Dimitar Kuzmanov and Lorenzo Giustino will face off in the 2^nd round of the Francavilla Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.49
Lorenzo Giustino -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Lorenzo Giustino

This will be the 4^th time that Dimitar Kuzmanov and Lorenzo Giustino play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kuzmanov (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kuzmanov won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Zug Challenger back in 2022.

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 211, Kuzmanov reached the 2^nd round after beating Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Svrcina (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 77 points vs Svrcina’s 68. Kuzmanov was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 59% of his first serves in, winning 50% (22/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the 2nd serve. Dimitar broke Svrcina 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Kuzmanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (392-201). 7-3 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has a compiled 218-115 record in the last years on clay.

Dimitar has an overall 15-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Francavilla Challenger

Lorenzo Giustino

Ranked no. 267, the Italian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Giustino had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (7-5 6-1). During the match Giustino scored 75 points vs Kukushkin’s 55. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Giustino couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Lorenzo Giustino lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Giustino put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Giustino broke Kukushkin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Lorenzo has a compiled 16-15 win-loss record in 2023, 4-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kuzmanov	Giustino
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	19
Pts	77-68	75-55
Total Points	145	130
Winners	22	31
%Winners	29%	41%

Both Kuzmanov and Giustino played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuzmanov and Giustino have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kuzmanov played 1 game more than Giustino. Dimitar scored 22 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo bagged 31 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kuzmanov	Giustino
Aces	0	0
Avg per match	0	0
1st in	44/75	46/64
%1st in	59%	72%
1st pts	22/44	31/46
%1st pts	50%	67%
2nd pts	19/31	9/18
%2nd pts	61%	50%

Kuzmanov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Giustino also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kuzmanov won 50% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Giustino won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kuzmanov	Giustino
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/9
% Converted	36%	56%
Conceded	8	3
Saved	5	1
% Saved	63%	33%
Times Broken	3	2

The Bulgarian broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Dimitar lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Lorenzo broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Giustino conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Kuzmanov
	R1 Svrcina	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	77-68	77-68
Total points	145	145
Winners	22	22
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	44/75	44/75
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	22/44	22/44
% 1st pts	50%	50%
2nd pts	19/31	19/31
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/14
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Giustino
	R1 Kukushkin	Total
Score	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	75-55	75-55
Total points	130	130
Winners	31	31
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	46/64	46/64
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	31/46	31/46
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Francavilla Challenger

• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Renzo OlivoOlivo (5-7 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-2 6-6 ret.) – See score progression
• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Giorgio TabaccoTabacco (3-6 6-4 7-6¹³) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Raphael CollignonCollignon – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (7-6² 5-7 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Giorgio TabaccoTabacco (3-6 6-4 7-6(13)) – See score progression
• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Renzo OlivoOlivo (5-7 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (3-6 6-1 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-2 6-6 ret.) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Fausto TabaccoTabacco (6-1 7-6(7)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Benoit PairePaire – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gianluca MagerMager – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction