Jelle Sels and Dimitar Kuzmanov will face off in the quarter of the Dobrich 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.6
Jelle Sels -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov

This will be the 2^nd time that Jelle Sels and Dimitar Kuzmanov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuzmanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Kuzmanov won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in M25 Poznan back in 2020.

Jelle Sels

Ranked no. 361, the Dutch reached the quarter after defeating Francesco Maestrelli 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2 and Corentin Denolly 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Denolly (6-4 6-4). During the match, Sels scored 69 points vs Denolly’s 58. Sels was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sels scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Jelle Sels was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jelle broke Denolly twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Sels has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (317-252). 26-13 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sels has a composed 192-141 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Jelle’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Mandya,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and M25 Reggio Emilia.

Jelle has a compiled 39-19 win-loss record in 2024, 26-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Dobrich 2 Challenger

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 382, Dimitar reached the quarter after defeating Raul Brancaccio 7-5 6-3 and Robert Strombachs 7-6(3) 7-6(4).

In the 1^st 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. Kuzmanov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Kuzmanov made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. 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. Kuzmanov broke Brancaccio 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Astana Challenger where he defeated Saba Purtseladze in the final 6-4 6-3.

Kuzmanov has an aggregate 16-18 win-loss record in 2024, 6-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sels	Kuzmanov
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	51	47
Pts	190-168	151-133
Total Points	358	284
Winners	73	69
%Winners	38%	46%

Both Sels and Kuzmanov played 2 matches. At the moment, Jelle Sels surrendered 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sels has played 1 set more than Kuzmanov (5 vs 4). Therefore, Sels played 4 games more than Kuzmanov. Jelle scored 73 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmanov scored 69 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sels	Kuzmanov
Aces	3	6
Avg per match	1.5	3
1st in	107/185	92/143
%1st in	58%	64%
1st pts	73/107	69/92
%1st pts	68%	75%
2nd pts	42/78	30/51
%2nd pts	54%	59%

Sels recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kuzmanov made 6 aces (3 per match). Sels won 68% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 75% of the points on 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	Sels	Kuzmanov
Won	8	5
Converted	8/20	5/9
% Converted	40%	56%
Conceded	26	7
Saved	21	4
% Saved	81%	57%
Times Broken	5	3

Sels broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Jelle surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Kuzmanov broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Sels
	R1 Maestrelli	R2 Denolly	Total
Score	4-6 7-63 6-2	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	31	20	51
pts	121-110	69-58	190-168
Total points	231	127	358
Winners	46	27	73
%Winners	38%	39%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3
Double Faults	4	1	5
1st in	76/126	31/59	107/185
% 1st in	60%	53%	58%
1st pts	46/76	27/31	73/107
% 1st pts	61%	87%	68%
2nd pts	25/50	17/28	42/78
% 2nd pts	50%	61%	54%
Breaks
Won	6	2	8
Converted	6/14	2/6	8/20
Converted %	43%	33%	40%
Conceded	18	8	26
Saved	13/18	8/8	21
Saved %	72%	100%	86%
Times Broken	5	0	5

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%	30%
Times Broken	2	2

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