Jules Marie and Dimitar Kuzmanov will face off in the 2nd round of the Nottingham Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines 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 -> 1.7
Jules Marie -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Jules Marie vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 2nd time that Jules Marie and Dimitar Kuzmanov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Marie (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Marie won 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Turkey F11.
Jules Marie
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-32 | 22-20 | 4-4 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-27 | 42-13 | 6-5 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-23 | 10-7 | 12-8 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 215 (career-high), Marie reached the 2nd round after defeating Filip Peliwo 7-61 6-1.
In the 1st round, Marie had a good straight sets win against Peliwo (7-61 6-1). During the match, Marie scored 70 points vs Peliwo’s 54. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Marie bagged 10 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Jules Marie lost the serve once. Furthermore, Marie put 75% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Peliwo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Marie has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (151-84). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Marie has an overall 49-29 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Marie has an aggregate 3-4 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Marie has never competed in this tournament before.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 7-5 | 9-13 | 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. 225, the Bulgarian reached the 2nd round after defeating Jan Choinski 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Dimitar defeated Choinski (6-4 1-6 6-3). During the match Kuzmanov scored 89 points vs Choinski’s 86. Kuzmanov was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmanov bagged 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 74% of his first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmanov broke Choinski 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
The Bulgarian has an overall 2-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marie | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 |
| Pts | 70-54 | 89-86 |
| Total Points | 124 | 175 |
| Winners | 33 | 43 |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% |
Both Marie and Kuzmanov played 1 match. At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov conceded 1 set while Jules Marie hasn’t conceded a set so far. Marie has played 1 set(s) less than Kuzmanov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Marie played 6 games less than Kuzmanov. Jules scored 33 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmanov recorded 43 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marie | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 9 |
| 1st in | 44/59 | 64/86 |
| %1st in | 75% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 43/64 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 45% |
Marie scored 10 aces . Kuzmanov fired 9 aces . Marie won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marie | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 38% | 25% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Marie surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Kuzmanov broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marie | |||
| R1 Peliwo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 70-54 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 33/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Choinski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-86 | 89-86 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 64/86 | 64/86 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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