Benjamin Bonzi and Alibek Kachmazov will face off in the semifinal of the Brest Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.35
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Alibek Kachmazov

There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Alibek Kachmazov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi

43 - 31win/loss

Hard
13-13
I Hard
17-5
Clay
7-10
Grass
6-3
Rank
126
High
42
LWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-32 13-13 7-10 17-6 6-3 0-0
2023 29-26 10-8 2-4 17-11 0-3 0-0
2022 35-27 7-10 9-5 11-8 8-4 0-0
2021 57-27 23-5 7-7 20-13 7-2 0-0
2020 30-12 21-3 5-4 4-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 122, Benjamin reached the semifinal after beating Calvin Hemery 7-5 6-3, Pierre-Hugues Herbert 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3 and Joao Fonseca 6-4 6-7(8) 6-4.

In the quarter, Bonzi defeated Fonseca (6-4 6-78 6-4). During the match, Bonzi scored 124 points vs Fonseca’s 114. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bonzi scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Benjamin Bonzi was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (55/77) of his 1st serve and 56% (28/50) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Fonseca 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Benjamin has dropped 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Bonzi has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (361-232). 16-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bonzi has an overall106-74 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he beat Sho Shimabukuro in the final 5-7 6-1 6-4 and the Roanne Challenger where he beat Matteo Martineau in the final 7-5 6-1 and the St. Brieuc Challenger where he beat Lucas Pouille in the final 6-2 6-3.

Bonzi has an aggregate 42-31 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brest Challenger

Brest Challenger
Bonzi's Record

Alibek Kachmazov

Alibek Kachmazov

34 - 26win/loss

Hard
17-13
I Hard
11-7
Clay
6-6
Rank
186
High
179
LWWWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-27 17-13 6-6 14-8 0-0 0-0
2023 49-31 24-14 9-6 14-10 0-0 2-1
2022 49-21 18-11 9-5 22-5 0-0 0-0
2021 36-20 6-8 3-6 27-6 0-0 0-0
2020 9-11 8-9 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 199, Kachmazov reached the semifinal after beating Harold Mayot 2-6 6-3 7-6(3), Zsombor Piros 3-6 6-4 6-1 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (6-3 6-2). During the match Kachmazov scored 71 points vs Kukushkin’s 55. Kachmazov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Kachmazov blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Saint Dizier.

Alibek has a compiled 34-25 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Brest Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Brest Challenger
Kachmazov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Bonzi
A.Kachmazov
5h:58
5h:58
Time on court​
5h:34
5h:34
!
2h:30
2h:30
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
3
3
Match played
3
3
88
88
Games Played​
73
73
8
8
Set played​​
8
8
293
293
Total points​
260
260
97.7
97.7
Avg point​
86.7
86.7
139
139
Winners
108
108
46.3
46.3
Avg Winners​
36
36
47%
47%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
15
15
6.7
6.7
Avg Aces
5
5
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
139/184
139/184
1st won total​
108/155
108/155
!
76%
76%
1st won %
70%
70%
53/105
53/105
2nd won total​
44/89
44/89
50%
50%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
9/19
9/19
BP won
12/31
12/31
3/6.3
3/6.3
Avg BP won
4/10.3
4/10.3
47%
47%
Won
39%
39%
17
17
Conceded
24
24
5.7
5.7
Avg Conceded
8
8
4
4
Broken
8
8
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
13
13
Saved
16
16

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bonzi Kachmazov
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 8
Tot Games 88 73
Pts 293-270 260-229
Total Points 563 489
Winners 139 108
%Winners 47% 42%

Both Bonzi and Kachmazov played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Benjamin Bonzi surrendered 2 sets, while Alibek Kachmazov lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Bonzi and Kachmazov have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Bonzi played 15 games more than Kachmazov. Bonzi scored 139 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Alibek struck 108 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bonzi Kachmazov
Aces 20 15
Avg per match 6.7 5
1st in 184/289 155/244
%1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 139/184 108/155
%1st pts 76% 70%
2nd pts 53/105 44/89
%2nd pts 50% 49%

Bonzi fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Kachmazov blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Bonzi won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bonzi Kachmazov
Won 9 12
Converted 9/19 12/31
% Converted 47% 39%
Conceded 17 24
Saved 13 16
% Saved 76% 67%
Times Broken 4 8

Bonzi broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Bonzi dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Kachmazov broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Kachmazov conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Bonzi
R1
Hemery
R2
Herbert
1/4
Fonseca
Total
Score 7-5 6-3 5-7 7-64 6-3 6-4 6-78 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 21 34 33 88
pts 69-56 100-100 124-114 293-270
Total points 125 200 238 563
Winners 33 51 55 139
%Winners 48% 51% 44% 47%
SERVE
Aces 4 9 7 20
Double Faults 3 0 1 4
1st in 40/61 67/101 77/127 184/289
% 1st in 66% 66% 61% 64%
1st pts 33/40 51/67 55/77 139/184
% 1st pts 83% 76% 71% 76%
2nd pts 12/21 13/34 28/50 53/105
% 2nd pts 57% 38% 56% 50%
Breaks
Won 2 4 3 9
Converted 2/6 4/4 3/9 9/19
Converted % 33% 100% 33% 47%
Conceded 2 4 11 17
Saved 2/2 1/4 10/11 13
Saved % 100% 25% 91% 72%
Times Broken 0 3 1 4
Kachmazov
R1
Mayot
R2
Piros
1/4
Kukushkin
Total
Score 2-6 6-3 7-63 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 30 26 17 73
pts 97-94 92-80 71-55 260-229
Total points 191 172 126 489
Winners 40 37 31 108
%Winners 41% 40% 44% 42%
SERVE
Aces 6 5 4 15
Double Faults 1 0 2 3
1st in 60/101 52/77 43/66 155/244
% 1st in 59% 68% 65% 64%
1st pts 40/60 37/52 31/43 108/155
% 1st pts 67% 71% 72% 70%
2nd pts 21/41 13/25 10/23 44/89
% 2nd pts 51% 52% 43% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 4 4 12
Converted 4/7 4/16 4/8 12/31
Converted % 57% 25% 50% 39%
Conceded 11 5 8 24
Saved 6/11 3/5 7/8 16
Saved % 55% 60% 88% 68%
Times Broken 5 2 1 8

Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger

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