Alexey Zakharov and Mukund Sasikumar will face off in the 1st round of the Chennai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Zakharov who should win in 2 sets.
Alexey Zakharov -> 1.4
Mukund Sasikumar -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Alexey Zakharov vs. Mukund Sasikumar
This will be the 2nd time that Alexey Zakharov and Mukund Sasikumar square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kumar Mukund (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kumar Mukund won 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in M25 Chennai back in 2024.
Alexey Zakharov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-7 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-27 | 25-17 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-8 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 333, the Russian will start his run in the Chennai Challenger after he played his last match in the Koblenz Challenger where he lost 2-6 6-3 7-6(5) to Ursu in the qualifications on the 26th of January.
Alexey has a compiled 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
Talking about his overall career, Alexey has an overall 167-97 record. He has a positive 92-54 record on hard.
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-25 | 29-19 | 3-1 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-33 | 39-32 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 394, will start his run in the Chennai Challenger after he played his last match in 0 where he overcame 6-2 6-1
to Ajavon in the Rubber 1 on the 1st of February.The Indian has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
In terms of his career, Sasi has an overall 369-319 record. He has a positive 286-220 record on hard.
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Chennai Challenger
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Corentin DenollyDenolly (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yurii DzhavakianDzhavakian – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction