Dinko Dinev and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will square off in the semifinal of the Brazzaville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.165
Dinko Dinev -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Dinko Dinev vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
There is no head to head record between Dinko Dinev and Geoffrey Blancaneaux since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Dinko Dinev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 55-32 | 3-2 | 52-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-12 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Dinko reached the semifinal after defeating Paterne Mamata 5-7 6-1 6-2, Maxime Chazal 6-4 6-4 and Eliakim Coulibaly 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter against Coulibaly, The Bulgarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Dinev and Coulibaly scored the same amount of points (90). However, the world no. was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Dinev was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dinev recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dinko Dinev lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Dinev put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (24/41) on the 2nd serve. Dinev broke Coulibaly 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bulgarian has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Dinev has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 62% of his matches (80-50). 3-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Dinev has an overall63-35 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Bulgarian has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brazzaville Challenger
Dinko has never competed in this tournament before.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
6 - 6win/loss
290
134
LLWLWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-9 | 0-3 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-33 | 6-5 | 13-19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 265, Geoffrey got to the semifinal after defeating Samir Hamza Reguig 6-3 7-6(3), Dominik Kellovsky 7-5 6-1 and Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos Santos 6-0 4-6 6-1.
In the quarter, Blancaneaux defeated Andre Saraiva Dos (6-0 4-6 6-1). During the match Blancaneaux scored 79 points vs Andre Saraiva Dos’s 53. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Blancaneaux was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 77% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. Blancaneaux broke Andre Saraiva Dos 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Geoffrey has an aggregate 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dinev | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 64 |
| Pts | 248-222 | 225-167 |
| Total Points | 470 | 392 |
| Winners | 114 | 103 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Both Dinev and Blancaneaux played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dinko Dinev dropped 2 sets, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux dropped 1 set. Dinev has played 1 set more than Blancaneaux (8 vs 7). Therefore, Dinev played 11 games more than Blancaneaux. Dinev scored 114 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Geoffrey made 103 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dinev | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 166/257 | 138/196 |
| %1st in | 65% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 114/166 | 103/138 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 49/91 | 31/58 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Dinev scored 18 aces (6 per match). Blancaneaux fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Dinev won 69% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dinev | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 13 |
| Converted | 11/20 | 13/20 |
| % Converted | 55% | 65% |
| Conceded | 21 | 13 |
| Saved | 16 | 9 |
| % Saved | 76% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Dinev broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Dinev conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Blancaneaux broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Geoffrey conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dinev | |||||
| R1 Mamata |
R2 Chazal |
1/4 Coulibaly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 | 28 | 75 | |
| pts | 93-77 | 65-55 | 90-90 | 248-222 | |
| Total points | 170 | 120 | 180 | 470 | |
| Winners | 40 | 36 | 38 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 55% | 42% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 12 | 2 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 62/95 | 45/62 | 59/100 | 166/257 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 73% | 59% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 36/45 | 38/59 | 114/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 80% | 64% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 8/17 | 24/41 | 49/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 47% | 59% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 2/4 | 3/6 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 10 | 21 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 1/1 | 8/10 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 100% | 80% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||||
| R1 Hamza |
R2 Kellovsky |
1/4 Andre Saraiva Dos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-0 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 23 | 64 | |
| pts | 79-68 | 67-46 | 79-53 | 225-167 | |
| Total points | 147 | 113 | 132 | 392 | |
| Winners | 39 | 28 | 36 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 52/78 | 33/49 | 53/69 | 138/196 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 77% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 28/33 | 36/53 | 103/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 85% | 68% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 12/16 | 9/16 | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 75% | 56% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/9 | 6/7 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 86% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 60% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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