Ivan Gakhov and Alex Marti Pujolras will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Tunis Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Marti Pujolras who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Marti Pujolras is the pick to win this match.
Alex Marti Pujolras -> 1.68
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Alex Marti Pujolras
This will be the 2nd time that Ivan Gakhov and Alex Marti Pujolras clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Marti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Marti won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in M25 Santander back in 2021.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-15 | 2-2 | 21-9 | 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 1st round after defeating Niels Visker 6-2 7-6(3) and Buvaysar Gadamauri 4-6 7-6(4) 7-5.
In the qualifications against Gadamauri, Gakhov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 7-5).During the match, Gakhov scored less points (3) than Gadamauri. In fact, the world no. 317 won 112 points vs Gadamauri’s. That means that Gakhov was more focused during the important points. Gakhov was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gakhov blasted 2 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 55% of his first serves in, winning 73% (47/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (26/52) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Gadamauri 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ivan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (393-252). 15-7 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gakhov has an overall 340-195 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Ivan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula.
Ivan has an aggregate 22-13 win-loss record in 2025, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Ivan has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Marti Pujolras
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-14 | 0-0 | 18-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-27 | 0-0 | 51-26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 0-0 | 43-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 0-1 | 44-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-28 | 0-1 | 51-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 343, the Spaniard got to the 1st round after beating Stijn Slump 6-4 6-1 and Franco Agamenone 6-1 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-1 7-63). During the match Marti scored 73 points vs Agamenone’s 61. Marti was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Marti struck 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Alex Marti Pujolras lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Marti put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Marti broke Agamenone 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marti started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Alex’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Badalona.
Alex has an overall 18-13 win-loss record in 2025, 18-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Marti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 37 |
| Pts | 184-176 | 137-106 |
| Total Points | 360 | 243 |
| Winners | 76 | 55 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Gakhov and Marti played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ivan Gakhov surrendered 1 set while Alex Marti Pujolras hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gakhov has played 1 set more than Marti (5 vs 4). Therefore, Gakhov played 19 games more than Marti. Gakhov scored 76 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 55 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Marti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 98/177 | 81/127 |
| %1st in | 55% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 76/98 | 55/81 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 42/79 | 22/46 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 48% |
Gakhov blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Marti blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Gakhov won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Marti won 68% of the points on 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 | Gakhov | Marti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 35% | 56% |
| Conceded | 14 | 12 |
| Saved | 10 | 8 |
| % Saved | 71% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Gakhov broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Gakhov dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Marti broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | ||||
| Q1 Visker |
Q3 Gadamauri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 4-6 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 35 | 56 | |
| pts | 72-61 | 112-115 | 184-176 | |
| Total points | 133 | 227 | 360 | |
| Winners | 29 | 47 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 64/116 | 98/177 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 47/64 | 76/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 26/52 | 42/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/10 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 30% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 6/9 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Marti | ||||
| Q1 Slump |
Q3 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 73-61 | 137-106 | |
| Total points | 109 | 134 | 243 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 40/69 | 81/127 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 58% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/41 | 28/40 | 55/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 70% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 14/29 | 22/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/8 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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