Ivan Gakhov and Karan Singh will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Astana Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Gakhov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.22
Karan Singh -> 3.92

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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Karan Singh

There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Karan Singh since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ivan Gakhov

Ranked no. 248, the Russian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Erik Arutiunian 6-1 6-7(4) 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Gakhov defeated Arutiunian (6-1 6-7⁴ 7-5). During the match, Gakhov scored 108 points vs Arutiunian’s 100. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gakhov fired 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ivan Gakhov was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (54/73) of his 1st serve and 58% (26/45) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gakhov broke Arutiunian 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Gakhov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (409-261). 3-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gakhov has a composed 35-31 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula and M25 The Hague.

Gakhov has a compiled 38-22 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Karan Singh

Ranked no. 401 (career-high), Karan reached the 2^nd round after defeating Egor Gerasimov 7-5 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Singh had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (7-5 6-1). During the match Singh scored 67 points vs Gerasimov’s 49. Karan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Singh fired 7 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Karan Singh was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Singh broke Gerasimov 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

The Indian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Tehran,M15 Tashkent and M15 Monastir.

Karan has an overall 33-17 win-loss record in 2025, 24-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gakhov	Singh
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	32	19
Pts	108-100	67-49
Total Points	208	116
Winners	54	27
%Winners	50%	40%

Both Gakhov and Singh played 1 match. At the moment, Ivan Gakhov surrendered 1 set while Karan Singh hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gakhov has played 1 set more than Singh (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gakhov played 13 games more than Singh. The Russian scored 54 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Singh bagged 27 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gakhov	Singh
Aces	12	7
Avg per match	12	7
1st in	73/118	38/56
%1st in	62%	68%
1st pts	54/73	27/38
%1st pts	74%	71%
2nd pts	26/45	10/18
%2nd pts	58%	56%

Gakhov made 12 aces . Singh fired 7 aces . Gakhov won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Singh won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gakhov	Singh
Won	3	5
Converted	3/9	5/12
% Converted	33%	42%
Conceded	13	3
Saved	13	1
% Saved	100%	33%
Times Broken	0	2

Ivan broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ivan was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 13 break points. Singh broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Karan conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Gakhov
	R1 Arutiunian	R1 Arutiunian	Total
Score	6-1 6-74 7-5	6-1 6-74 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	32	32	64
pts	108-100	108-100	216-200
Total points	208	208	416
Winners	54	54	108
%Winners	50%	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	12	12	24
Double Faults	3	3	6
1st in	73/118	73/118	146/236
% 1st in	62%	62%	62%
1st pts	54/73	54/73	108/146
% 1st pts	74%	74%	74%
2nd pts	26/45	26/45	52/90
% 2nd pts	58%	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/9	3/9	6/18
Converted %	33%	33%	33%
Conceded	13	13	26
Saved	13/13	13/13	26
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Singh
	R1 Gerasimov	Total
Score	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	67-49	67-49
Total points	116	116
Winners	27	27
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	38/56	38/56
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	27/38	27/38
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	10/18	10/18
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	17%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Astana Challenger

• Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Uisung ParkPark (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Shintaro ImaiImai – Amir OmarkhanovOmarkhanov (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Karan SinghSingh – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Woobin ShinShin – Arda AzkaraAzkara (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Dominik PalanPalan (7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Erik ArutiunianArutiunian (6-1 6-7⁴ 7-5) – See score progression
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – Sanhui ShinShin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Maximus JonesJones – Renta TokudaTokuda (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Edward WinterWinter – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitsuki Wei Kang LeongWei Kang Leong – Maksim ShinShin (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexandr BindaBinda – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Kokoro IsomuraIsomura (6-1 6-7² 6-3) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Zangar NurlanulyNurlanuly (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – Sanhui ShinShin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mitsuki Wei Kang LeongWei Kang Leong – Maksim ShinShin (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Woobin ShinShin – Arda AzkaraAzkara (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Dominik PalanPalan (7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
• Edward WinterWinter – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Shintaro ImaiImai – Amir OmarkhanovOmarkhanov (6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Uisung ParkPark (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Maximus JonesJones – Renta TokudaTokuda (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Richard BerankisBerankis – Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Takuya KumasakaKumasaka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Woobin ShinShin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction