Ivan Gakhov and Christoph Negritu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Milan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Ivan Gakhov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.5
Christoph Negritu -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Christoph Negritu
There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Christoph Negritu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ivan Gakhov
31 - 18win/loss
259
142
LLWWLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-37 | 3-3 | 46-30 | 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. 270, Gakhov got to the 2nd round after beating Andrej Martin 3-6 6-1 7-6(3).
In the 1st round against Martin, Ivan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-63). During the match, Gakhov scored 104 points vs Martin’s 97. Gakhov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gakhov struck 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 45% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (24/55) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Martin 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Gakhov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (402-257). 24-12 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gakhov has an overall 349-200 match 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 31-18 win-loss record in 2025, 24-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
Christoph Negritu
21 - 16win/loss
369
263
LWLLLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-37 | 10-8 | 18-23 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-26 | 20-14 | 25-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 29-17 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-19 | 18-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 19-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290, Christoph reached the 2nd round after defeating Mathys Erhard 2-6 7-6(7) 6-4.
In the 1st round against Erhard, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-67 6-4). During the match Negritu and Erhard scored the same amount of points (110). However, the world no. 270 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Negritu managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christoph Negritu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Negritu put 63% of his first serves in, winning 71% (45/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Christoph broke Erhard 3 times after converting 19% of his break points (3/16).
Negritu’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger and M15 Oegstgeest.
Negritu has a compiled 21-16 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Negritu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 31 |
| Pts | 104-97 | 110-110 |
| Total Points | 201 | 220 |
| Winners | 35 | 45 |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% |
Both Gakhov and Negritu played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ivan Gakhov conceded 1 set, while Christoph Negritu conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gakhov and Negritu have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gakhov played 2 games less than Negritu. Ivan scored 35 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Negritu struck 45 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Negritu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 45/100 | 63/100 |
| %1st in | 45% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 45/63 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 24/55 | 17/37 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 46% |
Gakhov made 5 aces . Negritu scored 6 aces . Gakhov won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Negritu won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Negritu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/16 |
| % Converted | 33% | 19% |
| Conceded | 12 | 9 |
| Saved | 9 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Gakhov dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Negritu broke his opponent 3 times with a 19% conversion rate. Christoph conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | |||
| R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 104-97 | 104-97 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 45/100 | 45/100 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/55 | 24/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Negritu | |||
| R1 Erhard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 110-110 | 110-110 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 63/100 | 63/100 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 17/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 3/16 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 19% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLWLLW Tennis Scores in Milan Challenger
- Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Henri SquireSquire (7-65 ret.) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Giovanni FonioFonio (3-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-3 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Tiago PereiraPereira – Matias SotoSoto (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Mathys ErhardErhard (2-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Jacopo VasamiVasami – Andres Santamarta RoigSantamarta Roig (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Diego Dedura-PalomeroDedura-Palomero (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Rafael JodarJodar – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Andrej MartinMartin (3-6 6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Mathys ErhardErhard (2-6 7-6(7) 6-4) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-3 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Giovanni FonioFonio (3-6 6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Jacopo VasamiVasami – Andres Santamarta RoigSantamarta Roig (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
