Alibek Kachmazov and Zsombor Piros will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.59
Zsombor Piros -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Zsombor Piros

There is no head to head record between Alibek Kachmazov and Zsombor Piros since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alibek Kachmazov

Ranked no. 199, Alibek got to the 2^nd round after beating Harold Mayot 2-6 6-3 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round against Mayot, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-6³). During the match, Kachmazov scored 97 points vs Mayot’s 94. Alibek was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kachmazov managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the 2nd serve. Kachmazov broke Mayot 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Kachmazov has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (185-117). 9-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kachmazov has an overall75-32 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

Alibek’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Saint Dizier.

Alibek has a composed 32-25 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Brest Challenger

Kachmazov has never competed in this tournament before.

Zsombor Piros

Ranked no. 242, the Hungarian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Arthur Reymond 1-6 6-1 7-6(3), Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-1 6-3 and Titouan Droguet 6-4 7-6(9).

In the 1^st round, Piros had a good straight sets win against Droguet (6-4 7-6⁹). During the match Piros scored 74 points vs Droguet’s 68. Zsombor was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Piros fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zsombor Piros lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 64% of his first serves in, winning 63% (30/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Piros broke Droguet 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he overcame Matteo Martineau in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Hungarian has a composed 29-26 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Brest Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kachmazov	Piros
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	30	66
Pts	97-94	237-200
Total Points	191	437
Winners	40	85
%Winners	41%	36%

Kachmazov played 1 match while Piros competed in 3 matches. Piros started his run from the qualifications while Kachmazov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alibek Kachmazov conceded 1 set, while Zsombor Piros conceded 1 set. Kachmazov has played 4 set(s) less than Piros (3 vs 7). Therefore, Kachmazov played 36 games less than Piros. Kachmazov scored 40 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Piros recorded 85 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kachmazov	Piros
Aces	6	6
Avg per match	6	2
1st in	60/101	122/198
%1st in	59%	62%
1st pts	40/60	85/122
%1st pts	67%	70%
2nd pts	21/41	47/76
%2nd pts	51%	62%

Kachmazov struck 6 aces . Piros scored 6 aces (2 per match). Kachmazov won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Piros won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kachmazov	Piros
Won	4	10
Converted	4/7	10/24
% Converted	57%	42%
Conceded	11	7
Saved	6	2
% Saved	55%	29%
Times Broken	5	5

Kachmazov broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kachmazov dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Zsombor conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.

Kachmazov
	R1 Mayot	Total
Score	2-6 6-3 7-63
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	97-94	97-94
Total points	191	191
Winners	40	40
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	60/101	60/101
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	40/60	40/60
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	21/41	21/41
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	6/11	6
Saved %	55%	55%
Times Broken	5	5

Piros
	Q1 Reymond	Q3 Blancaneaux	R1 Droguet	Total
Score	1-6 6-1 7-63	6-1 6-3	6-4 7-69
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	27	16	23	66
pts	90-78	73-54	74-68	237-200
Total points	168	127	142	437
Winners	38	17	30	85
%Winners	42%	23%	41%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3	6
Double Faults	0	1	1	2
1st in	51/74	23/49	48/75	122/198
% 1st in	69%	47%	64%	62%
1st pts	38/51	17/23	30/48	85/122
% 1st pts	75%	74%	63%	70%
2nd pts	15/23	17/26	15/27	47/76
% 2nd pts	65%	65%	56%	62%
Breaks
Won	2	4	4	10
Converted	2/8	4/10	4/6	10/24
Converted %	25%	40%	67%	42%
Conceded	3	0	4	7
Saved	1/3	0/0	1/4	2
Saved %	33%	–	25%	58%
Times Broken	2	0	3	5

Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger

• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-0 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Arthur GeaGea (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Alexis GautierGautier (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakub PaulPaul – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 4-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Emilio NavaNava (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Harold MayotMayot (2-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jakub PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Matteo MartineauMartineau (0-0) – H2H and prediction