Ulises Blanch and Alexandar Lazarov will fight against each other in the quarter of the Shymkent 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Alexandar Lazarov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexandar Lazarov is the pick to win this match.
Alexandar Lazarov -> 1.9
Ulises Blanch -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Ulises Blanch vs. Alexandar Lazarov

There is no head to head record between Ulises Blanch and Alexandar Lazarov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Ulises Blanch

Ulises Blanch

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
700
High
236
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-9 10-4 4-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 22-23 14-11 7-7 1-5 0-0 0-0
2022 29-29 10-12 6-5 13-11 0-0 0-1
2021 16-21 11-13 2-4 2-3 1-1 0-0
2020 20-15 7-6 3-5 10-3 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 338, Blanch reached the quarter after defeating Yshai Oliel 7-5 7-65 and Nicolas Alvarez Varona 7-5 6-72 7-63.

In the 2nd round, Ulises defeated Alvarez Varona (7-5 6-72 7-63).During the match, Blanch scored less points (2) than Alvarez Varona. In fact, the world no. 338 won 126 points vs Alvarez Varona’s. That means that Blanch was more focused during the important points. Blanch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Regarding the service games, Blanch made 12 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Ulises Blanch lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 57% of his first serves in, winning 68% (55/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (27/61) on the 2nd serve. Ulises broke Alvarez Varona 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ulises has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 50% of the points he played.

Blanch has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (158-141). 5-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanch has an overall71-60 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Ulises has a composed 12-11 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shymkent 1 Challenger

Ulises has never competed in this tournament before.

Shymkent 1 Challenger
Blanch's Record

Alexandar Lazarov

Alexandar Lazarov

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
840
High
272
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 4-9 3-2 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-0
2022 49-20 19-2 24-12 6-6 0-0 0-0
2021 45-22 11-5 34-15 0-2 0-0 0-0
2020 21-9 6-1 15-8 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 406, Lazarov got to the quarter after defeating Vladyslav Manafov 6-3 6-0, Arjun Kadhe 6-4 6-2, Yan Bondarevskiy 4-6 7-65 7-5 and Alexander Shevchenko 3-6 6-4 7-63.

In the 2nd round against Shevchenko, Lazarov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-63). During the match Lazarov scored 100 points vs Shevchenko’s 98. Alexandar was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Lazarov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexandar Lazarov lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lazarov put 71% of his first serves in, winning 59% (44/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Alexandar broke Shevchenko 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Bulgarian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Alexandar has an overall 12-9 win-loss record in 2022, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Shymkent 1 Challenger
Lazarov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

U.Blanch
A.Lazarov
4h:35
4h:35
Time on court​
!
7h:03
7h:03
!
2h:38
2h:38
Last match​
!
2h:18
2h:18
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
63
63
Games Played​
100
100
5
5
Set played​​
10
10
210
210
Total points​
340
340
105
105
Avg point​
85
85
94
94
Winners
140
140
47
47
Avg Winners​
35
35
45%
45%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
18
18
Aces
11
11
9
9
Avg Aces
2.8
2.8
17
17
Double Faults
11
11
!
8.5
8.5
Avg Double Faults
2.8
2.8
94/130
94/130
1st won total​
140/212
140/212
!
72%
72%
1st won %
66%
66%
41/93
41/93
2nd won total​
56/94
56/94
44%
44%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
9/18
9/18
BP won
18/40
18/40
4.5/9
4.5/9
Avg BP won
4.5/10
4.5/10
50%
50%
Won
45%
45%
19
19
Conceded
20
20
9.5
9.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
7
7
Broken
11
11
3.5
3.5
Avg Broken
2.8
2.8
12
12
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Blanch Lazarov
Match played 2 4
Tot Set 5 10
Tot Games 63 100
Pts 210-208 340-282
Total Points 418 622
Winners 94 140
%Winners 45% 41%

Blanch played 2 matches while Lazarov competed in 4 matches. Lazarov started his run from the qualifications while Blanch had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ulises Blanch surrendered 1 set, while Alexandar Lazarov conceded 2 sets. Blanch has played 5 set(s) less than Lazarov (5 vs 10). Therefore, Blanch played 37 games less than Lazarov. The American scored 94 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Lazarov managed to score 140 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Blanch Lazarov
Aces 18 11
Avg per match 9 2.8
1st in 130/223 212/306
%1st in 58% 69%
1st pts 94/130 140/212
%1st pts 72% 66%
2nd pts 41/93 56/94
%2nd pts 44% 60%

Blanch made 18 aces (9 per match). Lazarov blasted 11 aces (2.8 per match). Blanch won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Lazarov won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Blanch Lazarov
Won 9 18
Converted 9/18 18/40
% Converted 50% 45%
Conceded 19 20
Saved 12 9
% Saved 63% 45%
Times Broken 7 11

Blanch broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Lazarov broke his opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. Lazarov conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.

Blanch
R1
Oliel
R2
Alvarez
Total
Score 7-5 7-65 7-5 6-72 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 25 38 63
pts 84-80 126-128 210-208
Total points 164 254 418
Winners 39 55 94
%Winners 46% 44% 45%
SERVE
Aces 6 12 18
Double Faults 8 9 17
1st in 49/81 81/142 130/223
% 1st in 60% 57% 58%
1st pts 39/49 55/81 94/130
% 1st pts 80% 68% 72%
2nd pts 14/32 27/61 41/93
% 2nd pts 44% 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 3 6 9
Converted 3/7 6/11 9/18
Converted % 43% 55% 50%
Conceded 6 13 19
Saved 4/6 8/13 12
Saved % 67% 62% 65%
Times Broken 2 5 7
Lazarov
Q1
Manafov
Q3
Kadhe
R1
Bondarevskiy
R2
Shevchenko
Total
Score 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-2 4-6 7-65 7-5 3-6 6-4 7-63
Tot Set 2 2 3 3 10
Tot Games 15 18 35 32 100
pts 58-30 63-45 119-109 100-98 340-282
Total points 88 108 228 198 622
Winners 20 28 48 44 140
%Winners 34% 44% 40% 44% 41%
SERVE
Aces 7 2 1 1 11
Double Faults 2 3 3 3 11
1st in 23/34 37/51 78/117 74/104 212/306
% 1st in 68% 73% 67% 71% 69%
1st pts 20/23 28/37 48/78 44/74 140/212
% 1st pts 87% 76% 62% 59% 66%
2nd pts 8/11 8/14 24/39 16/30 56/94
% 2nd pts 73% 57% 62% 53% 60%
Breaks
Won 5 4 5 4 18
Converted 5/13 4/7 5/11 4/9 18/40
Converted % 38% 57% 45% 44% 45%
Conceded 0 2 8 10 20
Saved 0/0 1/2 3/8 5/10 9
Saved % 50% 38% 50% 69%
Times Broken 0 1 5 5 11

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