Lorenzo Giustino and Ivan Gakhov will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Murcia Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 Lorenzo Giustino who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Giustino is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Giustino -> 1.32
Ivan Gakhov -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Giustino vs. Ivan Gakhov
This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Giustino and Ivan Gakhov face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Giustino (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Giustino won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Spain F2 (Manacor (Mallorca)) back in 2018.
Lorenzo Giustino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58-32 | 9-5 | 47-23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-33 | 7-5 | 47-23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 14-16 | 10-19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-37 | 3-5 | 19-26 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-39 | 3-8 | 14-26 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 213, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Johan Nikles 7-65 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Giustino defeated Nikles (7-65 4-6 6-4). During the match, Giustino scored 113 points vs Nikles’s 109. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Giustino bagged 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Lorenzo Giustino lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Giustino put 59% of his first serves in, winning 63% (43/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Lorenzo broke Nikles 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Giustino has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (354-287). 2-5 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Giustino has an aggregate 272-195 record in the last years on clay.
Giustino has an overall 3-9 win-loss record in 2022, 2-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-37 | 3-3 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-35 | 1-2 | 35-32 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 465, Gakhov reached the 2nd round after beating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 3-6 7-63 2-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Manuel Cerundolo, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 2-0 ret.).During the match Gakhov scored less points (1) than Manuel Cerundolo. In fact, the world no. 213 won 86 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s. That means that Gakhov was more focused during the important points. Ivan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Gakhov bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 49% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Manuel Cerundolo 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Russian has an overall 8-8 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giustino | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 24 |
| Pts | 113-109 | 86-87 |
| Total Points | 222 | 173 |
| Winners | 43 | 27 |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% |
Both Giustino and Gakhov played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Lorenzo Giustino surrendered 1 set, while Ivan Gakhov lost 1 set. Giustino has played 1 set(s) less than Gakhov (3 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Giustino played 9 games more than Gakhov. Lorenzo scored 43 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian fired 27 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giustino | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 68/115 | 41/83 |
| %1st in | 59% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 43/68 | 27/41 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 22/47 | 18/42 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 43% |
Giustino struck 2 aces . Gakhov blasted 5 aces . Giustino won 63% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Gakhov won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giustino | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 13 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 54% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
Giustino broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Lorenzo lost his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Gakhov conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giustino | |||
| R1 Nikles |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 113-109 | 113-109 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 68/115 | 68/115 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 43/68 | 43/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/47 | 22/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 7/13 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 54% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Gakhov | |||
| R1 Manuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 86-87 | 86-87 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/83 | 41/83 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 27/41 | 27/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/42 | 18/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Murcia Challenger
- Miguel DamasDamas – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-0 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher HeymanHeyman – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-3 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Nicola KuhnKuhn (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (3-6 7-63 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Johan NiklesNikles (7-65 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Emilio NavaNava (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Miguel DamasDamas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Christopher HeymanHeyman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
