Pablo Carreno-Busta and Iliyan Radulov will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Girona Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 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 -> 1.24
Iliyan Radulov -> 3.72

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Prediction and head to head Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Iliyan Radulov

There is no head to head record between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Iliyan Radulov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Pablo Carreno-Busta

Ranked no. 109, Pablo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Pedro Cachin 6-1 6-3

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In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Cachin (6-1 6-3). During the match, Carreno-Busta scored 69 points vs Cachin’s 50. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Carreno-Busta scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Pablo Carreno-Busta was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Cachin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Carreno-Busta has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (266-175). 1-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Carreno-Busta has an aggregate 96-60 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Alejandro Moro Canas in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he defeated Filip Misolic in the final 6-3 6-2.

Pablo has a composed 15-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Girona Challenger

Carreno-Busta has never competed in this tournament before.

Iliyan Radulov

Ranked no. 537, the Bulgarian reached the 2^nd round after beating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-3 5-7 6-4, Nick Hardt 3-6 6-1 6-4 and Martin Landaluce 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Landaluce (6-3 7-5). During the match Radulov scored 74 points vs Landaluce’s 64. The Bulgarian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Radulov scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Iliyan Radulov was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bulgarian broke Landaluce 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Radulov has a composed 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Carreno-Busta	Radulov
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	16	78
Pts	69-50	266-239
Total Points	119	505
Winners	27	103
%Winners	39%	39%

Carreno-Busta played 1 match while Radulov competed in 3 matches. Radulov started his run from the qualifications while Carreno-Busta had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Iliyan Radulov surrendered 2 sets while Pablo Carreno-Busta hasn’t conceded a set so far. Carreno-Busta has played 6 set(s) less than Radulov (2 vs 8). Therefore, Carreno-Busta played 62 games less than Radulov. Pablo scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Iliyan bagged 103 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Carreno-Busta	Radulov
Aces	1	3
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	36/53	156/254
%1st in	68%	61%
1st pts	27/36	103/156
%1st pts	75%	66%
2nd pts	10/17	47/98
%2nd pts	59%	48%

Carreno-Busta struck 1 ace . Radulov also managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). Carreno-Busta won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Radulov won 66% 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	Carreno-Busta	Radulov
Won	4	17
Converted	4/8	17/37
% Converted	50%	46%
Conceded	3	27
Saved	3	17
% Saved	100%	63%
Times Broken	0	10

Carreno-Busta broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Bulgarian broke his opponents 17 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Carreno-Busta
	R1 Cachin	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	69-50	69-50
Total points	119	119
Winners	27	27
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	36/53	36/53
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	27/36	27/36
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	10/17	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Radulov
	Q1 Barranco	Q3 Hardt	R1 Landaluce	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 6-4	3-6 6-1 6-4	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	31	26	21	78
pts	103-98	89-77	74-64	266-239
Total points	201	166	138	505
Winners	38	38	27	103
%Winners	37%	43%	36%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	2	3
Double Faults	0	0	1	1
1st in	68/108	50/79	38/67	156/254
% 1st in	63%	63%	57%	61%
1st pts	38/68	38/50	27/38	103/156
% 1st pts	56%	76%	71%	66%
2nd pts	19/40	12/29	16/29	47/98
% 2nd pts	48%	41%	55%	48%
Breaks
Won	8	5	4	17
Converted	8/11	5/12	4/14	17/37
Converted %	73%	42%	29%	46%
Conceded	17	7	3	27
Saved	11/17	4/7	2/3	17
Saved %	65%	57%	67%	189%
Times Broken	6	3	1	10

Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger

• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Pedro CachinCachin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Iliyan RadulovRadulov – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Hugo DellienDellien (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Henri SquireSquire (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Henrique RochaRocha (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Elmer MollerMoller – Federico CoriaCoria (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Iliyan RadulovRadulov – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Radu AlbotAlbot – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction