Ivan Gakhov and Erik Arutiunian will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.54
Erik Arutiunian -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Erik Arutiunian

There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Erik Arutiunian since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Ivan Gakhov

Ivan Gakhov

37 - 22win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
5-4
Clay
30-16
Rank
257
High
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. 248, the Russian will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in the Tampere Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Cina in the 2nd round on the 23rd of July.

The Russian has an aggregate 37-22 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ivan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula and M25 The Hague.

Talking about his overall career, Gakhov has an overall 452-289 record. He has a positive 36-34 record on hard.

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.

Astana Challenger
Gakhov's Record

Erik Arutiunian

Erik Arutiunian

30 - 12win/loss

Hard
30-12
I Hard
0-0
Rank
454
High
450
WLWWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 45-20 35-15 0-0 10-5 0-0 0-0
2024 27-26 22-19 2-5 3-2 0-0 0-0
2023 46-30 21-16 20-12 5-2 0-0 0-0
2022 17-23 12-17 5-5 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 6-7 4-5 0-1 2-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 501, Arutiunian will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Monastir where he lost 6-0 6-1 to Echargui in the 2nd round on the 19th of June.

The Belarussian has a composed 30-12 win-loss record in 2025, 30-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Belarussian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sharm ElSheikh.

In terms of his career, Erik has an overall 126-98 record. He has a positive 89-69 record on hard.

Astana Challenger
Arutiunian's Record

Tennis Scores in Astana Challenger

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