Dominik Palan and Dinko Dinev will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Abidjan 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT CNPS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominik Palan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dominik Palan is the pick to win this match.
Dominik Palan -> 1.41
Dinko Dinev -> 2.73

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Prediction and head to head Dominik Palan vs. Dinko Dinev

There is no head to head record between Dominik Palan and Dinko Dinev since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Dominik Palan

Ranked no. 604, the Czech reached the qualifications after beating Myko Yohann Himad Kouame 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, Palan had a good straight sets win against Yohann Himad Kouame (6-2 6-4). During the match, Palan scored 75 points vs Yohann Himad Kouame’s 59. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Palan blasted 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Dominik Palan lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Palan put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Palan broke Yohann Himad Kouame 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Palan has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (176-157). 4-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Palan has an aggregate163-133 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Dominik has an aggregate 4-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Abidjan 1 Challenger

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Dinko Dinev

Ranked no. 892 (career-high), Dinev reached the qualifications after beating Matthias Ujvary 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Ujvary, The Bulgarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Dinev scored 93 points vs Ujvary’s 86. Dinko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Dinev scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 8 double faults. Dinko Dinev lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Dinev put 47% of his first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Ujvary 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

The Bulgarian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Brazzaville Challenger.

Dinko has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Palan	Dinev
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	29
Pts	75-59	93-86
Total Points	134	179
Winners	28	30
%Winners	37%	32%

Both Palan and Dinev played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dinko Dinev dropped 1 set while Dominik Palan hasn’t conceded a set so far. Palan has played 1 set(s) less than Dinev (2 vs 3). Therefore, Palan played 11 games less than Dinev. Dominik scored 28 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Dinev fired 30 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Palan	Dinev
Aces	4	1
Avg per match	4	1
1st in	40/63	41/87
%1st in	63%	47%
1st pts	28/40	30/41
%1st pts	70%	73%
2nd pts	12/23	22/46
%2nd pts	52%	48%

Palan bagged 4 aces . Dinev managed to score 1 ace . Palan won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Dinev won 73% of the points behind 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	Palan	Dinev
Won	4	5
Converted	4/11	5/10
% Converted	36%	50%
Conceded	4	8
Saved	3	4
% Saved	75%	50%
Times Broken	1	4

Palan broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Dominik dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Dinko broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Palan
	Q1 Yohann Himad Kouame	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	75-59	75-59
Total points	134	134
Winners	28	28
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	40/63	40/63
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	28/40	28/40
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Dinev
	Q1 Ujvary	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	93-86	93-86
Total points	179	179
Winners	30	30
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	41/87	41/87
% 1st in	47%	47%
1st pts	30/41	30/41
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	22/46	22/46
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

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