Oleksandr Ovcharenko and Franco Ribero will face off in the qualifications of the Plovdiv 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oleksandr Ovcharenko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oleksandr Ovcharenko is the pick to win this match.
Oleksandr Ovcharenko -> 1.192
Franco Ribero -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Oleksandr Ovcharenko vs. Franco Ribero
There is no head to head record between Oleksandr Ovcharenko and Franco Ribero since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Oleksandr Ovcharenko
22 - 14win/loss
615
296
WLWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-15 | 10-6 | 15-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-29 | 3-4 | 38-23 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 67-23 | 5-4 | 62-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-13 | 0-5 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-26 | 13-6 | 38-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 623, Oleksandr reached the qualifications after beating Edoardo Cherie Ligniere 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Cherie Ligniere (6-2 6-3). During the match, Ovcharenko scored 63 points vs Cherie Ligniere’s 40. Ovcharenko was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ovcharenko scored 3 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Oleksandr Ovcharenko was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Ukrainian broke Cherie Ligniere 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Ovcharenko has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (271-144). 11-7 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ovcharenko has a composed215-104 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Oleksandr’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Slobozia.
The Ukrainian has a composed 22-14 win-loss record in 2026, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Plovdiv 3 Challenger
Ovcharenko has never competed in this tournament before.
Franco Ribero
22 - 23win/loss
705
654
LWLLLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-24 | 2-1 | 20-21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 13-29 | 0-1 | 12-26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 43-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-11 | 2-4 | 6-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 700, the Argentine reached the qualifications after beating Daniel Spasov 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Spasov (6-1 6-2). During the match Ribero scored 62 points vs Spasov’s 38. Franco was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Ribero couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Franco Ribero was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ribero broke Spasov 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Argentine has an aggregate 22-23 win-loss record in 2026, 20-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ovcharenko | Ribero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 |
| Pts | 63-40 | 62-38 |
| Total Points | 103 | 100 |
| Winners | 20 | 29 |
| %Winners | 32% | 47% |
Both Ovcharenko and Ribero played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ovcharenko and Ribero have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ovcharenko played 2 games more than Ribero. The Ukrainian scored 20 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Franco recorded 29 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ovcharenko | Ribero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 26/37 | 38/51 |
| %1st in | 70% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 29/38 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 8/13 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 62% |
Ovcharenko bagged 3 aces . Ribero didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ovcharenko won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Ribero won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ovcharenko | Ribero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 38% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Oleksandr conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Ribero broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ribero was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Ovcharenko | |||
| Q1 Cherie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 63-40 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Ribero | |||
| Q1 Spasov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 62-38 | 62-38 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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