Arthur Cazaux and Dimitar Kuzmanov will face off in the 2nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on COURT SOPRA STERIA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Cazaux who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.42
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.7
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
There is no head to head record between Arthur Cazaux and Dimitar Kuzmanov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Arthur Cazaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-11 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 25-15 | 0-2 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-29 | 31-13 | 11-9 | 3-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-14 | 14-3 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 16-4 | 22-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 113, Arthur got to the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Cazaux had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-3 6-3). During the match, Cazaux scored 60 points vs Janvier’s 42. Arthur was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cazaux fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Arthur Cazaux was very effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Janvier 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Cazaux has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (177-111). 1-2 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cazaux has an overall41-40 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The French player has a compiled 6-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
24 - 13win/loss
225
158
LWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-15 | 10-3 | 17-9 | 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. 263, the Bulgarian got to the 2nd round after defeating Tom Paris 7-5 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Paris (7-5 7-65). During the match Kuzmanov scored 83 points vs Paris’s 74. Dimitar was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmanov struck 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dimitar Kuzmanov was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (43/52) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bulgarian broke Paris once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Hersonissos 2 Challenger where he overcame Federico Cina in the final 6-4 6-2.
The Bulgarian has a compiled 24-13 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cazaux | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 |
| Pts | 60-42 | 83-74 |
| Total Points | 102 | 157 |
| Winners | 26 | 43 |
| %Winners | 43% | 52% |
Both Cazaux and Kuzmanov played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cazaux and Kuzmanov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cazaux played 7 games less than Kuzmanov. Arthur scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian blasted 43 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cazaux | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 34/52 | 52/75 |
| %1st in | 65% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 43/52 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 57% |
Cazaux bagged 3 aces . Kuzmanov blasted 2 aces . Cazaux won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cazaux | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 1/3 |
| % Converted | 80% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Arthur broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Cazaux surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Dimitar broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Dimitar was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Cazaux | |||
| R1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 60-42 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/52 | 34/52 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Paris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-74 | 83-74 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 52/75 | 52/75 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 43/52 | 43/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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