Dimitar Kuzmanov and Giovanni Fonio will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Hersonissos 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 20. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giovanni Fonio who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giovanni Fonio is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Fonio -> 1.86
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Giovanni Fonio

This will be the 2^nd time that Dimitar Kuzmanov and Giovanni Fonio clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fonio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Fonio won 6-3 7-5 in the qualifications in the Tenerife 1 Challenger back in February 2025.

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 376, Kuzmanov reached the 2^nd round after defeating Arthur Gea 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Gea (6-3 6-3). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 62 points vs Gea’s 42. Kuzmanov was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dimitar Kuzmanov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kuzmanov broke Gea 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Kuzmanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (341-206). 6-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has a compiled 108-48 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Kuzmanov has an overall 8-6 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger

Giovanni Fonio

Ranked no. 393, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after beating Rudolf Molleker 6-4 4-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Molleker, Fonio had a free pass after Molleker retired on a 6-4 4-0 . scoreline.

Fonio has an overall 9-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kuzmanov	Fonio
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	14
Pts	62-42	56-38
Total Points	104	94
Winners	25	21
%Winners	40%	38%

Both Kuzmanov and Fonio played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Kuzmanov has played 1 set(s) less than Fonio (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kuzmanov played 4 games more than Fonio. Kuzmanov scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Giovanni fired 21 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kuzmanov	Fonio
Aces	0	2
Avg per match	0	2
1st in	35/55	31/46
%1st in	64%	67%
1st pts	25/35	21/31
%1st pts	71%	68%
2nd pts	11/20	7/15
%2nd pts	55%	47%

Kuzmanov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Fonio managed to score 2 aces . Kuzmanov won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kuzmanov	Fonio
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/9
% Converted	71%	56%
Conceded	5	7
Saved	3	5
% Saved	60%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Kuzmanov broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Bulgarian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Fonio conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Kuzmanov
	R1 Gea	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	62-42	62-42
Total points	104	104
Winners	25	25
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	35/55	35/55
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	25/35	25/35
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	11/20	11/20
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Fonio
	R1 Molleker	Total
Score	6-4 4-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	56-38	56-38
Total points	94	94
Winners	21	21
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	31/46	31/46
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	21/31	21/31
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	7/15	7/15
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 2 Challenger

• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Marek GengelGengel (7-6¹ 5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dennis NovakNovak – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico CinaCina – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (7-6³ 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dennis NovakNovak – Christoph NegrituNegritu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Chris RodeschRodesch – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Ryan PenistonPeniston (1-0) – H2H and prediction