Dimitar Kuzmanov and Saba Purtseladze will square off in the final of the Astana Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday 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 Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.39
Saba Purtseladze -> 2.84

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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Saba Purtseladze

There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Saba Purtseladze since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 356, the Bulgarian got to the final after defeating Moerani Bouzige 6-1 7-6(6)

, Egor Agafonov 4-6 6-4 7-6(5), Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-3 and Aleksandre Bakshi 6-2 6-4.

In the semifinal, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Bakshi (6-2 6-4). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 64 points vs Bakshi’s 45. The Bulgarian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kuzmanov broke Bakshi 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kuzmanov has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Kuzmanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (382-213). 6-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kuzmanov has an aggregate 131-51 record in the last years on hard.

Dimitar’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Mauthausen Challenger and the Astana Challenger.

Dimitar has an overall 14-16 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Saba Purtseladze

Ranked no. 533, Purtseladze got to the final after defeating Dominik Palan 6-4 6-4, Amir Omarkhanov 6-3 6-4, Lukas Pokorny 6-2 6-3 and Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-0 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Karlovskiy (6-0 6-4). During the match Purtseladze scored 66 points vs Karlovskiy’s 44. Purtseladze was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Purtseladze struck 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Saba Purtseladze was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Saba broke Karlovskiy 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Georgean hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

The Georgean’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

Saba has a composed 28-20 win-loss record in 2024, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kuzmanov	Purtseladze
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	8
Tot Games	90	72
Pts	298-247	262-192
Total Points	545	454
Winners	149	109
%Winners	50%	42%

Both Kuzmanov and Purtseladze played 4 matches. At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov dropped 1 set while Saba Purtseladze hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 1 set more than Purtseladze (9 vs 8). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 18 games more than Purtseladze. The Bulgarian scored 149 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Saba fired 109 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kuzmanov	Purtseladze
Aces	25	40
Avg per match	6.3	10
1st in	192/274	137/205
%1st in	70%	67%
1st pts	149/192	109/137
%1st pts	78%	80%
2nd pts	41/82	41/68
%2nd pts	50%	60%

Kuzmanov bagged 25 aces (6.3 per match). Purtseladze struck 40 aces (10 per match). Kuzmanov won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Purtseladze won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kuzmanov	Purtseladze
Won	13	14
Converted	13/28	14/30
% Converted	46%	47%
Conceded	15	11
Saved	9	9
% Saved	60%	82%
Times Broken	6	2

The Bulgarian broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Bulgarian surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Purtseladze broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Purtseladze conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Kuzmanov
	R1 Bouzige	R2 Agafonov	1/4 Donskoy	1/2 Bakshi	Total
Score	6-1 7-66	4-6 6-4 7-65	6-4 6-3	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	20	33	19	18	90
pts	69-52	98-97	67-53	64-45	298-247
Total points	121	195	120	109	545
Winners	36	49	35	29	149
%Winners	52%	50%	52%	45%	50%
SERVE
Aces	9	5	7	4	25
Double Faults	1	2	3	2	8
1st in	47/62	65/99	45/61	35/52	192/274
% 1st in	76%	66%	74%	67%	70%
1st pts	36/47	49/65	35/45	29/35	149/192
% 1st pts	77%	75%	78%	83%	78%
2nd pts	9/15	15/34	7/16	10/17	41/82
% 2nd pts	60%	44%	44%	59%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	3	13
Converted	3/5	4/13	3/6	3/4	13/28
Converted %	60%	31%	50%	75%	46%
Conceded	3	8	3	1	15
Saved	2/3	4/8	2/3	1/1	9
Saved %	67%	50%	67%	100%	71%
Times Broken	1	4	1	0	6

Purtseladze
	R1 Palan	R2 Omarkhanov	1/4 Pokorny	1/2 Karlovskiy	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-2 6-3	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	20	19	17	16	72
pts	66-52	74-58	56-38	66-44	262-192
Total points	118	132	94	110	454
Winners	27	29	27	26	109
%Winners	41%	39%	48%	39%	42%
SERVE
Aces	15	5	9	11	40
Double Faults	2	1	0	2	5
1st in	33/52	39/59	33/46	32/48	137/205
% 1st in	63%	66%	72%	67%	67%
1st pts	27/33	29/39	27/33	26/32	109/137
% 1st pts	82%	74%	82%	81%	80%
2nd pts	12/19	11/20	9/13	9/16	41/68
% 2nd pts	63%	55%	69%	56%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	4	14
Converted	3/3	4/12	3/3	4/12	14/30
Converted %	100%	33%	100%	33%	47%
Conceded	5	6	0	0	11
Saved	4/5	5/6	0/0	0/0	9
Saved %	80%	83%	–	–	41%
Times Broken	1	1	0	0	2

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