, winning 87% (26/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Sakellaridis broke Geerts 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
ATP Hersonissos 1 Challenger - Stefanos Sakellaridis's projected path
Sakellaridis has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (283-232). 10-4 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakellaridis has a compiled145-87 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the New Delhi Challenger where he beat Oliver Crawford in the final 7-5 4-6 7-6(6).
Stefanos has a compiled 10-5 win-loss record in 2026, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger
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 quarter after beating Gabriele Piraino 6-2 6-4 and Maxim Mrva 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Ioannis had a good straight sets win against Mrva (6-3 6-3). During the match Xilas scored 71 points vs Mrva’s 57. Ioannis was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Xilas was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ioannis Xilas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Xilas put 67% of his first serves in, winning 59% (24/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Ioannis broke Mrva 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
ATP Hersonissos 1 Challenger - Ioannis Xilas's projected path
The Greek has a compiled 7-3 win-loss record in 2026, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger
The Greek has never competed in this tournament before.
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakellaridis | Xilas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 36 |
| Pts | 145-113 | 140-110 |
| Total Points | 258 | 250 |
| Winners | 50 | 49 |
| %Winners | 34% | 35% |
Both Sakellaridis and Xilas played 2 matches. At the moment, Stefanos Sakellaridis lost 1 set while Ioannis Xilas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sakellaridis has played 2 sets more than Xilas (6 vs 4). Therefore, Sakellaridis played 7 games more than Xilas. The Greek scored 50 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek bagged 49 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakellaridis | Xilas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 76/132 | 79/124 |
| %1st in | 58% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 50/76 | 49/79 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 30/56 | 25/45 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 56% |
Sakellaridis struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Xilas bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Sakellaridis won 66% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Xilas won 62% 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 | Sakellaridis | Xilas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/16 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 69% | 50% |
| Conceded | 13 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 46% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
Sakellaridis broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Stefanos conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. Xilas broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sakellaridis | ||||
| R1 Carboni |
R2 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 3-1 ret. | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 | 43 | |
| pts | 88-76 | 57-37 | 145-113 | |
| Total points | 164 | 94 | 258 | |
| Winners | 24 | 26 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 46% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/83 | 30/49 | 76/132 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/46 | 26/30 | 50/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 87% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 9/19 | 30/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 47% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 4/5 | 11/16 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 80% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 67% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Xilas | ||||
| R1 Piraino |
R2 Mrva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 71-57 | 140-110 | |
| Total points | 122 | 128 | 250 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 41/61 | 79/124 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/38 | 24/41 | 49/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 59% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 11/20 | 25/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 55% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/11 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 55% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 3/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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