Dimitar Kuzmanov and Egor Agafonov will square off in the 2nd round of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 2 sets.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.18
Egor Agafonov -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Egor Agafonov
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Egor Agafonov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
11 - 16win/loss
356
158
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-16 | 3-5 | 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. 356, Kuzmanov reached the 2nd round after defeating Moerani Bouzige 6-1 7-6(6) and Egor Agafonov .
In the 1st round, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-1 7-66). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 69 points vs Bouzige’s 52. Dimitar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Dimitar Kuzmanov was very effective on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dimitar broke Bouzige 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kuzmanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (379-213). 3-5 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kuzmanov has a compiled 128-51 record in the last years on hard.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Mauthausen Challenger.
The Bulgarian has an overall 11-16 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Egor Agafonov
29 - 17win/loss
558
531
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-17 | 21-13 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-20 | 23-13 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-15 | 8-9 | 8-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 558, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Saveliy Ivanov 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Egor had a good straight sets win against Ivanov (6-1 6-4). During the match Agafonov scored 54 points vs Ivanov’s 40. Egor was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Agafonov managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Egor Agafonov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Ivanov 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Agafonov’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Aktobe.
Egor has a composed 29-17 win-loss record in 2024, 21-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Agafonov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 |
| Pts | 69-52 | 54-40 |
| Total Points | 121 | 94 |
| Winners | 36 | 20 |
| %Winners | 52% | 37% |
Both Kuzmanov and Agafonov played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuzmanov and Agafonov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kuzmanov played 3 games more than Agafonov. Dimitar scored 36 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 20 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Agafonov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 47/62 | 24/43 |
| %1st in | 76% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 20/24 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 63% |
Kuzmanov bagged 9 aces . Agafonov recorded 7 aces . Kuzmanov won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Agafonov won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Agafonov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Bulgarian surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Agafonov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Bouzige | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 69-52 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/62 | 47/62 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 36/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Agafonov | |||
| R1 Ivanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 54-40 | 54-40 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 24/43 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 20/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Astana Challenger
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- Sergey FominFomin – Yanki ErelErel (5-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Sergey FominFomin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Grigoriy LomakinLomakin – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – (0-0) – H2H and prediction