Hady Habib and Ivan Gakhov will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Dobrich Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Hady Habib who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hady Habib is the pick to win this match.
Hady Habib -> 1.68
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Hady Habib vs. Ivan Gakhov

There is no head to head record between Hady Habib and Ivan Gakhov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Hady Habib

Ranked no. 270, the Lebanese got to the semifinal after defeating Luka Pavlovic 7-5 6-3, Moez Echargui 6-4 3-6 7-6(7)

and Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-4 7-6(5).

In the quarter, The Lebanese had a good straight sets win against Emanuel Ambrogi (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match, Habib scored 80 points vs Emanuel Ambrogi’s 69. Hady was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Habib scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Hady Habib was very efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Habib broke Emanuel Ambrogi twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hady has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Habib has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (292-158). 23-15 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Habib has a compiled 99-58 record in the last years on clay.

Habib’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Quinta Do Lago,the Santos Challenger and M25 Pensacola.

The Lebanese has an overall 37-26 win-loss record in 2024, 23-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Dobrich Challenger

Hady has never competed in this tournament before.

Ivan Gakhov

Ranked no. 331, Ivan got to the semifinal after defeating Marvin Moeller 6-1 6-4, Valerio Aboian 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Petr Nesterov 2-6 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter against Nesterov, Gakhov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4).During the match Gakhov scored less points (4) than Nesterov. In fact, the world no. 270 won 77 points vs Nesterov’s. That means that Gakhov was more focused during the important points. Ivan was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Gakhov managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ivan Gakhov was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gakhov broke Nesterov twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ivan has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Ivan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Getxo.

The Russian has a composed 24-26 win-loss record in 2024, 23-23 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Habib	Gakhov
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	76	73
Pts	267-236	237-211
Total Points	503	448
Winners	106	84
%Winners	40%	35%

Both Habib and Gakhov played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Hady Habib lost 1 set, while Ivan Gakhov conceded 2 sets. Habib has played 1 set(s) less than Gakhov (7 vs 8). However, it’s interesting to notice that Habib played 3 games more than Gakhov. Hady scored 106 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 84 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Habib	Gakhov
Aces	24	9
Avg per match	8	3
1st in	134/226	113/212
%1st in	59%	53%
1st pts	106/134	84/113
%1st pts	79%	74%
2nd pts	49/92	58/99
%2nd pts	53%	59%

Habib scored 24 aces (8 per match). Gakhov blasted 9 aces (3 per match). Habib won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gakhov won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Habib	Gakhov
Won	7	11
Converted	7/24	11/30
% Converted	29%	37%
Conceded	9	16
Saved	5	10
% Saved	56%	63%
Times Broken	4	6

Hady broke his opponents 7 times with a 29% conversion rate. Habib surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Ivan broke his opponents 11 times with a 37% conversion rate. Gakhov conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Habib
	R1 Pavlovic	R2 Echargui	1/4 Emanuel	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-4 3-6 7-67	6-4 7-65
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	21	32	23	76
pts	78-59	109-108	80-69	267-236
Total points	137	217	149	503
Winners	31	44	31	106
%Winners	40%	40%	39%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	11	7	24
Double Faults	2	7	4	13
1st in	37/58	54/96	43/72	134/226
% 1st in	64%	56%	60%	59%
1st pts	31/37	44/54	31/43	106/134
% 1st pts	84%	81%	72%	79%
2nd pts	15/21	17/42	17/29	49/92
% 2nd pts	71%	40%	59%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	3	2	7
Converted	2/11	3/9	2/4	7/24
Converted %	18%	33%	50%	29%
Conceded	2	5	2	9
Saved	2/2	2/5	1/2	5
Saved %	100%	40%	50%	63%
Times Broken	0	3	1	4

Gakhov
	R1 Moeller	R2 Aboian	1/4 Nesterov	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	4-6 6-4 6-2	2-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	17	28	28	73
pts	70-49	90-81	77-81	237-211
Total points	119	171	158	448
Winners	20	31	33	84
%Winners	29%	34%	43%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	1	4	9
Double Faults	3	1	6	10
1st in	26/51	44/87	43/74	113/212
% 1st in	51%	51%	58%	53%
1st pts	20/26	31/44	33/43	84/113
% 1st pts	77%	70%	77%	74%
2nd pts	19/25	22/43	17/31	58/99
% 2nd pts	76%	51%	55%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	6	2	11
Converted	3/10	6/14	2/6	11/30
Converted %	30%	43%	33%	37%
Conceded	3	11	2	16
Saved	3/3	7/11	0/2	10
Saved %	100%	64%	0%	55%
Times Broken	0	4	2	6

Tennis Scores in Dobrich Challenger

• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Petr NesterovNesterov (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Ergi KirkinKirkin (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Hady HabibHabib – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Alexander Merino/Christoph NegrituMerino/Christoph Negritu – Dinko Dinev/Nikolay NedelchevDinev/Nikolay Nedelchev (6-7⁶ 6-4 10-8) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-4 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Hady HabibHabib (0-0) – H2H and prediction