Robert Strombachs and Evgeny Karlovskiy will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Chisinau Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Robert Strombachs who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Robert Strombachs is the pick to win this match.
Robert Strombachs -> 1.58
Evgeny Karlovskiy -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Robert Strombachs vs. Evgeny Karlovskiy

There is no head to head record between Robert Strombachs and Evgeny Karlovskiy since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Robert Strombachs

Ranked no. 338, Strombachs reached the 2^nd round after defeating Jay Clarke 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-3 6-4). During the match, Strombachs scored 62 points vs Clarke’s 57. Strombachs was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Strombachs made 6 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Robert Strombachs was very effective on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Clarke twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Strombachs has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (311-186). 24-7 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Strombachs has an aggregate211-99 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Robert’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Monastir.

Robert has a compiled 29-9 win-loss record in 2025, 24-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chisinau Challenger

Strombachs has never competed in this tournament before.

Evgeny Karlovskiy

Ranked no. 437, Evgeny reached the 2^nd round after defeating Egor Gerasimov 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-4 6-4). During the match Karlovskiy scored 66 points vs Gerasimov’s 49. Karlovskiy was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Karlovskiy managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Evgeny Karlovskiy lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Karlovskiy put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Karlovskiy broke Gerasimov 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Karlovskiy has an aggregate 15-14 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Strombachs	Karlovskiy
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	20
Pts	62-57	66-49
Total Points	119	115
Winners	34	28
%Winners	55%	42%

Both Strombachs and Karlovskiy played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Strombachs and Karlovskiy have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Strombachs played 1 game less than Karlovskiy. The German scored 34 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 28 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Strombachs	Karlovskiy
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	46/73	40/58
%1st in	63%	69%
1st pts	34/46	28/40
%1st pts	74%	70%
2nd pts	14/27	10/18
%2nd pts	52%	56%

Strombachs managed to score 6 aces . Karlovskiy made 5 aces . Strombachs won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Karlovskiy won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Strombachs	Karlovskiy
Won	2	5
Converted	2/3	5/9
% Converted	67%	56%
Conceded	7	9
Saved	7	6
% Saved	100%	67%
Times Broken	0	3

Robert broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Strombachs quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 7 break points. The Russian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Evgeny conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Strombachs
	R1 Clarke	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	62-57	62-57
Total points	119	119
Winners	34	34
%Winners	55%	55%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	46/73	46/73
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	34/46	34/46
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	14/27	14/27
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	7/7	7
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Karlovskiy
	R1 Gerasimov	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	66-49	66-49
Total points	115	115
Winners	28	28
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	40/58	40/58
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	28/40	28/40
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	10/18	10/18
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Chisinau Challenger

• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip HenningHenning – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (2-6 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Giles HusseyHussey – Robin BertrandBertrand (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – Lukas PokornyPokorny (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-6⁶ 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Charlie RobertsonRobertson (7-5 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Charles BroomBroom (7-6² 6-7³ 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Cem IlkelIlkel – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Toby SamuelSamuel – Lilian MarmousezMarmousez (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Harry WendelkenWendelken (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alastair GrayGray (6-2 4-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Stuart ParkerParker – Ilya SnitariSnitari (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-6(6) 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Stuart ParkerParker (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cem IlkelIlkel – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction