Pablo Carreno-Busta and Ivan Gakhov will face off in the 1st round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Carreno-Busta who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pablo Carreno-Busta is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Carreno-Busta -> 1.147
Ivan Gakhov -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Ivan Gakhov
There is no head to head record between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Ivan Gakhov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Pablo Carreno-Busta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-28 | 25-10 | 14-14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-12 | 7-6 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-25 | 19-8 | 11-9 | 5-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-18 | 14-8 | 17-4 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Pablo will start his run in the Murcia Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Halys in the 1st round on the 7th of March.
The Spaniard has an overall 14-6 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he defeated Alejandro Moro Canas in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he overcame Filip Misolic in the final 6-3 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Pablo has an overall 585-333 record. He has a positive 342-171 record on clay.
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Pablo has never competed in this tournament before.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-37 | 3-3 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-35 | 1-2 | 35-32 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 318, the Russian will start his run in the Murcia Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Les Franqueses Del Valles where he lost 7-6(7) 3-6 10-7 to Winter in the 1st round on the 15th of March.
The Russian has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Ivan has an overall 422-274 record. He has a positive 367-213 record on clay.
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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