Zangar Nurlanuly and Tomas Machac will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Almaty Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Center Court. 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 Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.031
Zangar Nurlanuly -> 11.5
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Prediction and head to head Zangar Nurlanuly vs. Tomas Machac
There is no head to head record between Zangar Nurlanuly and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zangar Nurlanuly
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5-6 | 4-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Nurlanuly will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in M15 Sharm ElSheikh where he lost 6-2 4-3 ret. to Jubb in the 2nd round on the 1st of October.
Nurlanuly has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Nurlanuly won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Zangar has an overall 7-12 record. He has a negative 0-1 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Almaty
Nurlanuly has never competed in this tournament before.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18-17 | 12-11 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 23-19 | 15-9 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-24 | 22-11 | 9-5 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 72, Machac will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in the Jinan Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-4 to Draxl in the quarter on the 16th of October.
Tomas has a composed 18-17 win-loss record in 2026, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Adelaide where he overcame Ugo Humbert in the final 6-4 6-7(2) 6-2.
In terms of his career, The Czech has an overall 298-167 record. He has a positive 89-45 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (7-64 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jason Murray Kubler/John PeersMurray Kubler/John Peers – Luciano Darderi/Tomas Martin EtcheverryDarderi/Tomas Martin Etcheverry (4-6 7-68 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-64 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Marin CilicCilic (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander Donski/Filip PieczonkaDonski/Filip Pieczonka – Arthur Reymond/Luca SanchezReymond/Luca Sanchez (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-73 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Andrey RublevRublev (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Timofey SkatovSkatov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
