Abedallah Shelbayh and Dimitar Kuzmanov will face off in the 1st round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3 BANCA DEL FUCINO. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.42
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov

There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Dimitar Kuzmanov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Abedallah Shelbayh

Abedallah Shelbayh

6 - 12win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
2-4
Clay
0-5
Rank
278
High
181
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-13 4-3 0-6 2-4 0-0 0-0
2024 39-35 18-13 12-13 8-8 1-1 0-0
2023 43-32 27-15 7-7 5-6 4-4 0-0
2022 25-7 17-5 3-1 5-1 0-0 0-0
2021 7-8 4-4 3-3 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 267, the will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he lost 7-5 4-6 7-5 to Travaglia in the qualifications on the 13th of April.

Abedallah has a composed 6-12 win-loss record in 2025, 0-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The has an overall 125-98 record. He has a negative 27-31 record on clay.

Previously in the Rome Challenger

Shelbayh has never competed in this tournament before.

Rome Challenger
Shelbayh's Record

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Dimitar Kuzmanov

15 - 8win/loss

Hard
10-3
I Hard
2-3
Clay
3-2
Rank
269
High
158
LWLWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-10 10-3 5-4 2-3 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. 274, the Bulgarian will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in the Monza Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4

to Gea in the 1st round on the 8th of April.

Dimitar has a compiled 15-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Hersonissos 2 Challenger where he beat Federico Cina in the final 6-4 6-2.

In terms of his career, Dimitar has an overall 530-305 record. He has a positive 283-170 record on clay.

Rome Challenger
Kuzmanov's Record

Tennis Scores in Rome Challenger

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