Enzo Couacaud and Dimitar Kuzmanov will face off in the 2nd round of the Almaty 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Enzo Couacaud who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Enzo Couacaud is the pick to win this match.
Enzo Couacaud -> 1.66
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Enzo Couacaud vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
There is no head to head record between Enzo Couacaud and Dimitar Kuzmanov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Enzo Couacaud
Ranked no. 177, Enzo got to the 2nd round after beating Vitaliy Sachko 6-72 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Sachko, Couacaud recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 7-5 6-2). During the match, Couacaud scored 117 points vs Sachko’s 107. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Couacaud struck 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Enzo Couacaud was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 58% (36/62) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Enzo broke Sachko 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Couacaud has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (252-147). 12-9 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Couacaud has a composed 65-52 match record in the last years on clay.
Enzo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger and the Biella 6 Challenger.
Couacaud has a composed 14-11 win-loss record in 2021, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Almaty 1 Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Ranked no. 242, Kuzmanov got to the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Menendez-Maceiras (6-2 6-4). During the match Kuzmanov scored 68 points vs Menendez-Maceiras’s 51. Dimitar was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmanov bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Dimitar Kuzmanov was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dimitar broke Menendez-Maceiras 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Dimitar’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Zadar Challenger.
The Bulgarian has an overall 19-13 win-loss record in 2021, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Couacaud | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 18 |
| Pts | 117-107 | 68-51 |
| Total Points | 224 | 119 |
| Winners | 37 | 24 |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% |
Both Couacaud and Kuzmanov played 1 match. At the moment, Enzo Couacaud lost 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Couacaud has played 1 set more than Kuzmanov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Couacaud played 15 games more than Kuzmanov. Enzo scored 37 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian made 24 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Couacaud | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 48/110 | 31/57 |
| %1st in | 44% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 24/31 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 36/62 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 54% |
Couacaud made 4 aces . Kuzmanov fired 2 aces . Couacaud won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Couacaud | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 29% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 83% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Couacaud dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Couacaud | |||
| R1 Sachko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 117-107 | 117-107 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/110 | 48/110 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 37/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 36/62 | 36/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Menendez-Maceiras |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 68-51 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 31/57 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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