Ivan Gakhov and Buvaysar Gadamauri will face off in the qualifications of the Tunis Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Gakhov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.64
Buvaysar Gadamauri -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Buvaysar Gadamauri
This will be the 2nd time that Ivan Gakhov and Buvaysar Gadamauri play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gadamauri (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gadamauri won 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in M25 Esch/Alzette back in 2024.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-16 | 2-2 | 21-10 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-35 | 1-2 | 35-32 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 317, Gakhov got to the qualifications after beating Niels Visker 6-2 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Ivan had a good straight sets win against Visker (6-2 7-63). During the match, Gakhov scored 72 points vs Visker’s 61. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gakhov made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ivan Gakhov was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gakhov broke Visker 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (392-252). 14-7 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gakhov has a composed 339-195 record in the last years on clay.
Ivan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula.
The Russian has a composed 21-13 win-loss record in 2025, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Gakhov has never competed in this tournament before.
Buvaysar Gadamauri
14 - 7win/loss
648
515
LLWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-10 | 13-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-28 | 1-1 | 16-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-26 | 13-7 | 34-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 4-5 | 20-15 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 10-6 | 19-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 662, Buvaysar reached the qualifications after beating Max Wiskandt 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Wiskandt (6-3 6-4). During the match Gadamauri scored 67 points vs Wiskandt’s 52. Gadamauri was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Gadamauri bagged 3 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Buvaysar Gadamauri lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gadamauri put 75% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the 2nd serve. Gadamauri broke Wiskandt 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Buvaysar’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
The Belgian has a composed 14-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Gadamauri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 |
| Pts | 72-61 | 67-52 |
| Total Points | 133 | 119 |
| Winners | 29 | 28 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Gakhov and Gadamauri played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gakhov and Gadamauri have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gakhov played 2 games more than Gadamauri. The Russian scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Gadamauri blasted 28 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Gadamauri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 40/53 |
| %1st in | 56% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 28/40 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 8/13 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 62% |
Gakhov struck 7 aces . Gadamauri managed to score 3 aces . Gakhov won 85% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gadamauri won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Gadamauri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 43% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Ivan broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Gakhov lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Gadamauri broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Gadamauri conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | |||
| Q1 Visker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-61 | 72-61 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 34/61 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gadamauri | |||
| Q1 Wiskandt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-52 | 67-52 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/53 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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