Juan Bautista Torres and Ivan Gakhov will square off in the final of the Dobrich Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 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 Ivan Gakhov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.87
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Juan Bautista Torres vs. Ivan Gakhov

There is no head to head record between Juan Bautista Torres and Ivan Gakhov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Juan Bautista Torres

Ranked no. 328, the Argentine got to the final after defeating Gabi Adrian Boitan 7-6(4) 6-4, Alexander Donski 6-3 1-6 6-3, Ergi Kirkin 7-6(4) 6-4 and Arthur Gea 7-5 4-6 6-3.

In the semifinal, Juan defeated Gea (7-5 4-6 6-3). During the match, Bautista Torres scored 105 points vs Gea’s 97. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bautista Torres was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Bautista Torres lost the serve 7 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bautista Torres put 69% of his first serves in, winning 58% (38/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Gea 8 times after converting 47% of his break points (8/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Bautista Torres has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (156-102). 33-21 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bautista Torres has an overall143-89 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Santos Challenger,the Lima 1 Challenger and the Dobrich Challenger.

The Argentine has a composed 33-21 win-loss record in 2024, 33-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Dobrich Challenger

Juan has never competed in this tournament before.

Ivan Gakhov

Ranked no. 331, the Russian got to the final after beating Marvin Moeller 6-1 6-4, Valerio Aboian 4-6 6-4 6-2, Petr Nesterov 2-6 6-4 6-4 and Hady Habib 6-4 6-4

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In the semifinal, Ivan had a good straight sets win against Habib (6-4 6-4). During the match Gakhov scored 70 points vs Habib’s 58. Ivan was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Gakhov recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ivan Gakhov was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Habib 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

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 year was getting to the final in M25 Getxo.

Gakhov has an aggregate 25-26 win-loss record in 2024, 24-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bautista Torres	Gakhov
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	10
Tot Games	102	93
Pts	349-307	307-269
Total Points	656	576
Winners	142	112
%Winners	41%	36%

Both Bautista Torres and Gakhov played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Juan Bautista Torres surrendered 2 sets, while Ivan Gakhov surrendered 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Bautista Torres and Gakhov have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Bautista Torres played 9 games more than Gakhov. Bautista Torres scored 142 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Gakhov made 112 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bautista Torres	Gakhov
Aces	3	16
Avg per match	0.8	4
1st in	217/326	151/271
%1st in	67%	56%
1st pts	142/217	112/151
%1st pts	65%	74%
2nd pts	54/109	72/120
%2nd pts	50%	60%

Bautista Torres managed to score 3 aces (0.8 per match). Gakhov fired 16 aces (4 per match). Bautista Torres won 65% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% 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 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bautista Torres	Gakhov
Won	18	14
Converted	18/40	14/42
% Converted	45%	33%
Conceded	33	23
Saved	18	16
% Saved	55%	70%
Times Broken	15	7

The Argentine broke his opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. Juan lost his serve 15 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Gakhov broke his opponents 14 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ivan conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Bautista Torres
	R1 Adrian Boitan	R2 Donski	1/4 Kirkin	1/2 Gea	Total
Score	7-64 6-4	6-3 1-6 6-3	7-64 6-4	7-5 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	23	25	23	31	102
pts	73-66	88-75	83-69	105-97	349-307
Total points	139	163	152	202	656
Winners	34	36	34	38	142
%Winners	47%	41%	41%	36%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	0	0	3
Double Faults	3	2	4	2	11
1st in	49/75	56/82	46/73	66/96	217/326
% 1st in	65%	68%	63%	69%	67%
1st pts	34/49	36/56	34/46	38/66	142/217
% 1st pts	69%	64%	74%	58%	65%
2nd pts	11/26	14/26	16/27	13/30	54/109
% 2nd pts	42%	54%	59%	43%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4	2	8	18
Converted	4/7	4/10	2/6	8/17	18/40
Converted %	57%	40%	33%	47%	45%
Conceded	8	9	4	12	33
Saved	5/8	5/9	3/4	5/12	18
Saved %	63%	56%	75%	42%	59%
Times Broken	3	4	1	7	15

Gakhov
	R1 Moeller	R2 Aboian	1/4 Nesterov	1/2 Habib	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	4-6 6-4 6-2	2-6 6-4 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	10
Tot Games	17	28	28	20	93
pts	70-49	90-81	77-81	70-58	307-269
Total points	119	171	158	128	576
Winners	20	31	33	28	112
%Winners	29%	34%	43%	40%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	1	4	7	16
Double Faults	3	1	6	1	11
1st in	26/51	44/87	43/74	38/59	151/271
% 1st in	51%	51%	58%	64%	56%
1st pts	20/26	31/44	33/43	28/38	112/151
% 1st pts	77%	70%	77%	74%	74%
2nd pts	19/25	22/43	17/31	14/21	72/120
% 2nd pts	76%	51%	55%	67%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	6	2	3	14
Converted	3/10	6/14	2/6	3/12	14/42
Converted %	30%	43%	33%	25%	33%
Conceded	3	11	2	7	23
Saved	3/3	7/11	0/2	6/7	16
Saved %	100%	64%	0%	86%	63%
Times Broken	0	4	2	1	7

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