Benoit Paire and Dimitar Kuzmanov will face off in the quarter of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benoit Paire who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benoit Paire is the pick to win this match.
Benoit Paire -> 1.63
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
There is no head to head record between Benoit Paire and Dimitar Kuzmanov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 0-4 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 125, Benoit got to the quarter after beating Calvin Hemery 6-1 6-0 and Lorenzo Carboni 5-7 6-2 3-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Carboni, Paire had a free pass after Carboni retired on a 5-7 6-2 3-0 . scoreline.
Paire has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (289-278). 22-13 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Paire has a compiled 106-98 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Puerto Vallarta Challenger where he overcame Yuta Shimizu in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2 and the San Benedetto Challenger where he beat Richard Gasquet in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.
Benoit has an overall 35-26 win-loss record in 2023, 22-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
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, Kuzmanov reached the quarter after beating Miljan Zekic 6-2 6-3 and Ivan Gakhov 6-2 2-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Gakhov, Kuzmanov had a free pass after Gakhov retired on a 6-2 2-0 . scoreline.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Bratislava 1 Challenger.
Dimitar has an aggregate 28-18 win-loss record in 2023, 20-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 27 |
| Pts | 139-94 | 111-85 |
| Total Points | 233 | 196 |
| Winners | 49 | 48 |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% |
Both Paire and Kuzmanov played 2 matches. At the moment, Benoit Paire dropped 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Paire has played 1 set more than Kuzmanov (6 vs 5). Therefore, Paire played 9 games more than Kuzmanov. Paire scored 49 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmanov bagged 48 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 63/133 | 69/103 |
| %1st in | 47% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 49/63 | 48/69 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 35/70 | 20/34 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 59% |
Paire managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Kuzmanov managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Paire won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paire | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/14 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 71% | 46% |
| Conceded | 15 | 7 |
| Saved | 12 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Bulgarian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Paire | ||||
| R1 Hemery |
R2 Carboni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 5-7 6-2 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 23 | 36 | |
| pts | 54-27 | 85-67 | 139-94 | |
| Total points | 81 | 152 | 233 | |
| Winners | 20 | 29 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 40/90 | 63/133 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 44% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 29/40 | 49/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 24/50 | 35/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 48% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 11/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 79% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Kuzmanov | ||||
| R1 Zekic |
R2 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 10 | 27 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 44-35 | 111-85 | |
| Total points | 117 | 79 | 196 | |
| Winners | 31 | 17 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 26/39 | 69/103 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 17/26 | 48/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 7/13 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 54% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/5 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 60% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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