Dimitar Kuzmanov and Federico Gaio will play each other in the 1st round of the Prague 1 Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.57
Federico Gaio -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Federico Gaio
This will be the 4th time that Dimitar Kuzmanov and Federico Gaio fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Gaio (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kuzmanov won 2-6 6-3 7-6(2) in the 1st round in the Perugia Challenger back in 2021.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 5-7 | 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. 191, Dimitar got to the 1st round after beating Guido Andreozzi 6-1 6-3 and Alejandro Moro Canas 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Moro Canas (6-2 6-4). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 62 points vs Moro Canas’s 46. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov was unable to score even 1 ace in the match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmanov broke Moro Canas 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kuzmanov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Kuzmanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (391-200). 6-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuzmanov has a composed 217-114 record in the last years on clay.
The Bulgarian has an aggregate 14-7 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 1 Challenger
Federico Gaio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-15 | 2-7 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 14-12 | 25-15 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-28 | 9-9 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-38 | 6-8 | 14-16 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 5-4 | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 326, the Italian reached the 1st round after beating Denis Yevseyev 6-0 6-75 6-3 and Henri Laaksonen 6-4 5-7 6-3.
In the qualifications, Gaio defeated Laaksonen (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match Gaio scored 117 points vs Laaksonen’s 103. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Gaio couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Federico Gaio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 53% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Laaksonen 6 times after converting 32% of his break points (6/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gaio 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.
The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Gaio has an overall 24-11 win-loss record in 2023, 14-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 59 |
| Pts | 124-91 | 224-184 |
| Total Points | 215 | 408 |
| Winners | 38 | 69 |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% |
Both Kuzmanov and Gaio played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Federico Gaio lost 2 sets while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 2 set(s) less than Gaio (4 vs 6). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 25 games less than Gaio. The Bulgarian scored 38 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian made 69 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 55/94 | 112/202 |
| %1st in | 59% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 38/55 | 69/112 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 47/90 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 52% |
Kuzmanov fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Gaio bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Kuzmanov won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 62% of the points behind 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 | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 16 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 16/36 |
| % Converted | 48% | 44% |
| Conceded | 5 | 22 |
| Saved | 2 | 12 |
| % Saved | 40% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 10 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kuzmanov lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Gaio broke his opponents 16 times with a 44% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | ||||
| Q1 Andreozzi |
Q3 Moro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 34 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 62-46 | 124-91 | |
| Total points | 107 | 108 | 215 | |
| Winners | 16 | 22 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 35% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/47 | 33/47 | 55/94 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 70% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 16/22 | 22/33 | 38/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 7/14 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/12 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 42% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Gaio | ||||
| Q1 Yevseyev |
Q3 Laaksonen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-75 6-3 | 6-4 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 31 | 59 | |
| pts | 107-81 | 117-103 | 224-184 | |
| Total points | 188 | 220 | 408 | |
| Winners | 35 | 34 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 29% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 63/109 | 49/93 | 112/202 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 53% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 35/63 | 34/49 | 69/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 69% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/46 | 23/44 | 47/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 10/17 | 6/19 | 16/36 | |
| Converted % | 59% | 32% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 9 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/13 | 5/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 54% | 56% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
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