Flavio Cobolli and Dimitar Kuzmanov will square off in the 2nd round of the Malaga Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Flavio Cobolli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.76
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 2nd time that Flavio Cobolli and Dimitar Kuzmanov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuzmanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kuzmanov won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2022.
Flavio Cobolli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-15 | 14-7 | 8-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 39-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121 (career-high), the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-2 ret..
In the 1st round against Zapata Miralles, Flavio had a free pass after Zapata Miralles retired on a 6-2 . scoreline.
Cobolli has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (139-106). 5-4 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cobolli has a compiled20-15 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Lisbon Challenger where he defeated Benjamin Hassan in the final 7-5 7-5.
Cobolli has an aggregate 48-29 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Flavio has never competed in this tournament before.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-15 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 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. 187, Kuzmanov reached the 2nd round after defeating Corentin Moutet 6-2 2-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, Dimitar defeated Moutet (6-2 2-6 7-65). During the match Kuzmanov scored 99 points vs Moutet’s 92. Kuzmanov was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmanov made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmanov broke Moutet 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Kuzmanov’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Bratislava 1 Challenger.
Kuzmanov has an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cobolli | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 8 | 29 |
| Pts | 33-22 | 99-92 |
| Total Points | 55 | 191 |
| Winners | 11 | 38 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Both Cobolli and Kuzmanov played 1 match. At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov surrendered 1 set while Flavio Cobolli hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cobolli has played 1 set(s) less than Kuzmanov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cobolli played 21 games less than Kuzmanov. Cobolli scored 11 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Dimitar blasted 38 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cobolli | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 15/24 | 54/85 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 11/15 | 38/54 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 16/31 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 52% |
Cobolli made 1 ace . Kuzmanov also managed to score 4 aces . Cobolli won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% 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 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cobolli | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 40% | 33% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Cobolli broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Kuzmanov broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cobolli | |||
| R1 Zapata Miralles |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 8 | |
| pts | 33-22 | 33-22 | |
| Total points | 55 | 55 | |
| Winners | 11 | 11 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Moutet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 99-92 | 99-92 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 54/85 | 54/85 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Emilio NavaNava – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Adrian AndreevAndreev (4-6 6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 2-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Benoit PairePaire (6-0 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
