Dalibor Svrcina and Khumoun Sultanov will square off in the semifinal of the Pune Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:45 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dalibor Svrcina is the pick to win this match.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.44
Khumoun Sultanov -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Khumoun Sultanov
This will be the 3rd time that Dalibor Svrcina and Khumoun Sultanov face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Svrcina (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Svrcina won 6-3 1-6 6-3 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in January 2025.
Dalibor Svrcina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-9 | 14-5 | 11-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-27 | 29-13 | 9-12 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 7-10 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 8-9 | 18-14 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-17 | 8-3 | 25-13 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 219, Dalibor reached the semifinal after beating August Holmgren 4-6 6-3 7-5, Jurij Rodionov 6-4 7-5 and Ilia Simakin 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter, Dalibor had a good straight sets win against Simakin (6-1 6-3). During the match, Svrcina scored 59 points vs Simakin’s 38. Dalibor was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svrcina was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dalibor Svrcina was very effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Svrcina broke Simakin 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Svrcina has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (172-126). 12-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Svrcina has a compiled73-47 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.
Dalibor has a compiled 12-6 win-loss record in 2025, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Khumoun Sultanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-10 | 8-7 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 74-23 | 55-14 | 19-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 28-9 | 7-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 35-22 | 4-3 | 25-13 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 3-5 | 6-7 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 229, Khumoun reached the semifinal after defeating Tristan Schoolkate 6-3 4-6 6-3, Bernard Tomic 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Ugo Blanchet 6-0 6-2.
In the quarter, Khumoun had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (6-0 6-2). During the match Sultanov scored 55 points vs Blanchet’s 26. The Uzbek was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Sultanov recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Khumoun Sultanov was very efficient on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sultanov broke Blanchet 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sultanov has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Sultanov has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svrcina | Sultanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 70 |
| Pts | 243-200 | 222-171 |
| Total Points | 443 | 393 |
| Winners | 108 | 93 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Both Svrcina and Sultanov played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dalibor Svrcina conceded 1 set, while Khumoun Sultanov conceded 2 sets. Svrcina has played 1 set(s) less than Sultanov (7 vs 8). Therefore, Svrcina played 1 game less than Sultanov. Dalibor scored 108 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Sultanov bagged 93 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svrcina | Sultanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 153/216 | 121/188 |
| %1st in | 71% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 108/153 | 93/121 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 36/63 | 39/67 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 58% |
Svrcina managed to score 7 aces (2.3 per match). Sultanov made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Svrcina won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sultanov won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svrcina | Sultanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/33 | 12/24 |
| % Converted | 36% | 50% |
| Conceded | 20 | 6 |
| Saved | 15 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Czech broke his opponents 12 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Sultanov broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sultanov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Svrcina | |||||
| R1 Holmgren |
R2 Rodionov |
1/4 Simakin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 | 16 | 69 | |
| pts | 111-98 | 73-64 | 59-38 | 243-200 | |
| Total points | 209 | 137 | 97 | 443 | |
| Winners | 50 | 36 | 22 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% | 37% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 73/95 | 50/71 | 30/50 | 153/216 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 70% | 60% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 50/73 | 36/50 | 22/30 | 108/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 72% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 13/21 | 11/20 | 36/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 62% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 3/6 | 5/10 | 12/33 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 50% | 50% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 6/7 | 2/3 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 86% | 67% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Sultanov | |||||
| R1 Schoolkate |
R2 Tomic |
1/4 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | 14 | 70 | |
| pts | 79-75 | 88-70 | 55-26 | 222-171 | |
| Total points | 154 | 158 | 81 | 393 | |
| Winners | 36 | 35 | 22 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 45/71 | 27/41 | 121/188 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 35/45 | 22/27 | 93/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 78% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 18/26 | 8/14 | 39/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 69% | 57% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/10 | 5/8 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 30% | 63% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
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