Christoph Negritu and Dimitar Kuzmanov will play each other in the semifinal of the Hersonissos 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.62
Christoph Negritu -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Christoph Negritu vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 2nd time that Christoph Negritu and Dimitar Kuzmanov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuzmanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kuzmanov won 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Tunisia F20.
Christoph Negritu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-36 | 9-7 | 18-23 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-26 | 20-14 | 25-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 29-17 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-19 | 18-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 19-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320 (career-high), Negritu reached the semifinal after defeating Lorenzo Giustino 4-6 6-4 6-2
, Stefanos Sakellaridis 7-5 6-4 and Dennis Novak 6-3 6-7(3) 7-5.In the quarter, Christoph defeated Novak (6-3 6-73 7-5). During the match, Negritu scored 111 points vs Novak’s 97. The German was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Negritu bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Christoph Negritu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Negritu put 54% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Negritu broke Novak 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Negritu has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (231-162). 7-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Negritu has an overall 111-71 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Negritu has a compiled 13-7 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 376, Kuzmanov got to the semifinal after defeating Arthur Gea 6-3 6-3, Giovanni Fonio 2-6 6-3 6-4 and Timofey Skatov 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-4 6-3). During the match Kuzmanov scored 64 points vs Skatov’s 51. The Bulgarian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmanov scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Skatov 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dimitar has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Kuzmanov has a compiled 10-6 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Negritu | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 64 |
| Pts | 279-247 | 213-178 |
| Total Points | 526 | 391 |
| Winners | 108 | 87 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Negritu and Kuzmanov played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Christoph Negritu dropped 2 sets, while Dimitar Kuzmanov surrendered 1 set. Negritu has played 1 set more than Kuzmanov (8 vs 7). Therefore, Negritu played 20 games more than Kuzmanov. The German scored 108 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian made 87 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Negritu | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 139/241 | 129/197 |
| %1st in | 58% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 108/139 | 87/129 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 50/102 | 39/68 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 57% |
Negritu recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Kuzmanov bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Negritu won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Negritu | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 13 |
| Converted | 13/37 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 35% | 52% |
| Conceded | 15 | 22 |
| Saved | 8 | 14 |
| % Saved | 53% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 8 |
Negritu broke his opponents 13 times with a 35% conversion rate. Christoph conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Dimitar broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Negritu | |||||
| R1 Giustino | R2 Sakellaridis | 1/4 Novak | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 6-73 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 22 | 34 | 84 | |
| pts | 93-85 | 75-65 | 111-97 | 279-247 | |
| Total points | 178 | 140 | 208 | 526 | |
| Winners | 39 | 31 | 38 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/86 | 40/65 | 49/90 | 139/241 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 62% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 31/40 | 38/49 | 108/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 13/25 | 20/41 | 50/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 52% | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/10 | 5/15 | 13/37 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 30% | 33% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 50% | 40% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||||
| R1 Gea | R2 Fonio | 1/4 Skatov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 | 19 | 64 | |
| pts | 62-42 | 87-85 | 64-51 | 213-178 | |
| Total points | 104 | 172 | 115 | 391 | |
| Winners | 25 | 39 | 23 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 59/86 | 35/56 | 129/197 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 39/59 | 23/35 | 87/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 66% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 14/27 | 14/21 | 39/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 67% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/11 | 4/7 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 36% | 57% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 9/13 | 2/4 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 69% | 50% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 2 Challenger
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- Stefanos Sakellaridis/Petros TsitsipasSakellaridis/Petros Tsitsipas – Jan Jermar/Oleksii KrutykhJermar/Oleksii Krutykh (4-6 7-64 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Christoph NegrituNegritu (1-0) – H2H and prediction