Challenger · Hard

Challenger Soma Bay 2026: Predictions

Soma Bay, Egypt 16 Nov 2025 – 24 Jan 2026 Best of three sets · 74 in the draw

This page follows Challenger Soma Bay match by match. Each prediction weighs recent form, head-to-head meetings and results on the surface, and the best tips here have landed more than 64.5% of the time.

Picks

Still to play

64.5%

Hit rate

Names to follow

Challenger P. Fajta YD

Challenger Y. Dzhavakian PB

Challenger P. B. Biryukov ME

Challenger M. Erhard AO

Challenger A. Ouakaa JS

Challenger J. Sels MM

Challenger M. Mrva MS

Challenger M. Summers AB

Challenger A. Binda RP

Challenger R. Pacheco EP

Challenger E. Philippov IN

Challenger I. Nedelko TZ

Challenger T. Zeuch GO

Challenger G. Den Ouden JC

Challenger J. Clarke JP

Challenger J. Pinnington LG

Challenger L. Giustino LH

Challenger L. Harris DP

Challenger D. Popko LN

Challenger L. Neumayer JS

Challenger J. Schwaerzler KC

Challenger K. Coppejans GB

Challenger G. Blancaneaux TS

Challenger T. Samuel DK

Challenger D. Kuzmanov IS

Challenger I. Simakin EB

Challenger E. Butvilas MM

Challenger M. Martineau PZ

Challenger P. Zahraj TG

Challenger T. Gentzsch SP

Challenger S. Purtseladze BG

Challenger B. Gojo MG

Challenger M. Geerts SK

Challenger S. Kopp VD

Challenger V. Durasovic GH

Challenger G. Hussey DA

Challenger D. Ajduković DY

Challenger D. Yevseyev AH

Challenger A. Hernandez VU

Challenger V. Ursu RA

Challenger R. Albot MW

Challenger M. Wiskandt YE

Challenger Y. Erel RM

Challenger R. Molleker SN

Challenger S. Napolitano DB

Challenger D. Blanch GF

Challenger G. Ferrari GF

Challenger G. Fonio SG

Challenger S. Gulin FP

Challenger F. Peliwo PF

Challenger P. O. Fellin VO

Challenger V. Orlov HB Challenger H. Bernet MB

Challenger M. Basic EA

Challenger E. Agafonov FZ

Challenger F. Zakaria MM

Challenger M. McKennon AE

Challenger A. Elsayed EK

Challenger E. Kirkin SS

Challenger S. Sorger DK

Challenger D. Kellovsky KK

Challenger K. Kivattsev CK

Challenger C. B. Kouzmine MS

Challenger M. B. Sobhy DO

Challenger D. Ostapenkov CR

Challenger C. Robertson MM

Challenger M. Miladinovic NM

Challenger N. McDonald NB

Challenger N. Barsukov EA

Challenger E. Ambarzumjan ZT

Challenger Z. Tkemaladze MF

Challenger M. Fondriest SA

Challenger S. Agostini TB

Challenger T. Boogaard

The tournament in numbers

64.5%

BananaCore hit rate

72%

Won in straight sets

28%

Went to a decider

26%

Matches with a tiebreak

2.3

Average sets per match

Round by round

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 24 Jan 2026 2

2 1.41

2 1.41

2 ▾1.78

O19.5 ▴1.33

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 23 Jan 2026 4

1 ▾1.53

O8.5 ▴1.29

2 ▾1.25

2 ▾1.25

2 ▾1.25

2 ▾1.25

1 ▴2.7

1 ▴2.7

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 22 Jan 2026 4

2 ▾1.38

U27.5 ▾1.25

U27.5 ▾1.27

2 ▾1.23

2 ▾1.23

1 ▾1.55

U27.5 ▾1.28

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 21 Jan 2026 4

1 ▾1.34

1 ▾1.34

1 ▾1.12

1 ▾1.12

2 ▾1.35

O8.5 ▴1.34

2 ▾1.3

O8.5 ▴1.26

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 20 Jan 2026 11

1 ▴1.83

U23.5 ▴1.7

1 ▾1.88

U24.5 ▴1.67

2 ▴1.28

2 ▴1.28

2 1.66

2 1.66

2 ▾1.24

2 ▾1.24

2 ▾1.42

O8.5 ▴1.34

2 ▴1.8

U23.5 ▴1.7

2 ▾2.22

U23.5 ▴1.65

1 ▴2.3

O8.5 ▾1.28

1 ▾1.72

O8.5 ▴1.3

1 ▾1.58

O8.5 ▾1.28

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 19 Jan 2026 3

2 ▾1.44

U23.5 ▾1.62

2 ▴1.92

2 ▴1.92

2 ▴2.62

2 ▴2.62

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 23 Nov 2025 1

1 ▴2.57

1 ▴2.57

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 22 Nov 2025 2

2 ▾1.23

2 ▾1.23

1 ▾1.62

1 ▾1.62

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 21 Nov 2025 4

1 ▴1.55

1 ▴1.55

2 ▴1.65

2 ▴1.65

2 ▾1.22

O18.5 1.47

1 1.88

U27.5 ▾1.32

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 20 Nov 2025 3

1 ▾1.65

1 ▾1.65

2 ▾1.37

2 ▾1.37

2 ▾1.69

2 ▾1.79

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 19 Nov 2025 5

1 ▴1.52

1 ▴1.58

2 ▴3.15

2 ▴3.15

2 ▴1.92

2 ▴1.88

1 ▾1.43

1 ▾1.48

2 ▾1.22

2 ▾1.25

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 18 Nov 2025 9

1 ▾1.34

1 ▾1.34

2 ▾1.95

2 ▾1.95

1 ▾1.48

1 ▾1.48

1 ▴1.7

1 ▴1.7

1 ▴1.71

1 ▴1.71

2 ▾1.47

O19.5 ▾1.41

1 ▾1.26

1 ▾1.26

2 ▾1.48

2 ▾1.48

1 ▾1.37

O19.5 1.57

Challenger Soma Bay (Hard) - 17 Nov 2025 4

1 ▾1.2

1 ▾1.2

1 ▾1.53

1 ▾1.53

2 ▴1.67

2 ▴1.67

1 ▾1.31

1 ▾1.31

Qualifying 22

19 Jan 2026

1 ▴2.55

1 ▴2.55

2 ▾1.7

2 ▾1.7

2 ▴2.03

2 ▴2.03

1 ▴3.65

1 ▴3.65

2 ▾1.27

2 ▾1.27

1 ▴1.9

1 ▴1.9

18 Jan 2026

1 ▴2.03

1 ▴2.03

2 ▴1.33

2 ▴1.33

2 ▴1.51

2 ▴1.51

2 ▴2.35

2 ▴2.35

2 ▾1.27

2 ▾1.27

1 ▾1.65

1 ▾1.65

1 ▴1.33

1 ▴1.33

1 ▴2.27

1 ▴2.27

17 Nov 2025

1 ▴1.17

1 ▴1.17

2 ▴1.13

2 ▴1.13

1 ▾1.66

1 ▾1.66

1 ▾1.67

1 ▾1.67

1 ▴1.45

1 ▴1.45

16 Nov 2025

1 1.2

1 1.2

2 1.47

2 1.47

In the title hunt

1NLG. Den Ouden3%

2GBJ. Clarke3%

3GBJ. Pinnington3%

4ITL. Giustino3%

5ZAL. Harris2%

6KZD. Popko2%

Hard

Every forecast here leans hardest on how players do on hard courts.

Main draw

Best of three sets

Format

Challenger Soma Bay 2026 in numbers

Our best tips here: 64% correct from 76 settled matches.

G. Den Ouden, world No. 160, headed a field of 74 players from 29 countries. Defending champion: Lloyd Harris. Biggest surprise: Z. Tkemaladze (then No. 1170) beating world No. 427 V. Ursu.

No match went longer than M. B. Sobhy vs M. Basic, at 35 games. Straight sets were the usual outcome, 56 of 78 finished matches (72%), while 22 needed a deciding set.

Common questions

Is Challenger Soma Bay a clay, grass or hard-court event?

Surface at Challenger Soma Bay: Hard. Since conditions change how points are won, the predictions here weigh each player's results on that surface above the overall record.

What is our hit rate at Challenger Soma Bay?

64.5% of our best tips at Challenger Soma Bay have come in, over 76 settled matches. The number updates after every result, so it moves as the event goes on.

What number of Challenger Soma Bay matches carry a prediction?

78 at Challenger Soma Bay so far, each with a winner pick, a predicted set score, a games line and the serve and break-point figures behind them.

What are the dates of Challenger Soma Bay?

Our records place Challenger Soma Bay between 16 Nov 2025 and 24 Jan 2026. Dates move a little from one year to the next, and predictions for the new edition appear as soon as its draw is published.

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