Ivan Gakhov and Marco Cecchinato will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.6
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Marco Cecchinato

This will be the 2^nd time that Ivan Gakhov and Marco Cecchinato fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gakhov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Gakhov won 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Rome Challenger back in 2024.

Ivan Gakhov

Ranked no. 313, the Russian will start his run in the Kigali 2 Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Vila Real De Santo Antonio where he lost 2-6 6-1 6-4 to Ferreira Silva in the quarter on the 14^th of February.

The Russian has an overall 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on clay.

Talking about his overall career, Ivan has an overall 422-272 record. He has a positive 367-212 record on clay.

Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024 and 2024. See his history.

Marco Cecchinato

Ranked no. 380, the Italian will start his run in the Kigali 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he lost 7-5 3-6 6-1

to Royer in the semifinal on the 28^th of February.

Cecchinato has a composed 8-6 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Cecchinato’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.

In terms of his career, Cecchinato has an overall 473-349 record. He has a positive 432-258 record on clay.

Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger

Marco has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Kigali 2 Challenger

• Max HoukesHoukes – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-5 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime ChazalChazal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Clement TaburTabur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Andrej MartinMartin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Max HoukesHoukes (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yanki ErelErel – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PicchionePicchione – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction