Dimitar Kuzmanov and Robert Strombachs will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Dobrich 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.49
Robert Strombachs -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Robert Strombachs
This will be the 2nd time that Dimitar Kuzmanov and Robert Strombachs clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Strombachs (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Strombachs won 6-3 1-0 ret. in the 1st round in the Dobrich Challenger back in August 2024.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
17 - 18win/loss
382
158
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 20-22 | 8-5 | 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. 382, Kuzmanov got to the 2nd round after beating Raul Brancaccio 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (7-5 6-3). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 67 points vs Brancaccio’s 56. Dimitar was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Dimitar broke Brancaccio 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Kuzmanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (384-215). 6-9 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has an overall 232-130 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Astana Challenger where he beat Saba Purtseladze in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Bulgarian has a compiled 16-18 win-loss record in 2024, 6-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Dobrich 2 Challenger
Robert Strombachs
24 - 25win/loss
432
334
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 40-30 | 20-8 | 13-15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 21-26 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
2020 | 13-11 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 451, the German reached the 2nd round after beating Sasa Markovic 6-3 7-5, Luca Wiedenmann 6-3 6-4 and Ivan Ivanov 4-6 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against Ivanov, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match Strombachs scored 98 points vs Ivanov’s 72. The German was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Strombachs scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Robert Strombachs was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (45/59) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The German broke Ivanov 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Strombachs has a composed 24-24 win-loss record in 2024, 13-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kuzmanov | Strombachs |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
Tot Games | 21 | 69 |
Pts | 67-56 | 239-184 |
Total Points | 123 | 423 |
Winners | 26 | 109 |
%Winners | 39% | 46% |
Kuzmanov played 1 match while Strombachs competed in 3 matches. Strombachs started his run from the qualifications while Kuzmanov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Robert Strombachs surrendered 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 5 set(s) less than Strombachs (2 vs 7). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 48 games less than Strombachs. Kuzmanov scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The German fired 109 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kuzmanov | Strombachs |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 16 |
Avg per match | 3 | 5.3 |
1st in | 38/63 | 142/217 |
%1st in | 60% | 65% |
1st pts | 26/38 | 109/142 |
%1st pts | 68% | 77% |
2nd pts | 15/25 | 39/75 |
%2nd pts | 60% | 52% |
Kuzmanov recorded 3 aces . Strombachs struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Kuzmanov won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Strombachs won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kuzmanov | Strombachs |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 11 |
Converted | 4/5 | 11/24 |
% Converted | 80% | 46% |
Conceded | 5 | 25 |
Saved | 3 | 20 |
% Saved | 60% | 80% |
Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Kuzmanov broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Dimitar surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
Kuzmanov | |||
R1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
pts | 67-56 | 67-56 | |
Total points | 123 | 123 | |
Winners | 26 | 26 | |
%Winners | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
% 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Strombachs | |||||
Q1 Markovic |
Q3 Wiedenmann |
R1 Ivanov |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 29 | 69 | |
pts | 76-59 | 65-53 | 98-72 | 239-184 | |
Total points | 135 | 118 | 170 | 423 | |
Winners | 30 | 34 | 45 | 109 | |
%Winners | 39% | 52% | 46% | 46% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
1st in | 42/68 | 41/66 | 59/83 | 142/217 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 62% | 71% | 65% | |
1st pts | 30/42 | 34/41 | 45/59 | 109/142 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 83% | 76% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 14/26 | 12/25 | 13/24 | 39/75 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 48% | 54% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 2/4 | 5/14 | 11/24 | |
Converted % | 67% | 50% | 36% | 46% | |
Conceded | 11 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |
Saved | 9/11 | 7/7 | 4/7 | 20 | |
Saved % | 82% | 100% | 57% | 239% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Head 2 Head
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