Nick Hardt and Iliyan Radulov will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Girona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:45 pm on PISTA 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Hardt who should win in 3 sets.
Nick Hardt -> 1.49
Iliyan Radulov -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Nick Hardt vs. Iliyan Radulov
This will be the 2nd time that Nick Hardt and Iliyan Radulov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hardt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Hardt won 5-7 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in M25 Tarragona back in 2024.
Nick Hardt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-21 | 1-3 | 30-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-25 | 6-6 | 34-18 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-28 | 11-9 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 18-6 | 28-16 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-19 | 9-6 | 35-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247, the Dominican got to the qualifications after beating Ivan Gakhov 6-0 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Dominican had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-0 7-5). During the match, Hardt scored 67 points vs Gakhov’s 46. The Dominican was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hardt struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nick Hardt lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hardt put 73% of his first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Nick broke Gakhov 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Hardt has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (224-149). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Hardt has an aggregate147-91 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Nick has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
The Dominican has never competed in this tournament before.
Iliyan Radulov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-12 | 3-4 | 17-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 55-29 | 13-12 | 42-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 537, Radulov got to the qualifications after beating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-3 5-7 6-4.
In the qualifications, Iliyan defeated Barranco Cosano (6-3 5-7 6-4). During the match Radulov scored 103 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 98. Radulov was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Radulov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Iliyan Radulov lost the serve 6 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Radulov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 56% (38/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Iliyan broke Barranco Cosano 8 times after converting 73% of his break points (8/11).
Radulov has a composed 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hardt | Radulov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 |
| Pts | 67-46 | 103-98 |
| Total Points | 113 | 201 |
| Winners | 31 | 38 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Hardt and Radulov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Iliyan Radulov surrendered 1 set while Nick Hardt hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hardt has played 1 set(s) less than Radulov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hardt played 13 games less than Radulov. Hardt scored 31 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Radulov recorded 38 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hardt | Radulov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 40/55 | 68/108 |
| %1st in | 73% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 38/68 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 19/40 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 48% |
Hardt blasted 3 aces . Radulov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hardt won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Radulov won 56% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hardt | Radulov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 8/11 |
| % Converted | 83% | 73% |
| Conceded | 3 | 17 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 67% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Hardt broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Dominican surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Iliyan conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hardt | |||
| Q1 Gakhov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/55 | 40/55 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Radulov | |||
| Q1 Barranco | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 103-98 | 103-98 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 68/108 | 68/108 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/68 | 38/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 19/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 73% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro CachinPedro – Miguel DamasMiguel (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
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