PREVIEW. Ilkley Challenger. Bolt and Samuel will face off in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Monday the 19th of June
Alex Bolt and Toby Samuel will play each other in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.
Alex Bolt -> 1.33
Toby Samuel -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Toby Samuel
There is no head to head record between Alex Bolt and Toby Samuel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20-12 | 18-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 25-25 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 358, Alex reached the 1st round after defeating Bu Yunchaokete 6-1 6-3 and Jesper De Jong 6-3 7-65.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-3 7-65). During the match, Bolt scored 65 points vs De Jong’s 56. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bolt made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Bolt lost the serve once. Furthermore, Bolt put 73% of his first serves in, winning 84% (36/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Alex was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break De Jong 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bolt started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Bolt has good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (254-184). 2-0 on grass in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bolt has a compiled 54-26 match record in the last years on grass.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Burnie,M25 Santo Domingo and M25 Bakersfield.
Bolt has an aggregate 20-12 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Toby Samuel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 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. 540, Samuel will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Nottingham Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(3)
to Cazaux in the qualifications on the 11th of June.
The Brit has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Brit has an overall 22-9 record. He has a positive 8-5 record on grass.