Stefan Kozlov and Elmar Ejupovic will square off in the qualifications of the Little Rock Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 13. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.31
Elmar Ejupovic -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Stefan Kozlov vs. Elmar Ejupovic
This will be the 2nd time that Stefan Kozlov and Elmar Ejupovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kozlov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kozlov won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Merida Challenger back in 2024.
Stefan Kozlov
18 - 6win/loss
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103
LWLWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-8 | 11-5 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-19 | 16-9 | 17-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 375, the American got to the qualifications after beating Kiranpal Pannu 7-6(3) 2-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Pannu (7-63 2-6 6-2). During the match, Kozlov scored 101 points vs Pannu’s 96. Kozlov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kozlov fired 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 61% (39/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Kozlov broke Pannu 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Kozlov has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (258-203). 8-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kozlov has an aggregate 127-106 match record in the last years on hard.
Stefan’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Xalapa.
Kozlov has a compiled 16-6 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Elmar Ejupovic
10 - 10win/loss
554
273
LWLLWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-12 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 34-27 | 7-5 | 19-12 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 30-34 | 4-7 | 16-17 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2022 | 46-28 | 4-2 | 32-19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2021 | 34-25 | 1-2 | 23-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 561, the German got to the qualifications after beating Juan Carlos Manuel Aguilar 6-4 2-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ejupovic defeated Carlos Manuel Aguilar (6-4 2-6 6-2). During the match Ejupovic scored 82 points vs Carlos Manuel Aguilar’s 72. Elmar was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Ejupovic fired 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Elmar Ejupovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The German broke Carlos Manuel Aguilar 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The German has a compiled 10-9 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Elmar has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kozlov | Ejupovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 26 |
| Pts | 101-96 | 82-72 |
| Total Points | 197 | 154 |
| Winners | 39 | 36 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both Kozlov and Ejupovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Stefan Kozlov lost 1 set, while Elmar Ejupovic surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kozlov and Ejupovic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kozlov played 3 games more than Ejupovic. Kozlov scored 39 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The German bagged 36 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kozlov | Ejupovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 12 |
| 1st in | 64/103 | 51/80 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 39/64 | 36/51 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 55% |
Kozlov recorded 3 aces . Ejupovic recorded 12 aces . Kozlov won 61% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ejupovic won 71% of the points behind 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 | Kozlov | Ejupovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 63% | 67% |
| Conceded | 14 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 64% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Elmar broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Elmar conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kozlov | |||
| Q1 Pannu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 101-96 | 101-96 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 64/103 | 64/103 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/64 | 39/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Carlos Manuel Aguilar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 82-72 | 82-72 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/80 | 51/80 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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