Viktor Markov and Sergey Fomin will face off in the qualifications of the Sofia 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sergey Fomin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sergey Fomin is the pick to win this match.
Sergey Fomin -> 1.27
Viktor Markov -> 3.48

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Prediction and head to head Viktor Markov vs. Sergey Fomin

There is no head to head record between Viktor Markov and Sergey Fomin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Viktor Markov

Currently unranked, the Bulgarian got to the qualifications after defeating Petr Nesterov 6-1 6-3.

In the qualifications, Viktor had a good straight sets win against Nesterov (6-1 6-3). During the match, Markov scored 65 points vs Nesterov’s 46. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Markov managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Viktor Markov lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Markov put 58% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Markov broke Nesterov 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Markov has a winning win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 58% of his matches (28-20). 9-5 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Markov has a compiled25-16 record in the last 4 years on clay.

The Bulgarian has a composed 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sofia 1 Challenger

Viktor has never competed in this tournament before.

Sergey Fomin

Ranked no. 478, the Uzbek got to the qualifications after defeating S D Prajwal Dev 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Uzbek had a good straight sets win against D Prajwal Dev (6-4 6-4). During the match Fomin scored 81 points vs D Prajwal Dev’s 67. Sergey was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Fomin scored 13 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Sergey Fomin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Fomin put 46% of his first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (19/43) on the 2nd serve. Sergey broke D Prajwal Dev 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Fomin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Antalya and M15 Shymkent.

The Uzbek has an aggregate 41-20 win-loss record in 2025, 30-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Markov	Fomin
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	20
Pts	65-46	81-67
Total Points	111	148
Winners	25	27
%Winners	38%	33%

Both Markov and Fomin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Markov and Fomin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Markov played 4 games less than Fomin. Viktor scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sergey struck 27 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Markov	Fomin
Aces	4	13
Avg per match	4	13
1st in	37/64	36/79
%1st in	58%	46%
1st pts	25/37	27/36
%1st pts	68%	75%
2nd pts	13/27	19/43
%2nd pts	48%	44%

Markov made 4 aces . Fomin struck 13 aces . Markov won 68% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Fomin won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Markov	Fomin
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/11
% Converted	71%	45%
Conceded	5	11
Saved	4	8
% Saved	80%	73%
Times Broken	1	3

The Bulgarian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Bulgarian surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Fomin broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sergey conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Markov
	Q1 Nesterov	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	65-46	65-46
Total points	111	111
Winners	25	25
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	37/64	37/64
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	25/37	25/37
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	13/27	13/27
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Fomin
	Q1 D Prajwal Dev	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	81-67	81-67
Total points	148	148
Winners	27	27
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	11	11
1st in	36/79	36/79
% 1st in	46%	46%
1st pts	27/36	27/36
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	19/43	19/43
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	8/11	8
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

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