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.
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
34 - 17win/loss
276
243
| 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.
Ivan Ivanov
| 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.
Tennis Scores in Sofia 1 Challenger
- Aryan ShahShah – Alexander DonskiDonski (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Naoya HondaHonda (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sandro KoppKopp – Andrej NedicNedic (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Milos KarolKarol – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sandro KoppKopp – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Sebastian GimaGima (0-0) – H2H and prediction