Khumoun Sultanov and Tiago Pereira will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 pm on PISTA 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Khumoun Sultanov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Khumoun Sultanov is the pick to win this match.
Khumoun Sultanov -> 1.74
Tiago Pereira -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Khumoun Sultanov vs. Tiago Pereira

There is no head to head record between Khumoun Sultanov and Tiago Pereira since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Khumoun Sultanov

Ranked no. 265, Sultanov reached the 2^nd round after defeating Saba Purtseladze 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(6).

In the 1^st round against Purtseladze, The Uzbek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁶ 7-6⁶).During the match, Sultanov scored less points (1) than Purtseladze. In fact, the world no. 265 won 115 points vs Purtseladze’s. That means that Sultanov was more focused during the important points. Khumoun was pretty aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sultanov recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Khumoun Sultanov was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (53/68) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice.

Sultanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (292-170). 9-7 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sultanov has a composed 165-74 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Uzbek’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Pune Challenger.

The Uzbek has an overall 12-13 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Sultanov has never competed in this tournament before.

Tiago Pereira

Ranked no. 320 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alejandro Lopez Escribano 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Tiago had a good straight sets win against Lopez Escribano (6-3 6-3). During the match Pereira scored 69 points vs Lopez Escribano’s 51. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Pereira couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tiago Pereira lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Pereira put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Lopez Escribano 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Tiago’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Faro,M25 Vale do Lobo,M25 Bol,M25 Monastir and M25 Figueira da Foz.

Tiago has a composed 40-22 win-loss record in 2025, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sultanov	Pereira
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	35	18
Pts	115-116	69-51
Total Points	231	120
Winners	53	28
%Winners	46%	41%

Both Sultanov and Pereira played 1 match. At the moment, Khumoun Sultanov dropped 1 set while Tiago Pereira hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sultanov has played 1 set more than Pereira (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sultanov played 17 games more than Pereira. The Uzbek scored 53 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Tiago recorded 28 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sultanov	Pereira
Aces	9	0
Avg per match	9	0
1st in	68/107	41/62
%1st in	64%	66%
1st pts	53/68	28/41
%1st pts	78%	68%
2nd pts	21/39	13/21
%2nd pts	54%	62%

Sultanov managed to score 9 aces . Pereira didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sultanov won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Pereira won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sultanov	Pereira
Won	0	4
Converted	0/7	4/7
% Converted	0%	57%
Conceded	5	9
Saved	3	8
% Saved	60%	89%
Times Broken	2	1

Sultanov hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Sultanov dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Tiago broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.

Sultanov
	R1 Purtseladze	Total
Score	3-6 7-66 7-66
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	115-116	115-116
Total points	231	231
Winners	53	53
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	68/107	68/107
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	53/68	53/68
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	21/39	21/39
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	0	0
Converted	0/7	0/7
Converted %	0%	0%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Pereira
	R1 Lopez	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	69-51	69-51
Total points	120	120
Winners	28	28
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	41/62	41/62
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	28/41	28/41
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	13/21	13/21
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8/9	8
Saved %	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Pozoblanco Challenger

• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Dan AddedAdded (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Miguel CejudoCejudo (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Edward WinterWinter – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Johannus MondayMonday – Fabrizio AndaloroAndaloro (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Gastao EliasElias – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Matias SotoSoto – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-4 3-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (3-6 7-6⁶ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Alex MartinezMartinez (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Edas ButvilasButvilas – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Tiago PereiraPereira – Alejandro Lopez EscribanoLopez Escribano (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Robin BertrandBertrand (6-7⁵ 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Miguel CejudoCejudo (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Johannus MondayMonday – Fabrizio AndaloroAndaloro (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Dan AddedAdded (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Alex MartinezMartinez (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Gastao EliasElias – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Khumoun SultanovSultanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fajing SunSun – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – (0-0) – H2H and prediction