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Ajay Malik vs Yanki ErelPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

Ajay Malik and Yanki Erel have met 1 time since 2025; Yanki Erel leads 1–0. Across all meetings Malik has taken 0 sets to Erel's 2. Their most recent meeting: Yanki Erel won at M25 Bali 1 (2025).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorMalikErel
Wins in straight sets76%
Wins a set when losing0%40%
Goes to a deciding set0%27%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite55%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog0%86%
Tiebreak sets won0%47%
Wins after taking set 190%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 181%

Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Malik 0, Erel 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Malik

🏃 Pusher

Extreme retrievalLow error rateFrustrates opponentsDefensive baseline play
vs

Erel

🪃 Counterpuncher

Elite BP conversionStrong return gameDefensive consistencyRally tolerance

Matchup analysis

The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 70% vs 🏃 Pusher across 61 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Yanki Erel.

Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.

Previous meetings

1 career meeting, newest first

Aug 7, 2025

M25 Bali 1

H Hard · 2nd Round

26
46
Erel

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricMalikErel
W-L-12–4
Avg odds-1.45
ROI %-+5.1%
Units P/L-+0.81u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricMalikErel
Countries2
Events2
Matches4
Distance
RouteTUR → TPE

Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.

Common opponents

Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months

Erel has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Malik's 0%).

OpponentMalikErel
Maan Kesarwani
L
26
06
W
61
61
Nitin Kumar Sinha
L
36
67
W
61
61
Koki Matsuda
L
36
46
W
36
61
62

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Malik
LLLLLLWL
L

Maan Kesarwani

M15 Gwalior 1 · 1st Round

26
06

Dec 2

L

Nitin Kumar Sinha

M25 Bhopal 2 · 1st Round

36
697

Nov 25

L

Sandesh Dattatray Kurale

M15 Bhubaneswar 1 · 1st Round

26
46

Nov 19

L

Arthur Weber

M25 Bali 4 · 1st Round

657
16

Sep 10

L

Koki Matsuda

M25 Bali 3 · 1st Round

36
46

Sep 2

L

Renta Tokuda

M25 Bali 2 · 2nd Round

06
16

Aug 14

W

Vadym Konovchuk

M25 Bali 2 · 1st Round

61
62

Aug 13

L

Yanki Erel

M25 Bali 1 · 2nd Round

26
46

Aug 7

Erel
LWWWLWWL
L

Luca Castelnuovo

M25 Taipei · Quarterfinals

46
46

Aug 28

W

Hikaru Shiraishi

M25 Taipei · 2nd Round

761
75

Aug 27

W

Kokoro Isomura

M25 Taipei · 1st Round

64
60

Aug 26

W

Denis Yevseyev

Istanbul Challenger · 1st Round

64
46
61

Aug 4

L

Paul Inchauspe

Samsun Challenger · Quarterfinals

63
36
46

Jul 31

W

Radu Albot

Samsun Challenger · 2nd Round

61
657
64

Jul 29

W

Arda Azkara

Samsun Challenger · 1st Round

64
64

Jul 28

L

Matteo Martineau

Segovia Challenger · Quarterfinals

46
46

Jul 24

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 4–70 matches

MetricMalikErel
Matches won0%79%
Sets won0%73%
Games won37%60%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageMalikErel
ITF M2501

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceMalikErel
Hard01

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Ajay Malik vs Yanki Erel FAQ

Yanki Erel leads the head-to-head 1–0 over 1 meetings.