Pavle Marinkov vs Blake Ellis — Playford CH Round of 32

Playford CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
AUS
Pavle Marinkov
#530ATP
20 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWWWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 24 November 2025
hard
AUS
Blake Ellis
#502ATP
1416ELO
1390Hard ELO
27 yrs · 191 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLWW
Marinkov P.
2-6 6-3 6-4
Ellis B.
Marinkov P.
2662
Ellis B.
6341

Pavle Marinkov defeated Blake Ellis 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the Playford CH round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Blake Ellis came in ranked #502, defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Marinkov P.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Ellis B.

Ellis B.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Marinkov P.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Marinkov P.Ellis B.
1st serve in·Even
57%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
65%
Return points won·Even
34%
33%
Break points saved·Clear edge
51%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.9
10.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.0
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (25 vs 38). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Marinkov P.
5.4
Clear underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Ellis B.
4.7
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Recent retirement (−1.5)
Form & Matchup
0.0No prior meetings
H2H
10.0
2.9
Surface form
4.6
0.0Lost last 2
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
6.8
Minutes 14d
5.1
7.0
3-set count
4.0
9.0
Prev. match
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Marinkov P.Ellis B.
Freshness·
—
87

Ellis B.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 19 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Final
Hijikata R.[2]
Sweeny D.[7]
6-06-786-4
Semi-finals
Hijikata R.[2]
Bolt A.[4]
6-36-3
Sweeny D.[7]
Duckworth J.[1]
7-665-77-65
Quarter-finals
Hijikata R.[2]
Mccabe J.[6]
7-626-2
Duckworth J.[1]
Noguchi R.[8]
7-656-2
Sweeny D.[7]
Sekulic P.
6-26-4
Bolt A.[4]
Overbeck C.
7-656-4
R16
Overbeck C.
Kubler J.[5]
6-33-1
Sekulic P.
Tomic B.[3]
3-67-646-4
Sweeny D.[7]
Shiraishi H.
6-26-4
Bolt A.[4]
Marinkov P.
6-37-5
Mccabe J.[6]
Polmans M.
6-27-63
Duckworth J.[1]
Singh K.
6-46-1
Noguchi R.[8]
Moriya H.
6-46-4
Hijikata R.[2]
Sach T.
6-36-2
R32
Marinkov P.
Ellis B.
2-66-36-4
Duckworth J.[1]
Imamura M.
6-36-2
Singh K.
Isomura K.
5-76-46-3
Noguchi R.[8]
Delaney J.
6-26-4
Tomic B.[3]
Gengel M.
6-26-3
Sekulic P.
Hewitt C.
7-56-2
Shiraishi H.
Matsuda R.
6-43-67-5
Sweeny D.[7]
Bass F.
3-66-16-3
Kubler J.[5]
Tu L.
6-36-3
Bolt A.[4]
Bouzige M.
6-46-2
Polmans M.
Matsuoka H.
4-66-46-1
Sach T.
Wu T.
7-53-66-2
Hijikata R.[2]
Kumasaka T.
6-26-0
Moriya H.
Langmo C.
6-46-3
Overbeck C.
Dellavedova M.
3-67-56-2
Mccabe J.[6]
Bicknell B.
6-46-1