Dimitar Kuzmanov and Strong Kirchheimer will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Manzanillo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.38
Strong Kirchheimer -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Strong Kirchheimer

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

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 353, the Bulgarian reached the 2^nd round after beating Tanguy Genier 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Genier (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 67 points vs Genier’s 47. The Bulgarian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov managed to score 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dimitar Kuzmanov was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dimitar broke Genier 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Kuzmanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (391-220). 11-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has an aggregate 136-52 match record in the last years on hard.

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

The Bulgarian has a composed 23-23 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manzanillo Challenger

Kuzmanov has never competed in this tournament before.

Strong Kirchheimer

Ranked no. 599, Kirchheimer got to the 2^nd round after defeating Kiranpal Pannu 6-0 5-7 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round, Kirchheimer defeated Pannu (6-0 5-7 7-6²). During the match Kirchheimer scored 116 points vs Pannu’s 97. Strong was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about serving, Kirchheimer bagged 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Strong Kirchheimer was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (47/66) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Strong broke Pannu 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Kirchheimer’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 San Diego.

The American has an overall 25-31 win-loss record in 2024, 15-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kuzmanov	Kirchheimer
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	31
Pts	67-47	116-97
Total Points	114	213
Winners	28	47
%Winners	42%	41%

Both Kuzmanov and Kirchheimer played 1 match. At the moment, Strong Kirchheimer surrendered 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 1 set(s) less than Kirchheimer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 14 games less than Kirchheimer. Dimitar scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kirchheimer recorded 47 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kuzmanov	Kirchheimer
Aces	5	6
Avg per match	5	6
1st in	38/53	66/105
%1st in	72%	63%
1st pts	28/38	47/66
%1st pts	74%	71%
2nd pts	9/15	20/39
%2nd pts	60%	51%

Kuzmanov made 5 aces . Kirchheimer bagged 6 aces . Kuzmanov won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kirchheimer won 71% 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	Kirchheimer
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/12
% Converted	44%	33%
Conceded	3	9
Saved	2	7
% Saved	67%	78%
Times Broken	1	2

Kuzmanov broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Bulgarian dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kirchheimer broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Strong conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Kuzmanov
	R1 Genier	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	67-47	67-47
Total points	114	114
Winners	28	28
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	38/53	38/53
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	28/38	28/38
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	9/15	9/15
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Kirchheimer
	R1 Pannu	Total
Score	6-0 5-7 7-62
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	116-97	116-97
Total points	213	213
Winners	47	47
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	66/105	66/105
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	47/66	47/66
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	20/39	20/39
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Manzanillo Challenger

• Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Patrick BradyBrady (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Tanguy GenierGenier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (7-6⁷ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Evan ZhuZhu (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Luis Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez (7-6⁶ 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Karl PolingPoling – Matt KuharKuhar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Giles HusseyHussey (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Alfredo PerezPerez (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Aidan MayoMayo – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alan MagadanMagadan – Noah SchachterSchachter (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Felix CorwinCorwin – Andre IlaganIlagan (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Guillermo DelgadilloDelgadillo (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – Valerio AboianAboian (6-7² 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Keegan SmithSmith (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Bor ArtnakArtnak (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-0 5-7 7-6²) – See score progression
• Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Evan ZhuZhu (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Giles HusseyHussey (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Luis Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez (7-6(6) 5-7 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix CorwinCorwin – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karl PolingPoling – Liam DraxlDraxl (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alan MagadanMagadan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction