Dimitar Kuzmanov and Alibek Kachmazov will square off in the 2nd round of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 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 Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.45
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Alibek Kachmazov
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Alibek Kachmazov 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 |
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2024 | 17-21 | 7-5 | 7-12 | 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 |
2020 | 20-13 | 4-1 | 13-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 216, Kuzmanov got to the 2nd round after beating Nikola Milojevic 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Milojevic (6-4 6-1). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 60 points vs Milojevic’s 40. The Bulgarian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Dimitar Kuzmanov was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bulgarian broke Milojevic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Kuzmanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (383-195). 6-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has an overall 155-52 match record in the last years on hard.
Dimitar has an aggregate 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
The Bulgarian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alibek Kachmazov
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 30-24 | 17-13 | 6-6 | 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. 342, the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Akira Santillan 6-4 5-7 7-5, Colin Sinclair 7-5 6-2 and Maximilian Neuchrist 3-6 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Neuchrist, Kachmazov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Kachmazov scored 92 points vs Neuchrist’s 85. Kachmazov was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Kachmazov fired 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 55% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. Kachmazov broke Neuchrist 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Alibek has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kuzmanov | Kachmazov |
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Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
Tot Games | 17 | 83 |
Pts | 60-40 | 268-238 |
Total Points | 100 | 506 |
Winners | 24 | 104 |
%Winners | 40% | 39% |
Kuzmanov played 1 match while Kachmazov competed in 3 matches. Kachmazov started his run from the qualifications while Kuzmanov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alibek Kachmazov conceded 2 sets while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 6 set(s) less than Kachmazov (2 vs 8). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 66 games less than Kachmazov. Dimitar scored 24 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Alibek made 104 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kuzmanov | Kachmazov |
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Aces | 1 | 17 |
Avg per match | 1 | 5.7 |
1st in | 28/46 | 144/266 |
%1st in | 61% | 54% |
1st pts | 24/28 | 104/144 |
%1st pts | 86% | 72% |
2nd pts | 12/18 | 64/122 |
%2nd pts | 67% | 52% |
Kuzmanov recorded 1 ace . Kachmazov also fired 17 aces (5.7 per match). Kuzmanov won 86% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kuzmanov | Kachmazov |
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Won | 3 | 15 |
Converted | 3/8 | 15/30 |
% Converted | 38% | 50% |
Conceded | 0 | 21 |
Saved | 0 | 12 |
% Saved | 0% | 57% |
Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
Kuzmanov broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kuzmanov had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kachmazov broke his opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
Kuzmanov | |||
R1 Milojevic |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
pts | 60-40 | 60-40 | |
Total points | 100 | 100 | |
Winners | 24 | 24 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
% 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
% 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Kachmazov | |||||
Q1 Santillan |
Q3 Sinclair |
R1 Neuchrist |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 5-7 7-5 | 7-5 6-2 | 3-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 34 | 20 | 29 | 83 | |
pts | 112-104 | 64-49 | 92-85 | 268-238 | |
Total points | 216 | 113 | 177 | 506 | |
Winners | 40 | 26 | 38 | 104 | |
%Winners | 36% | 41% | 41% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
1st in | 62/117 | 31/56 | 51/93 | 144/266 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 55% | 55% | 54% | |
1st pts | 40/62 | 26/31 | 38/51 | 104/144 | |
% 1st pts | 65% | 84% | 75% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 30/55 | 14/25 | 20/42 | 64/122 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 56% | 48% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
Converted | 6/15 | 4/4 | 5/11 | 15/30 | |
Converted % | 40% | 100% | 45% | 50% | |
Conceded | 11 | 1 | 9 | 21 | |
Saved | 6/11 | 0/1 | 6/9 | 12 | |
Saved % | 55% | 0% | 67% | 122% | |
Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Head 2 Head
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