Khumoun Sultanov and Matej Dodig will square off in the 2nd round of the Barletta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Khumoun Sultanov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Khumoun Sultanov is the pick to win this match.
Khumoun Sultanov -> 1.76
Matej Dodig -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Khumoun Sultanov vs. Matej Dodig

There is no head to head record between Khumoun Sultanov and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Khumoun Sultanov

Khumoun Sultanov

10 - 8win/loss

Hard
8-7
I Hard
1-1
Clay
1-0
Rank
396
High
215
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-20 12-14 2-5 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 74-23 55-14 19-6 0-2 0-1 0-0
2023 45-24 28-9 7-5 8-8 0-0 2-2
2022 35-22 4-3 25-13 5-5 0-0 1-1
2021 22-19 3-5 6-7 13-7 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 229, Sultanov got to the 2nd round after defeating Oleksandr Ovcharenko 2-6 7-6(3) 7-5.

In the 1st round against Ovcharenko, Khumoun recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-63 7-5).During the match, Sultanov scored less points (7) than Ovcharenko. In fact, the world no. 229 won 97 points vs Ovcharenko’s. That means that Sultanov was more focused during the important points. Khumoun was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sultanov managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Khumoun Sultanov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sultanov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (45/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Khumoun broke Ovcharenko 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Sultanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (290-165). 1-0 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sultanov has an overall 84-56 match record in the last years on clay.

Sultanov’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Pune Challenger.

Khumoun has a compiled 10-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barletta Challenger

Sultanov has never competed in this tournament before.

Barletta Challenger
Sultanov's Record

Matej Dodig

Matej Dodig

3 - 7win/loss

Clay
3-3
Rank
236
High
236
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-32 0-0 24-22 12-10 0-0 0-0
2024 46-26 14-5 30-20 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 43-16 1-2 38-12 2-1 0-0 2-1
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Ranked no. 320, Dodig got to the 2nd round after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-1 1-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Matej defeated Cecchinato (6-1 1-6 6-3). During the match Dodig scored 67 points vs Cecchinato’s 61. Dodig was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Dodig recorded 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Matej Dodig was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Dodig broke Cecchinato 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

The Croatian has an overall 3-7 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Barletta Challenger
Dodig's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Sultanov
M.Dodig
!
2h:28
2h:28
Time on court​
1h:35
1h:35
!
2h:28
2h:28
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
1
1
Match played
1
1
33
33
Games Played​
23
23
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
97
97
Total points​
67
67
97
97
Avg point​
67
67
45
45
Winners
29
29
45
45
Avg Winners​
29
29
46%
46%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
3
3
Avg Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
4
4
Avg Double Faults
5
5
45/67
45/67
1st won total​
29/40
29/40
67%
67%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
19/40
19/40
2nd won total​
18/34
18/34
48%
48%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
BP won
4/5
4/5
3/9
3/9
Avg BP won
4/5
4/5
33%
33%
Won
!
80%
80%
11
11
Conceded
5
5
11
11
Avg Conceded
5
5
4
4
Broken
3
3
4
4
Avg Broken
3
3
7
7
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sultanov Dodig
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 33 23
Pts 97-104 67-61
Total Points 201 128
Winners 45 29
%Winners 46% 43%

Both Sultanov and Dodig played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Khumoun Sultanov surrendered 1 set, while Matej Dodig conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sultanov and Dodig have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sultanov played 10 games more than Dodig. Sultanov scored 45 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Matej managed to score 29 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sultanov Dodig
Aces 3 3
Avg per match 3 3
1st in 67/107 40/74
%1st in 63% 54%
1st pts 45/67 29/40
%1st pts 67% 73%
2nd pts 19/40 18/34
%2nd pts 48% 53%

Sultanov managed to score 3 aces . Dodig struck 3 aces . Sultanov won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sultanov Dodig
Won 3 4
Converted 3/9 4/5
% Converted 33% 80%
Conceded 11 5
Saved 7 2
% Saved 64% 40%
Times Broken 4 3

The Uzbek broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Khumoun dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Matej broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Dodig conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Sultanov
R1
Ovcharenko		 Total
Score 2-6 7-63 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 33 33
pts 97-104 97-104
Total points 201 201
Winners 45 45
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 67/107 67/107
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 45/67 45/67
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 19/40 19/40
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 7/11 7
Saved % 64% 64%
Times Broken 4 4
Dodig
R1
Cecchinato		 Total
Score 6-1 1-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 23 23
pts 67-61 67-61
Total points 128 128
Winners 29 29
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 40/74 40/74
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 29/40 29/40
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 18/34 18/34
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 2/5 2
Saved % 40% 40%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger

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