Liam Draxl and Dimitar Kuzmanov will play each other in the semifinal of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on PUERTO VALLARTA. 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.48
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov

There is no head to head record between Liam Draxl and Dimitar Kuzmanov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 296, Liam reached the semifinal after defeating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-0 6-0, Juan Alejandro Hernandez 6-0 6-0 and Aidan Mayo 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Draxl had a good straight sets win against Mayo (6-2 6-4). During the match, Draxl scored 63 points vs Mayo’s 48. The Canadian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Draxl was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Liam Draxl was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Liam broke Mayo 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Draxl hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 66% of the points he played.

Draxl has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (152-79). 12-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Draxl has an aggregate79-42 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Canadian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Constanta,M25 Edmonton and Desmaures.

The Canadian has an overall 42-22 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 382, Kuzmanov got to the semifinal after defeating Felix Corwin 6-1 6-3, Alfredo Perez 7-5 6-2 and Patrick Brady 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Brady (6-1 6-2). During the match Kuzmanov scored 54 points vs Brady’s 24. Kuzmanov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Kuzmanov struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dimitar Kuzmanov was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dimitar broke Brady 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kuzmanov hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.

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

Kuzmanov has an aggregate 22-22 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Draxl	Kuzmanov
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	42	51
Pts	170-88	187-114
Total Points	258	301
Winners	64	83
%Winners	38%	44%

Both Draxl and Kuzmanov played 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Draxl and Kuzmanov have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Draxl played 9 games less than Kuzmanov. Draxl scored 64 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmanov recorded 83 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Draxl	Kuzmanov
Aces	7	8
Avg per match	2.3	2.7
1st in	77/114	107/163
%1st in	68%	66%
1st pts	64/77	83/107
%1st pts	83%	78%
2nd pts	23/37	33/56
%2nd pts	62%	59%

Draxl struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Kuzmanov fired 8 aces (2.7 per match). Draxl won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 78% 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	Draxl	Kuzmanov
Won	15	12
Converted	15/29	12/17
% Converted	52%	71%
Conceded	2	5
Saved	2	4
% Saved	100%	80%
Times Broken	0	1

The Canadian broke his opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. Liam had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Dimitar broke his opponents 12 times with a 71% conversion rate. Dimitar conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Draxl
	R1 Karlovskiy	R2 Alejandro	1/4 Mayo	Total
Score	6-0 6-0	6-0 6-0	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	12	12	18	42
pts	52-19	55-21	63-48	170-88
Total points	71	76	111	258
Winners	18	20	26	64
%Winners	35%	36%	41%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	0	7
Double Faults	0	0	1	1
1st in	23/32	21/29	33/53	77/114
% 1st in	72%	72%	62%	68%
1st pts	18/23	20/21	26/33	64/77
% 1st pts	78%	95%	79%	83%
2nd pts	7/9	4/8	12/20	23/37
% 2nd pts	78%	50%	60%	62%
Breaks
Won	6	6	3	15
Converted	6/9	6/13	3/7	15/29
Converted %	67%	46%	43%	52%
Conceded	1	0	1	2
Saved	1/1	0/0	1/1	2
Saved %	100%	–	100%	67%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

Kuzmanov
	R1 Corwin	R2 Perez	1/4 Brady	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	7-5 6-2	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	20	15	51
pts	64-40	69-50	54-24	187-114
Total points	104	119	78	301
Winners	31	32	20	83
%Winners	48%	46%	37%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	4	2	8
Double Faults	2	2	1	5
1st in	41/65	42/60	24/38	107/163
% 1st in	63%	70%	63%	66%
1st pts	31/41	32/42	20/24	83/107
% 1st pts	76%	76%	83%	78%
2nd pts	12/24	9/18	12/14	33/56
% 2nd pts	50%	50%	86%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	12
Converted	4/4	4/5	4/8	12/17
Converted %	100%	80%	50%	71%
Conceded	1	4	0	5
Saved	1/1	3/4	0/0	4
Saved %	100%	75%	–	58%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1

Tennis Scores in Puerto Vallarta Challenger

• Liam DraxlDraxl – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Andre IlaganIlagan (7-6⁴ 6-0) – See score progression
• Luis Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Patrick BradyBrady (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam Draxl/Benjamin SigouinDraxl/Benjamin Sigouin – Pranav Kumar/Noah SchachterKumar/Noah Schachter (7-5 6-7³ 10-8) – See score progression
• Luis Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Liam DraxlDraxl (0-0) – H2H and prediction