Ivan Gakhov and Alexey Vatutin will face off in the 2^nd round of the Koblenz Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on LOTTO RLP COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexey Vatutin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexey Vatutin is the pick to win this match.
Alexey Vatutin -> 1.64
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Alexey Vatutin

There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Alexey Vatutin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ivan Gakhov

Ranked no. 308, Gakhov got to the 2^nd round after beating Max Schoenhaus 6-2 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Gakhov defeated Schoenhaus (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match, Gakhov scored 82 points vs Schoenhaus’s 73. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gakhov struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ivan Gakhov was very effective on serve to win 74% (40/54) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gakhov was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Schoenhaus 3 times.

Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (376-241). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gakhov has an aggregate 19-22 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Gakhov has an overall 5-2 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Koblenz Challenger

Gakhov has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexey Vatutin

Ranked no. 324, Alexey reached the 2^nd round after beating Gianluca Mager 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Alexey had a good straight sets win against Mager (6-4 6-2). During the match Vatutin scored 64 points vs Mager’s 45. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Vatutin scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexey Vatutin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vatutin put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (28/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Alexey broke Mager 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Vatutin has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gakhov	Vatutin
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	26	18
Pts	82-73	64-45
Total Points	155	109
Winners	40	28
%Winners	49%	44%

Both Gakhov and Vatutin played 1 match. At the moment, Ivan Gakhov dropped 1 set while Alexey Vatutin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gakhov has played 1 set more than Vatutin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gakhov played 8 games more than Vatutin. Ivan scored 40 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Alexey fired 28 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gakhov	Vatutin
Aces	5	7
Avg per match	5	7
1st in	54/84	34/52
%1st in	64%	65%
1st pts	40/54	28/34
%1st pts	74%	82%
2nd pts	17/30	9/18
%2nd pts	57%	50%

Gakhov made 5 aces . Vatutin bagged 7 aces . Gakhov won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Vatutin won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gakhov	Vatutin
Won	3	4
Converted	3/3	4/6
% Converted	100%	67%
Conceded	3	2
Saved	2	1
% Saved	67%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

The Russian broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Gakhov conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Vatutin broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Gakhov
	R1 Schoenhaus	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	82-73	82-73
Total points	155	155
Winners	40	40
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	54/84	54/84
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	40/54	40/54
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	17/30	17/30
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Vatutin
	R1 Mager	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-45	64-45
Total points	109	109
Winners	28	28
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	34/52	34/52
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	28/34	28/34
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Koblenz Challenger

• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jakub PaulPaul – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Justin EngelEngel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Ryan NijboerNijboer (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel MasurMasur – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Michael GeertsGeerts (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Max SchoenhausSchoenhaus (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Gianluca MagerMager (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Justin EngelEngel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Ryan NijboerNijboer (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Jakub PaulPaul – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel MasurMasur – Jakub PaulPaul (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Mathys ErhardErhard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Henri SquireSquire – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (0-0) – H2H and prediction