Juan Manuel La Serna and Nikita Mashtakov will face off in the 2nd round of the Plovdiv 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel La Serna who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel La Serna is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel La Serna -> 1.4
Nikita Mashtakov -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel La Serna vs. Nikita Mashtakov
There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel La Serna and Nikita Mashtakov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Juan Manuel La Serna
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-23 | 2-1 | 33-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-21 | 0-0 | 34-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-20 | 0-0 | 35-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 289, Juan got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Vasilev 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Vasilev (6-1 6-2). During the match, Manuel La Serna scored 58 points vs Vasilev’s 34. Juan was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Manuel La Serna wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Juan Manuel La Serna was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Vasilev 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Manuel La Serna has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (144-92). 34-18 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Manuel La Serna has a compiled138-88 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Cordoba Challenger where he beat Franco Roncadelli in the final 7-5 2-6 6-3.
The Argentine has an aggregate 34-18 win-loss record in 2026, 34-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Plovdiv 3 Challenger
Juan has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikita Mashtakov
30 - 13win/loss
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506
LWWWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41-17 | 4-4 | 37-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 24-26 | 0-0 | 24-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-21 | 0-0 | 33-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 576, the Ukrainian got to the 2nd round after beating Valentin Basel 7-6(2) 6-7(5) 6-1, Jannik Opitz 6-4 6-4 and Stefan Popovic 7-5 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Popovic (7-5 7-63). During the match Mashtakov scored 90 points vs Popovic’s 85. Mashtakov was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Mashtakov struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikita Mashtakov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Mashtakov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Mashtakov broke Popovic 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Mashtakov’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Samobor and M15 Mistelbach.
The Ukrainian has an overall 30-13 win-loss record in 2026, 26-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Manuel La Serna | Mashtakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 78 |
| Pts | 58-34 | 285-257 |
| Total Points | 92 | 542 |
| Winners | 25 | 131 |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% |
Manuel La Serna played 1 match while Mashtakov competed in 3 matches. Mashtakov started his run from the qualifications while Manuel La Serna had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nikita Mashtakov lost 1 set while Juan Manuel La Serna hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Manuel La Serna has played 5 set(s) less than Mashtakov (2 vs 7). Therefore, Manuel La Serna played 63 games less than Mashtakov. Juan scored 25 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Mashtakov made 131 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Manuel La Serna | Mashtakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 183/269 |
| %1st in | 74% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 131/183 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 41/86 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 48% |
Manuel La Serna didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mashtakov recorded 5 aces (1.7 per match). Manuel La Serna won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Mashtakov won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Manuel La Serna | Mashtakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 63% | 43% |
| Conceded | 2 | 22 |
| Saved | 1 | 17 |
| % Saved | 50% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Manuel La Serna broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Juan surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Ukrainian broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Manuel La Serna | |||
| R1 Vasilev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 58-34 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mashtakov | |||||
| Q1 Basel |
Q3 Opitz |
R1 Popovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-75 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 20 | 25 | 78 | |
| pts | 124-112 | 71-60 | 90-85 | 285-257 | |
| Total points | 236 | 131 | 175 | 542 | |
| Winners | 61 | 35 | 35 | 131 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | 39% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 79/117 | 49/68 | 55/84 | 183/269 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 72% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 61/79 | 35/49 | 35/55 | 131/183 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 71% | 64% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 11/19 | 12/29 | 41/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 58% | 41% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/2 | 5/11 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 100% | 45% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5/5 | 7/11 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 64% | 247% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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