Dimitar Kuzmanov and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Monza Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 2 sets.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.31
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
This will be the 2nd time that Dimitar Kuzmanov and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuzmanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Kuzmanov won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Turkey F7.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
14 - 7win/loss
247
158
| 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. 278, Kuzmanov got to the qualifications after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-3 1-6 6-3
.In the qualifications, The Bulgarian defeated Cecchinato (6-3 1-6 6-3). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 80 points vs Cecchinato’s 72. The Bulgarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dimitar Kuzmanov was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Dimitar broke Cecchinato twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Kuzmanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (347-207). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has a compiled 217-125 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Hersonissos 2 Challenger where he defeated Federico Cina in the final 6-4 6-2.
Kuzmanov has an aggregate 14-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monza Challenger
Dimitar has never competed in this tournament before.
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-15 | 0-1 | 18-9 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-25 | 2-6 | 10-13 | 15-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-20 | 4-7 | 9-9 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Stebe reached the qualifications after defeating Christoph Negritu 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Cedrik-Marcel had a good straight sets win against Negritu (7-5 7-5). During the match Stebe scored 80 points vs Negritu’s 68. Cedrik-Marcel was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Stebe scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Stebe broke Negritu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The German’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Oberhaching.
Stebe has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Stebe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 24 |
| Pts | 80-72 | 80-68 |
| Total Points | 152 | 148 |
| Winners | 40 | 36 |
| %Winners | 50% | 45% |
Both Kuzmanov and Stebe played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov dropped 1 set while Cedrik-Marcel Stebe hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 1 set more than Stebe (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 1 game more than Stebe. The Bulgarian scored 40 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Stebe made 36 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Stebe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 56/68 | 47/76 |
| %1st in | 82% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 36/47 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 55% |
Kuzmanov recorded 1 ace . Stebe also blasted 5 aces . Kuzmanov won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Stebe won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Stebe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 20% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Dimitar broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Dimitar surrendered his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Cedrik-Marcel broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cedrik-Marcel conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | |||
| Q1 Cecchinato | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 80-72 | 80-72 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 56/68 | 56/68 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Stebe | |||
| Q1 Negritu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 80-68 | 80-68 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/76 | 47/76 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 36/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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