Dimitar Kuzmanov and Alfredo Perez will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on PUERTO VALLARTA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 2 sets.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.31
Alfredo Perez -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Alfredo Perez
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Alfredo Perez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
20 - 22win/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, the Bulgarian reached the 2nd round after defeating Felix Corwin 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Corwin (6-1 6-3). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 64 points vs Corwin’s 40. Dimitar was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Corwin 4 times.
Kuzmanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (388-219). 8-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuzmanov has an aggregate 133-51 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Astana Challenger where he overcame Saba Purtseladze in the final 6-4 6-3.
Kuzmanov has a composed 20-22 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Dimitar has never competed in this tournament before.
Alfredo Perez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-5 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-25 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-22 | 22-11 | 9-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-12 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 834, Perez got to the 2nd round after beating Juan Jose Morales Gutierrez 6-2 6-1, Rodrigo Alujas 3-6 7-6(7) 6-3 and Justin Engel 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Perez defeated Engel (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match Perez scored 91 points vs Engel’s 82. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Perez blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alfredo Perez lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Perez put 54% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Perez broke Engel 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Alfredo’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Ann Arbor.
Alfredo has an aggregate 16-5 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Perez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 74 |
| Pts | 64-40 | 191-183 |
| Total Points | 104 | 374 |
| Winners | 31 | 69 |
| %Winners | 48% | 36% |
Kuzmanov played 1 match while Perez competed in 3 matches. Perez started his run from the qualifications while Kuzmanov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alfredo Perez surrendered 2 sets while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t lost a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 6 set(s) less than Perez (2 vs 8). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 58 games less than Perez. Dimitar scored 31 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Perez managed to score 69 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Perez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 104/171 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 69/104 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 34/67 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 51% |
Kuzmanov scored 2 aces . Perez fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kuzmanov won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Perez won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Perez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 100% | 34% |
| Conceded | 1 | 18 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 8 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kuzmanov very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Corwin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-40 | 64-40 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 41/65 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Perez | |||||
| Q1 Jose Morales Gutierrez | Q3 Alujas | R1 Engel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 3-6 7-67 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 | 28 | 74 | |
| pts | – | 100-101 | 91-82 | 191-183 | |
| Total points | 0 | 201 | 173 | 374 | |
| Winners | 38 | 31 | 69 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | 38% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1st in | / | 59/87 | 45/84 | 104/171 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 68% | 54% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | / | 38/59 | 31/45 | 69/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 64% | 69% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 17/28 | 17/39 | 34/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 61% | 44% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Converted | / | 4/13 | 6/16 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 31% | 38% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 18 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 4/7 | 6/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | 57% | 55% | 112% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
Tennis Scores in Puerto Vallarta Challenger
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Giles HusseyHussey (7-5 0-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aidan MayoMayo – Keegan SmithSmith (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Alan MagadanMagadan (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam DraxlDraxl – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (0-0) – H2H and prediction