Alibek Kachmazov and Patrick Zahraj will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.4
Patrick Zahraj -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Patrick Zahraj

There is no head to head record between Alibek Kachmazov and Patrick Zahraj since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alibek Kachmazov

Alibek Kachmazov

4 - 7win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
3-5
Rank
186
High
179
WWLLLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-7 1-2 0-0 5-5 0-0 0-0
2024 37-28 17-13 6-6 14-9 0-0 0-0
2023 49-31 24-14 9-6 14-10 0-0 2-1
2022 49-21 18-11 9-5 22-5 0-0 0-0
2021 36-20 6-8 3-6 27-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 197, Alibek will start his run in the Pau Challenger after he played his last match in Marseille where he lost 6-1 7-6(3)

to Klein in the qualifications on the 9th of February.

Alibek has a composed 4-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 194-126 record. He has a positive 83-39 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Pau Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

Pau Challenger
Kachmazov's Record

Patrick Zahraj

Patrick Zahraj
Patrick Zahraj

10 - 5win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
10-4
Rank
319
High
313
LLWWWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-7 0-1 0-0 13-6 0-0 0-0
2024 42-31 9-5 17-15 14-9 0-0 2-2
2023 28-16 4-3 15-10 7-2 0-0 2-1
2022 10-7 0-1 10-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 8-7 0-1 8-6 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 445, Zahraj reached the 1st round after defeating David Jorda Sanchis 7-6(3) 6-4 and Mika Brunold 4-6 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications against Brunold, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Zahraj scored 85 points vs Brunold’s 65. Patrick was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Zahraj struck 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Patrick Zahraj lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zahraj put 68% of his first serves in, winning 81% (39/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Zahraj broke Brunold 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Patrick started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Zahraj has a compiled 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pau Challenger

Patrick has never competed in this tournament before.

Pau Challenger
Zahraj's Record

Tennis Scores in Pau Challenger

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