Lukas Neumayer and Dimitar Kuzmanov will square off in the 2^nd round of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.72
Lukas Neumayer -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Lukas Neumayer vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov

There is no head to head record between Lukas Neumayer and Dimitar Kuzmanov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Lukas Neumayer

Ranked no. 211, Neumayer got to the 2^nd round after defeating Gabriel Diallo 4-6 7-5 4-2 ret..

In the 1^st round against Diallo, the Austrian had a free pass after Diallo retired on a 4-6 7-5 4-2 . scoreline.

Neumayer has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (129-98). 8-10 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Neumayer has a compiled103-75 record in the last 5 years on clay.

The Austrian has an overall 10-12 win-loss record in 2024, 8-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 260, Kuzmanov got to the 2^nd round after beating Mohamed Safwat 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Safwat (6-3 6-2). During the match Kuzmanov scored 67 points vs Safwat’s 40. The Bulgarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Kuzmanov made 3 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dimitar Kuzmanov was pretty effective on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bulgarian broke Safwat 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

The Bulgarian has an aggregate 8-13 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger

The Bulgarian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Neumayer	Kuzmanov
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	4	2
Tot Games	28	17
Pts	88-82	67-40
Total Points	170	107
Winners	33	26
%Winners	38%	39%

Both Neumayer and Kuzmanov played 1 match. At the moment, Lukas Neumayer surrendered 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Neumayer has played 2 sets more than Kuzmanov (4 vs 2). Therefore, Neumayer played 11 games more than Kuzmanov. Lukas scored 33 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian recorded 26 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Neumayer	Kuzmanov
Aces	0	3
Avg per match	0	3
1st in	43/86	29/45
%1st in	50%	64%
1st pts	33/43	26/29
%1st pts	77%	90%
2nd pts	24/43	11/16
%2nd pts	56%	69%

Neumayer didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kuzmanov fired 3 aces . Neumayer won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Neumayer	Kuzmanov
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/8
% Converted	50%	38%
Conceded	7	0
Saved	5	0
% Saved	71%	0%
Times Broken	2	0

Neumayer broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Austrian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Kuzmanov broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kuzmanov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Neumayer
	R1 Diallo	Total
Score	4-6 7-5 4-2 ret.
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	88-82	88-82
Total points	170	170
Winners	33	33
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	43/86	43/86
% 1st in	50%	50%
1st pts	33/43	33/43
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	24/43	24/43
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Kuzmanov
	R1 Safwat	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	67-40	67-40
Total points	107	107
Winners	26	26
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	29/45	29/45
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	26/29	26/29
% 1st pts	90%	90%
2nd pts	11/16	11/16
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Mauthausen Challenger

• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas PouilleLucas – Jan ChoinskiJan (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jozef KovalikKovalik – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gerald MelzerMelzer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-1) – H2H and prediction