Borna Coric and Alibek Kachmazov will play each other in the semifinal of the Thionville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.35
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Alibek Kachmazov

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

Borna Coric

Ranked no. 120, Coric got to the semifinal after beating Paul Jubb 6-2 6-1, Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 2-2 ret. and Aziz Dougaz 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Borna had a good straight sets win against Dougaz (6-4 6-2). During the match, Coric scored 60 points vs Dougaz’s 33. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Coric bagged 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Borna Coric was exceptionally effective on serve to win 100% (22/22) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Borna was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Dougaz 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 65% of the points he played.

Coric has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (221-178). 8-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Coric has an aggregate 53-33 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Raphael Collignon in the final 6-3 6-1.

The Croatian has a compiled 9-4 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Thionville Challenger

The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.

Alibek Kachmazov

Ranked no. 186, Alibek got to the semifinal after defeating Gauthier Onclin 6-2 6-3, Benjamin Hassan 6-3 4-6 7-5 and Liam Draxl 7-6(6) 5-7 6-2.

In the quarter, Alibek defeated Draxl (7-6⁶ 5-7 6-2). During the match Kachmazov scored 120 points vs Draxl’s 107. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Kachmazov made 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 66% (44/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Draxl 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alibek has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Kachmazov has a compiled 7-7 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Coric	Kachmazov
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	45	81
Pts	171-109	293-246
Total Points	280	539
Winners	60	114
%Winners	35%	39%

Both Coric and Kachmazov played 3 matches. At the moment, Alibek Kachmazov dropped 2 sets while Borna Coric hasn’t conceded a set so far. Coric has played 1 set(s) less than Kachmazov (7 vs 8). Therefore, Coric played 36 games less than Kachmazov. The Croatian scored 60 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Alibek made 114 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Coric	Kachmazov
Aces	6	29
Avg per match	2	9.7
1st in	70/125	162/262
%1st in	56%	62%
1st pts	60/70	114/162
%1st pts	86%	70%
2nd pts	36/55	56/100
%2nd pts	65%	56%

Coric managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Kachmazov blasted 29 aces (9.7 per match). Coric won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Coric	Kachmazov
Won	9	13
Converted	9/23	13/31
% Converted	39%	42%
Conceded	2	22
Saved	2	14
% Saved	100%	64%
Times Broken	0	8

Coric broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Coric was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Russian broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Alibek conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Coric
	R1 Jubb	R2 Ruusuvuori	1/4 Dougaz	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-2 2-2 ret.	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	15	12	18	45
pts	57-31	54-45	60-33	171-109
Total points	88	99	93	280
Winners	19	19	22	60
%Winners	33%	35%	37%	35%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3	6
Double Faults	2	2	0	4
1st in	24/46	24/35	22/44	70/125
% 1st in	52%	69%	50%	56%
1st pts	19/24	19/24	22/22	60/70
% 1st pts	79%	79%	100%	86%
2nd pts	15/22	6/11	15/22	36/55
% 2nd pts	68%	55%	68%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	2	3	9
Converted	4/7	2/13	3/3	9/23
Converted %	57%	15%	100%	39%
Conceded	1	0	1	2
Saved	1/1	0/0	1/1	2
Saved %	100%	–	100%	67%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

Kachmazov
	R1 Onclin	R2 Hassan	1/4 Draxl	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-3 4-6 7-5	7-66 5-7 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	17	31	33	81
pts	65-46	108-93	120-107	293-246
Total points	111	201	227	539
Winners	25	45	44	114
%Winners	38%	42%	37%	39%
SERVE
Aces	8	7	14	29
Double Faults	1	1	2	4
1st in	36/57	59/97	67/108	162/262
% 1st in	63%	61%	62%	62%
1st pts	25/36	45/59	44/67	114/162
% 1st pts	69%	76%	66%	70%
2nd pts	13/21	18/38	25/41	56/100
% 2nd pts	62%	47%	61%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/8	5/12	4/11	13/31
Converted %	50%	42%	36%	42%
Conceded	4	8	10	22
Saved	3/4	4/8	7/10	14
Saved %	75%	50%	70%	65%
Times Broken	1	4	3	8

Tennis Scores in Thionville Challenger

• Arthur BouquierBouquier – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (w/o) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Liam DraxlDraxl (7-6⁶ 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Jakub Paul/David PelPaul/David Pel – Lukas Pokorny/Denis YevseyevPokorny/Denis Yevseyev (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Kaito Uesugi/David Vega HernandezUesugi/David Vega Hernandez – Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Emil RuusuvuoriNiklas-Salminen/Emil Ruusuvuori (7-5 2-6 10-8) – See score progression
• Ivan Liutarevich/Mick VeldheerLiutarevich/Mick Veldheer – Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Liam DraxlDraxl (7-6(6) 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur BouquierBouquier – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (w/o) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Borna CoricCoric – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Jurij RodionovRodionov (1-1) – H2H and prediction