Ricardas Berankis and Dimitar Kuzmanov will square off in the 2nd round of the Hersonissos 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 20. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.59
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Ricardas Berankis vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 2nd time that Ricardas Berankis and Dimitar Kuzmanov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Berankis (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Berankis won 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Sofia back in 2016.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-17 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 291, Richard got to the 2nd round after beating Tung-Lin Wu 7-6(3) 7-5.
In the 1st round, Berankis had a good straight sets win against Wu (7-63 7-5). During the match, Berankis scored 88 points vs Wu’s 79. Richard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Berankis fired 2 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Ricardas Berankis was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (38/52) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Lithuanian broke Wu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Berankis has winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (260-192). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Berankis has an overall 101-88 match record in the last years on hard.
The Lithuanian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.
The Lithuanian has an aggregate 10-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger
Richard has never competed in this tournament before.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-27 | 9-7 | 28-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-29 | 15-6 | 21-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-24 | 12-7 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 376, Dimitar got to the 2nd round after beating Arthur Gea 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Gea (6-3 6-2). During the match Kuzmanov scored 61 points vs Gea’s 43. Dimitar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmanov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 78% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (4/11) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Gea 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
The Bulgarian has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berankis | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 17 |
| Pts | 88-79 | 61-43 |
| Total Points | 167 | 104 |
| Winners | 38 | 24 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Berankis and Kuzmanov played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Berankis and Kuzmanov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Berankis played 8 games more than Kuzmanov. Berankis scored 38 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmanov scored 24 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berankis | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 52/79 | 38/49 |
| %1st in | 66% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 38/52 | 24/38 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 4/11 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 36% |
Berankis fired 2 aces . Kuzmanov managed to score 1 ace . Berankis won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berankis | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 64% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Lithuanian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Berankis lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berankis | |||
| R1 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 88-79 | 88-79 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 52/79 | 52/79 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 38/52 | 38/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Gea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 61-43 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | 24/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 1 Challenger
- Henry SearleSearle – Milos KarolKarol (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Marcello SerafiniSerafini (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alexandr BindaBinda (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Stuart ParkerParker – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Edas ButvilasButvilas – Keegan SmithSmith (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Arthur GeaGea (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alexandr BindaBinda (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Stuart ParkerParker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Dennis NovakNovak (1-0) – H2H and prediction
