Elliot Benchetrit and Dimitar Kuzmanov will face off in the 2nd round of the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 8. 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 Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.45
Elliot Benchetrit -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Elliot Benchetrit vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 2nd time that Elliot Benchetrit and Dimitar Kuzmanov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuzmanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kuzmanov won 7-5 7-5 in the qualifications in the Francavilla Challenger back in 2018.
Elliot Benchetrit
Ranked no. 227, Elliot got to the qualifications after beating Ryan Peniston 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Peniston, Elliot recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Benchetrit scored 97 points vs Peniston’s 90. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Benchetrit managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Elliot Benchetrit lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Benchetrit put 60% of his first serves in, winning 71% (39/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Peniston 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Benchetrit has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (153-124). 1-1 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Benchetrit has a 25-16 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Benchetrit has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger
The French player didn’t compete in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger in 2020.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Ranked no. 278, Dimitar reached the qualifications after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Gunneswaran (6-3 6-4). During the match Kuzmanov scored 61 points vs Gunneswaran’s 48. The Bulgarian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmanov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmanov broke Gunneswaran 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Dimitar has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Benchetrit | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 |
| Pts | 97-90 | 61-48 |
| Total Points | 187 | 109 |
| Winners | 39 | 29 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Both Benchetrit and Kuzmanov played 1 match. At the moment, Elliot Benchetrit dropped 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Benchetrit has played 1 set more than Kuzmanov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Benchetrit played 11 games more than Kuzmanov. Benchetrit scored 39 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian blasted 29 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Benchetrit | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 1 |
| 1st in | 55/92 | 42/61 |
| %1st in | 60% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 29/42 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 10/19 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 53% |
Benchetrit struck 10 aces . Kuzmanov blasted 1 ace . Benchetrit won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Benchetrit | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 57% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Benchetrit broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Dimitar conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Benchetrit | |||
| R1 Peniston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 97-90 | 97-90 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/92 | 55/92 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 39/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 16/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 61-48 | 61-48 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 29/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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