Alexander Bernard and Stefan Kozlov will play each other in the 1st round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.028
Alexander Bernard -> 11

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bernard vs. Stefan Kozlov

There is no head to head record between Alexander Bernard and Stefan Kozlov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alexander Bernard

Alexander Bernard

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Rank
887
High
586
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-7 0-2 5-2 0-3 0-0 0-0
2024 12-6 1-2 5-1 6-3 0-0 0-0
2023 4-8 4-5 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0
2022 26-22 13-12 6-6 7-4 0-0 0-0
2021 11-15 9-12 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, Alexander will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Cancun where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Draxl in the quarter on the 17th of December.

This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

Talking about his overall career, Alexander has an overall 13-17 record. He has a negative 0-1 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

Columbus Challenger
Bernard's Record

Stefan Kozlov

Stefan Kozlov

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Rank
304
High
103
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-11 12-6 5-1 10-3 0-1 0-0
2024 37-19 16-9 17-8 4-2 0-0 0-0
2023 6-12 1-6 0-0 5-6 0-0 0-0
2022 21-34 14-18 0-5 4-5 3-6 0-0
2021 41-15 20-12 5-2 16-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 169, Kozlov will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-1 to Berrettini in the 2nd round on the 19th of January.

Stefan has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

In terms of his career, Kozlov has an overall 271-190 record. He has a positive 63-32 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history

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Columbus Challenger
Kozlov's Record

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