Federico Cina and Ivan Gakhov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Tampere Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 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 Federico Cina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Cina is the pick to win this match.
Federico Cina -> 1.51
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Federico Cina vs. Ivan Gakhov
There is no head to head record between Federico Cina and Ivan Gakhov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Federico Cina
23 - 11win/loss
237
202
LLWWWWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-21 | 17-7 | 10-9 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-23 | 18-15 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 238 (career-high), Cina reached the 2nd round after defeating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Pucinelli De Almeida (6-3 6-2). During the match, Cina scored 60 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 41. Cina was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cina fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Federico Cina conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Cina put 68% of his first serves in, winning 91% (31/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Pucinelli De Almeida 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Cina has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (56-38). 9-8 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cina has an overall23-19 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Cina’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,the Hersonissos 2 Challenger and the Tbilisi Challenger.
Cina has an overall 23-11 win-loss record in 2025, 9-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Cina has never competed in this tournament before.
Ivan Gakhov
37 - 21win/loss
260
142
LLWWLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-37 | 3-3 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-35 | 1-2 | 35-32 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 256, Ivan got to the 2nd round after defeating Alex Molcan 6-4 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ivan defeated Molcan (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match Gakhov scored 92 points vs Molcan’s 80. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Gakhov recorded 12 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 51% of his first serves in, winning 83% (38/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (18/44) on the 2nd serve. Gakhov broke Molcan 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Gakhov’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula and M25 The Hague.
The Russian has an overall 37-21 win-loss record in 2025, 30-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cina | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 |
| Pts | 60-41 | 92-80 |
| Total Points | 101 | 172 |
| Winners | 31 | 38 |
| %Winners | 52% | 41% |
Both Cina and Gakhov played 1 match. At the moment, Ivan Gakhov conceded 1 set while Federico Cina hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cina has played 1 set(s) less than Gakhov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cina played 11 games less than Gakhov. Federico scored 31 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Ivan scored 38 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cina | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 12 |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 46/90 |
| %1st in | 68% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 31/34 | 38/46 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 18/44 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 41% |
Cina recorded 2 aces . Gakhov blasted 12 aces . Cina won 91% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Gakhov won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cina | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 63% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Cina broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cina very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Gakhov broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cina | |||
| R1 Pucinelli De Almeida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 60-41 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 31/34 | 31/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gakhov | |||
| R1 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 92-80 | 92-80 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 46/90 | 46/90 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/44 | 18/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-62 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Thomas FaurelFaurel (6-7(2) 0-4 ret. (Skatov ret.)) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-3 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Oskari PaldaniusPaldanius (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Vesa AhtiAhti (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Alex BarrenaBarrena (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Eero VasaVasa (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Vesa AhtiAhti (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-3 6-7(4) 7-5) – See score progression
- Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-6(2) 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Alex BarrenaBarrena (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Oskari PaldaniusPaldanius (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – Max HoukesHoukes (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
