Facundo Diaz Acosta and Marat Sharipov will square off in the 1st round of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on TOPCAR COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.22
Marat Sharipov -> 3.92

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Marat Sharipov

There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Marat Sharipov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Facundo Diaz Acosta

Facundo Diaz Acosta

8 - 10win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-5
Grass
0-1
Rank
226
High
47
LWLLWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-20 4-4 17-15 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 19-22 3-8 16-10 0-3 0-1 0-0
2023 50-25 4-4 46-20 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 31-21 0-1 31-19 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 43-30 7-4 36-26 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 186, the Argentine will start his run in the Zug Challenger after he played his last match in the Trieste Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Agustin Tirante in the semifinal on the 12th of July.

The Argentine has a composed 8-10 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Facundo’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Trieste Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Argentine has an overall 216-144 record. He has a positive 188-109 record on clay.

Previously in the Zug Challenger

Facundo has never competed in this tournament before.

Zug Challenger
Diaz Acosta's Record

Marat Sharipov

Marat Sharipov

34 - 16win/loss

Hard
18-7
I Hard
6-3
Clay
10-6
Rank
276
High
243
LWLWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 48-26 24-11 14-9 10-6 0-0 0-0
2024 46-17 16-7 27-7 3-3 0-0 0-0
2023 65-18 43-4 22-14 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 21-19 8-6 7-10 6-3 0-0 0-0
2021 8-17 2-5 3-7 3-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 280, Marat will start his run in the Zug Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Uriage where he lost 6-4 7-6(1)

to Arnaud Bailly in the final on the 20th of July.

The Russian has an overall 34-16 win-loss record in 2025, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Marat’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Uriage.

In terms of his career, The Russian has an overall 176-87 record. He has a positive 69-44 record on clay.

Zug Challenger
Sharipov's Record

Tennis Scores in Zug Challenger

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