Dimitar Kuzmanov and Chun Hsin Tseng will square off in the quarter of the Almaty 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.82
Chun Hsin Tseng -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Chun Hsin Tseng
This will be the 2nd time that Dimitar Kuzmanov and Chun Hsin Tseng fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuzmanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kuzmanov won 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in Turkey F7 (Antalya) back in 2018.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Ranked no. 242, Dimitar reached the quarter after defeating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-2 6-4 and Enzo Couacaud 7-5 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (7-5 6-0). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 77 points vs Couacaud’s 59. The Bulgarian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 55% (27/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Couacaud 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dimitar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Kuzmanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (404-197). 12-8 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kuzmanov has a compiled 215-111 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Dimitar’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Zadar Challenger.
Kuzmanov has an aggregate 20-13 win-loss record in 2021, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Almaty 1 Challenger
Kuzmanov has never competed in this tournament before.
Chun Hsin Tseng
Ranked no. 279, the Chinese reached the quarter after defeating Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 6-2 6-1 and Denis Istomin 7-67 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Hsin had a good straight sets win against Istomin (7-67 6-4). During the match Hsin scored 86 points vs Istomin’s 74. Hsin was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Hsin couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Chun Hsin Tseng lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hsin put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Istomin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Chun started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Hsin’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Angers and M25 Prague.
The Chinese has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2021, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 38 |
| Pts | 145-110 | 143-104 |
| Total Points | 255 | 247 |
| Winners | 51 | 50 |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% |
Both Kuzmanov and Hsin played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuzmanov and Hsin have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kuzmanov played 2 games less than Hsin. The Bulgarian scored 51 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 50 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 80/128 | 69/122 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 51/80 | 50/69 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 26/48 | 30/53 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 57% |
Kuzmanov bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Hsin struck 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kuzmanov won 64% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Hsin won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/23 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 48% | 60% |
| Conceded | 15 | 8 |
| Saved | 11 | 4 |
| % Saved | 73% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Dimitar broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kuzmanov surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Hsin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | ||||
| R1 Menendez-Maceiras |
R2 Couacaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 77-59 | 145-110 | |
| Total points | 119 | 136 | 255 | |
| Winners | 24 | 27 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 49/71 | 80/128 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 69% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 27/49 | 51/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 55% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 12/22 | 26/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 55% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 7/16 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 44% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 6/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Hsin | ||||
| R1 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
R2 Istomin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 23 | 38 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 86-74 | 143-104 | |
| Total points | 87 | 160 | 247 | |
| Winners | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 43/79 | 69/122 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 30/43 | 50/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 19/36 | 30/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 53% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/7 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 57% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 57% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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