Marat Sharipov and Ivan Ivanov will square off in the 1st round of the Sofia 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Marat Sharipov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marat Sharipov is the pick to win this match.
Marat Sharipov -> 1.571
Ivan Ivanov -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Marat Sharipov vs. Ivan Ivanov

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

Marat Sharipov

Marat Sharipov

34 - 17win/loss

Hard
18-7
I Hard
6-3
Clay
10-7
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. 277, Sharipov will start his run in the Sofia 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Zug Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Diaz in the 1st round on the 22nd of July.

Marat has an overall 34-17 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Russian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Uriage.

Talking about his overall career, Marat has an overall 176-88 record. He has a positive 69-45 record on clay.

Previously in the Sofia 1 Challenger

Marat has never competed in this tournament before.

Sofia 1 Challenger
Sharipov's Record

Ivan Ivanov

Ivan Ivanov

7 - 4win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-1
Rank
823
High
795
LLWLLLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-13 3-6 6-6 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 14-8 0-1 14-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 4-3 4-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 821, will start his run in the Sofia 1 Challenger after he won the title in Wimbledon (juniors) after beating 6-2 6-3

Karki in the final.

Ivan has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Ivan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Szentendre.

Ivanov won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, The Bulgarian has an overall 25-15 record. He has a positive 19-8 record on clay.

Sofia 1 Challenger
Ivanov's Record

Tennis Scores in Sofia 1 Challenger

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