Alibek Kachmazov and Denis Istomin will play each other in the 1st round of the Segovia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on PISTA 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Istomin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Istomin is the pick to win this match.
Denis Istomin -> 1.75
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Denis Istomin
There is no head to head record between Alibek Kachmazov and Denis Istomin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-9 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 345, Alibek got to the 1st round after beating Pablo Carretero 6-1 6-4 and Inaki Montes-De La Torre 7-5 3-0 ret..
In the qualifications, Alibek had a good straight sets win against Montes-De La Torre (7-5 3-0 ret.). During the match, Kachmazov scored 57 points vs Montes-De La Torre’s 44. Kachmazov was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kachmazov struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 44% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Kachmazov broke Montes-De La Torre 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Kachmazov has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 64% of his matches (89-51). 15-6 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kachmazov has a compiled37-27 record in the last 4 years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Kazan,Sultan,M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Shymkent.
The Russian has a compiled 34-11 win-loss record in 2022, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Segovia Challenger
Kachmazov has never competed in this tournament before.
Denis Istomin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-26 | 8-10 | 4-7 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-29 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 7-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 24-32 | 17-14 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 438, Denis got to the 1st round after defeating Wilson Leite 5-7 7-5 7-5 and Elmar Ejupovic 2-6 7-64 6-4.
In the qualifications against Ejupovic, Istomin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-64 6-4).During the match Istomin scored less points (2) than Ejupovic. In fact, the world no. 345 won 91 points vs Ejupovic’s. That means that Istomin was more focused during the important points. Denis was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Istomin scored 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Istomin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Istomin put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (45/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. The Uzbek broke Ejupovic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Denis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
The Uzbek has a compiled 10-16 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kachmazov | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 67 |
| Pts | 115-79 | 203-203 |
| Total Points | 194 | 406 |
| Winners | 39 | 101 |
| %Winners | 34% | 50% |
Both Kachmazov and Istomin played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Denis Istomin conceded 2 sets while Alibek Kachmazov hasn’t lost a set so far. Kachmazov has played 1 set(s) less than Istomin (5 vs 6). Therefore, Kachmazov played 35 games less than Istomin. The Russian scored 39 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Istomin struck 101 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kachmazov | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 12.5 |
| 1st in | 52/106 | 145/212 |
| %1st in | 49% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 101/145 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 28/54 | 28/67 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 42% |
Kachmazov struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Istomin recorded 25 aces (12.5 per match). Kachmazov won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Istomin won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kachmazov | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/13 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 69% | 57% |
| Conceded | 9 | 17 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 56% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Kachmazov broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Kachmazov conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Istomin broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kachmazov | ||||
| Q1 Carretero |
Q3 Montes-De La Torre |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 32 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 57-44 | 115-79 | |
| Total points | 93 | 101 | 194 | |
| Winners | 21 | 18 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 26/59 | 52/106 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 44% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 18/26 | 39/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 69% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 16/33 | 28/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 48% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/5 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 80% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 71% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Istomin | ||||
| Q1 Leite |
Q3 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-5 7-5 | 2-6 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 31 | 67 | |
| pts | 112-110 | 91-93 | 203-203 | |
| Total points | 222 | 184 | 406 | |
| Winners | 56 | 45 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 49% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 10 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 87/118 | 58/94 | 145/212 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 62% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 56/87 | 45/58 | 101/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 78% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 15/36 | 28/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 2/6 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 33% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 4/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
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