Robert Strombachs and Oleksandr Ovcharenko will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Plovdiv 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.36
Robert Strombachs -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Robert Strombachs vs. Oleksandr Ovcharenko
There is no head to head record between Robert Strombachs and Oleksandr Ovcharenko since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Robert Strombachs
36 - 20win/loss
422
321
WWWWWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43-23 | 33-11 | 6-7 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 45-23 | 35-12 | 3-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2024 | 52-31 | 32-9 | 13-15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 415, Robert will start his run in the Plovdiv 3 Challenger after he played his last match in the Augsburg Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Wehnelt in the qualifications on the 24th of August.
The German has a composed 36-20 win-loss record in 2026, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Strombachs’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Warsaw.
Talking about his overall career, Robert has an overall 363-220 record. He has a positive 66-60 record on clay.
Previously in the Plovdiv 3 Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
Oleksandr Ovcharenko
23 - 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. 629, the Ukrainian reached the 1st round after defeating Edoardo Cherie Ligniere 6-2 6-3 and Franco Ribero 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ovcharenko had a good straight sets win against Ribero (6-4 6-2). During the match Ovcharenko scored 70 points vs Ribero’s 56. The Ukrainian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Ovcharenko scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Oleksandr Ovcharenko was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Ukrainian broke Ribero 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Oleksandr started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
ATP Plovdiv 3 Challenger - Oleksandr Ovcharenko's projected path
Ovcharenko’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Slobozia.
Oleksandr has a compiled 23-14 win-loss record in 2026, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Dusan ObradovicObradovic – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (6-3 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikita MashtakovMashtakov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico IannacconeIannaccone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-0) – H2H and prediction
