Alex Jones vs Melios EfstathiouPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Alex Jones and Melios Efstathiou have met 1 time since 2026; Melios Efstathiou leads 1–0. Across all meetings Jones has taken 0 sets to Efstathiou's 2. Their most recent meeting: Melios Efstathiou won at M15 Heraklion (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Jones | Efstathiou | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Alex Jones | Melios Efstathiou | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 33% | 1/3 | 64% | 28/44 |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/8 | 41% | 9/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 18% | 2/11 | 38% | 25/66 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/1 | 64% | 21/33 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 30% | 3/10 | 60% | 15/25 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 1/2 | 47% | 8/17 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 2/2 | 89% | 32/36 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 50% | 1/2 | 78% | 28/36 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Jones 0, Efstathiou 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Jones
🏃 Pusher
Efstathiou
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 68% vs 🏃 Pusher across 36 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Melios Efstathiou.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Apr 23, 2026
M15 Heraklion
H Hard · 2nd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Jones | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 7–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.51 | 1.75 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -10.3% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | -1.23u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Jones | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 1 | 2 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | CHN | FIN |
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
Efstathiou has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Jones's 0%).
| Opponent | Jones | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Pietri | L 46 67 | W 62 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Weiyi Kong
M15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Aug 26
Melios Efstathiou
M15 Heraklion · 2nd Round
Apr 23
Aleksandr Braynin
M15 Heraklion · 2nd Round
Apr 9
Maik Steiner
M15 Heraklion · 1st Round
Apr 8
Robin Bertrand
M25 Heraklion 2 · 1st Round
Apr 1
Ryan Colby
M15 Heraklion 1 · 1st Round
Mar 4
Benjamin Pietri
M15 Heraklion 12 · Quarterfinals
Oct 31
Reece Falck
M15 Heraklion 12 · 2nd Round
Oct 30
Oskari Paldanius
M15 Turku · 2nd Round
Aug 12
Kacper Szymkowiak
M15 Turku · 1st Round
Aug 11
Luca Castagnola
M15 Nova Gorica · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Alexander Gschiel
M15 Nova Gorica · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Lorenzo Ferri
M15 Nova Gorica · 1st Round
Jul 15
Marko Retelj
Futures 2026
Jul 1
Marko Retelj
M15 Store · 1st Round
Jul 1
Theo Papamalamis
M15 Bourg-en-Bresse · Final
Jun 21
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 11–67 matches
| Metric | Jones | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 27% | 66% |
| Sets won | 25% | 62% |
| Games won | 44% | 55% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Jones | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Jones | Efstathiou |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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