Dimitar Kuzmanov and Henry Searle will square off in the 2nd round of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.84
Henry Searle -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Henry Searle
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Henry Searle since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-24 | 12-7 | 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 |
Ranked no. 336, the Bulgarian got to the 2nd round after beating Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Budkov Kjaer (6-2 7-5). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 67 points vs Budkov Kjaer’s 56. Kuzmanov was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov struck 3 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 56% (23/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmanov broke Budkov Kjaer 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Kuzmanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (334-200). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kuzmanov has an overall 13-27 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Kuzmanov has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Henry Searle
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-26 | 7-7 | 3-5 | 10-9 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-10 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 513, the Brit reached the 2nd round after beating Michael Geerts 7-6(4) 7-5.
In the 1st round, Searle had a good straight sets win against Geerts (7-64 7-5). During the match Searle scored 82 points vs Geerts’s 73. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Searle made 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Henry Searle was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Geerts twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
The Brit has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Searle |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 |
| Pts | 67-56 | 82-73 |
| Total Points | 123 | 155 |
| Winners | 23 | 37 |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% |
Both Kuzmanov and Searle played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuzmanov and Searle have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kuzmanov played 5 games less than Searle. Kuzmanov scored 23 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Henry recorded 37 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Searle |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 11 |
| 1st in | 41/64 | 47/75 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 23/41 | 37/47 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 18/28 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 64% |
Kuzmanov made 3 aces . Searle fired 11 aces . Kuzmanov won 56% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Searle won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Searle |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 83% | 40% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Dimitar lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Henry conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Budkov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 67-56 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/64 | 41/64 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/41 | 23/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Searle | |||
| R1 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-73 | 82-73 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/75 | 47/75 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 37/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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W Tennis Scores in Nottingham Challenger
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-72 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Alexis GautierGautier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Jay ClarkeClarke (2-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Anton MatusevichMatusevich – Jules MarieMarie (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Ryan NijboerNijboer (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Milos KarolKarol – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Lukas PokornyPokorny – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Johannus MondayMonday – Ryan PenistonPeniston (2-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Edas ButvilasButvilas (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Sandro KoppKopp – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Henry SearleSearle – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Lui Maxted/Charlie RobertsonMaxted/Charlie Robertson – Chris Rodesch/Mick VeldheerRodesch/Mick Veldheer (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas PokornyPokorny – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Milos KarolKarol – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Alexis GautierGautier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Ryan NijboerNijboer (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Dennis NovakNovak (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sandro KoppKopp – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
