Damir Dzumhur and Dimitar Kuzmanov will square off in the 2nd round of the Olbia Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete 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 Damir Dzumhur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.37
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 4th time that Damir Dzumhur and Dimitar Kuzmanov fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Dzumhur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Dzumhur won 6-3 6-1 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2023.
Damir Dzumhur
20 - 29win/loss
103
23
WLWLLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-29 | 5-11 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-34 | 9-11 | 21-16 | 8-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-30 | 11-13 | 28-7 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, the Bosnian got to the 2nd round after beating Aziz Dougaz 6-3 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Bosnian defeated Dougaz (6-3 2-6 6-3). During the match, Dzumhur scored 82 points vs Dougaz’s 76. Dzumhur was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dzumhur was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Dzumhur broke Dougaz 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Dzumhur has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (339-293). 5-11 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has a compiled 95-96 match record in the last years on hard.
Damir’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Umag.
The Bosnian has an aggregate 20-29 win-loss record in 2026, 5-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Olbia Challenger
The Bosnian has never competed in this tournament before.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
41 - 28win/loss
367
158
WWWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41-28 | 12-7 | 28-19 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-29 | 15-6 | 21-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-24 | 12-7 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 367, Kuzmanov reached the 2nd round after beating Ryan Peniston 6-4 6-3, Matyas Cerny 6-3 6-2 and Simone Massellani 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Massellani (6-1 6-1). During the match Kuzmanov scored 57 points vs Massellani’s 33. The Bulgarian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmanov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dimitar Kuzmanov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 77% (23/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmanov broke Massellani 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The Bulgarian has an aggregate 41-28 win-loss record in 2026, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dzumhur | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 50 |
| Pts | 82-76 | 182-126 |
| Total Points | 158 | 308 |
| Winners | 37 | 86 |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% |
Dzumhur played 1 match while Kuzmanov competed in 3 matches. Kuzmanov started his run from the qualifications while Dzumhur had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Damir Dzumhur surrendered 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Dzumhur has played 3 set(s) less than Kuzmanov (3 vs 6). Therefore, Dzumhur played 24 games less than Kuzmanov. Dzumhur scored 37 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian scored 86 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 55/78 | 110/164 |
| %1st in | 71% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 86/110 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 30/54 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 56% |
Dzumhur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kuzmanov made 3 aces (1 per match). Dzumhur won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dzumhur | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 10/14 |
| % Converted | 44% | 71% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 57% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Dzumhur broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Damir dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Kuzmanov broke his opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. Kuzmanov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 12 break points.
| Dzumhur | |||
| R1 Dougaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 82-76 | 82-76 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/78 | 55/78 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||||
| Q1 Peniston |
Q3 Cerny |
R1 Massellani |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 14 | 50 | |
| pts | 60-47 | 65-46 | 57-33 | 182-126 | |
| Total points | 107 | 111 | 90 | 308 | |
| Winners | 30 | 33 | 23 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 51% | 40% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 45/61 | 30/48 | 110/164 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 74% | 63% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 33/45 | 23/30 | 86/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 73% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 10/16 | 9/18 | 30/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 63% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/6 | 5/6 | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 83% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 9/9 | 2/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 300% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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