Dimitar Kuzmanov and Maximilian Marterer will square off in the quarter of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.72
Maximilian Marterer -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Maximilian Marterer
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Maximilian Marterer since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-29 | 15-6 | 21-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-24 | 12-7 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 206, Dimitar got to the quarter after beating Illya Marchenko 6-1 6-3 and Nuno Borges 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Borges (6-1 7-5). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 68 points vs Borges’s 51. Dimitar was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmanov broke Borges 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dimitar hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Kuzmanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (393-196). 5-4 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has a composed 217-113 record in the last years on clay.
Kuzmanov’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger.
The Bulgarian has an overall 11-9 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Kuzmanov has never competed in this tournament before.
Maximilian Marterer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-32 | 5-10 | 11-11 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-27 | 12-10 | 13-10 | 12-4 | 5-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 11-7 | 17-15 | 7-5 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-28 | 4-2 | 15-16 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 209, Marterer got to the quarter after defeating Andrew Paulson 7-62 7-66 and Martin Krumich 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Krumich (6-3 6-1). During the match Marterer scored 60 points vs Krumich’s 36. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Marterer managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maximilian Marterer was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (17/20) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Krumich 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maximilian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The German has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2022, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Marterer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 42 |
| Pts | 126-84 | 155-116 |
| Total Points | 210 | 271 |
| Winners | 52 | 53 |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% |
Both Kuzmanov and Marterer played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuzmanov and Marterer have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kuzmanov played 7 games less than Marterer. Dimitar scored 52 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Maximilian scored 53 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Marterer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 74/112 | 62/125 |
| %1st in | 66% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 52/74 | 53/62 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 41/63 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 65% |
Kuzmanov scored 6 aces (3 per match). Marterer bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kuzmanov won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Marterer won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Marterer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/13 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 77% | 45% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 63% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. Dimitar lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Marterer broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Marterer conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | ||||
| R1 Marchenko | R2 Borges | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 68-51 | 126-84 | |
| Total points | 91 | 119 | 210 | |
| Winners | 22 | 30 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 43/67 | 74/112 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 30/43 | 52/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 14/24 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/6 | 10/13 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 67% | 77% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 4/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 80% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Marterer | ||||
| R1 Paulson | R2 Krumich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-66 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 | 42 | |
| pts | 95-80 | 60-36 | 155-116 | |
| Total points | 175 | 96 | 271 | |
| Winners | 36 | 17 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 28% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/81 | 20/44 | 62/125 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 45% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 36/42 | 17/20 | 53/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 17/24 | 41/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 71% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 4/8 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Prague 2 Challenger
- Andrew Paulson/Adam PavlasekPaulson/Adam Pavlasek – Sadio Doumbia/Fabien ReboulDoumbia/Fabien Reboul (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-1) – H2H and prediction