Dimitar Kuzmanov and Joel Schwaerzler will clash against each other in the quarter of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joel Schwaerzler who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joel Schwaerzler is the pick to win this match.
Joel Schwaerzler -> 1.86
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Joel Schwaerzler
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Joel Schwaerzler since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
9 - 13win/loss
353
158
WLWWWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 11-6 | 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. 260, Kuzmanov got to the quarter after defeating Mohamed Safwat 6-3 6-2 and Lukas Neumayer 2-6 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Neumayer, The Bulgarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-0). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 73 points vs Neumayer’s 62. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Neumayer 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bulgarian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Kuzmanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (377-210). 4-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kuzmanov has an overall 230-125 record in the last years on clay.
Dimitar has an aggregate 9-13 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger
Dimitar has never competed in this tournament before.
Joel Schwaerzler
14 - 8win/loss
334
330
LWLLLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-23 | 3-3 | 21-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 743 (career-high), Schwaerzler got to the quarter after defeating Mats Rosenkranz 7-61 6-4 and Martin Landaluce 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Schwaerzler had a good straight sets win against Landaluce (6-4 6-2). During the match Schwaerzler scored 66 points vs Landaluce’s 49. Schwaerzler was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Schwaerzler fired 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Joel Schwaerzler was quite effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Austrian broke Landaluce 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Schwaerzler hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Joel’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Schwaerzler has a compiled 14-8 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Schwaerzler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 41 |
| Pts | 140-102 | 143-115 |
| Total Points | 242 | 258 |
| Winners | 54 | 60 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Both Kuzmanov and Schwaerzler played 2 matches. At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov dropped 1 set while Joel Schwaerzler hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 1 set more than Schwaerzler (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kuzmanov played 2 games less than Schwaerzler. Dimitar scored 54 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Schwaerzler fired 60 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Schwaerzler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 70/108 | 80/130 |
| %1st in | 65% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 54/70 | 60/80 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 28/50 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 56% |
Kuzmanov bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Schwaerzler made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kuzmanov won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Schwaerzler won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Schwaerzler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 47% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Dimitar broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Bulgarian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Schwaerzler broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | ||||
| R1 Safwat |
R2 Neumayer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 2-6 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 67-40 | 73-62 | 140-102 | |
| Total points | 107 | 135 | 242 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 41/63 | 70/108 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 28/41 | 54/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 68% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 12/22 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 55% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/9 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Schwaerzler | ||||
| R1 Rosenkranz |
R2 Landaluce |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 | 41 | |
| pts | 77-66 | 66-49 | 143-115 | |
| Total points | 143 | 115 | 258 | |
| Winners | 32 | 28 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/71 | 39/59 | 80/130 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 66% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 28/39 | 60/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 12/20 | 28/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 60% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/7 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 57% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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