Murkel Dellien and Denis Yevseyev will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sofia 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Murkel Dellien who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Murkel Dellien is the pick to win this match.
Murkel Dellien -> 1.86
Denis Yevseyev -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Murkel Dellien vs. Denis Yevseyev

There is no head to head record between Murkel Dellien and Denis Yevseyev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Murkel Dellien

Murkel Dellien

19 - 24win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
19-22
Grass
0-1
Rank
265
High
168
LWLWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-36 0-1 36-34 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 48-31 1-1 47-29 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 49-32 0-0 49-32 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 55-28 1-4 54-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 18-13 3-2 15-11 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 287, Alejandro Dellien Velasco reached the 2nd round after beating Anas Mazdrashki 6-0 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Bolivian had a good straight sets win against Mazdrashki (6-0 6-3). During the match, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 62 points vs Mazdrashki’s 38. Murkel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Murkel Dellien lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco put 59% of his first serves in, winning 81% (22/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Murkel broke Mazdrashki 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (197-134). 19-22 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Alejandro Dellien Velasco has an overall186-121 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Bolivian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Rosario Challenger and the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has an overall 19-24 win-loss record in 2025, 19-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sofia 1 Challenger

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has never competed in this tournament before.

Sofia 1 Challenger
Alejandro Dellien Velasco's Record

Denis Yevseyev

Denis Yevseyev

17 - 28win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
6-7
Clay
9-15
Grass
0-1
Rank
401
High
153
LWLWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-41 16-14 9-16 7-10 0-1 0-0
2024 35-37 14-14 12-13 7-8 2-2 0-0
2023 50-36 23-16 16-14 11-5 0-0 0-1
2022 39-31 11-9 12-12 14-9 0-0 2-1
2021 36-30 4-5 22-15 10-10 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 322, Yevseyev reached the 2nd round after beating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-2 6-0.

In the 1st round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (6-2 6-0). During the match Yevseyev scored 59 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 32. Yevseyev was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.

About the serving games, Yevseyev recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Yevseyev lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Yevseyev put 51% of his first serves in, winning 68% (15/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Yevseyev broke Zapata Miralles 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Denis has a compiled 17-28 win-loss record in 2025, 9-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Sofia 1 Challenger
Yevseyev's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Alejandro Velasco
D.Yevseyev
1h:09
1h:09
Time on court​
0h:58
0h:58
1h:09
1h:09
Last match​
!
0h:58
0h:58
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
14
14
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
62
62
Total points​
59
59
62
62
Avg point​
59
59
22
22
Winners
15
15
22
22
Avg Winners​
15
15
35%
35%
Ratio winners
25%
25%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
22/27
22/27
1st won total​
15/22
15/22
!
81%
81%
1st won %
68%
68%
9/19
9/19
2nd won total​
13/21
13/21
47%
47%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
6/11
6/11
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
6/11
6/11
!
67%
67%
Won
!
55%
55%
3
3
Conceded
2
2
3
3
Avg Conceded
2
2
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alejandro Dellien Velasco Yevseyev
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 14
Pts 62-38 59-32
Total Points 100 91
Winners 22 15
%Winners 35% 25%

Both Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Yevseyev played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Yevseyev have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 1 game more than Yevseyev. The Bolivian scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Yevseyev recorded 15 winners (25%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alejandro Dellien Velasco Yevseyev
Aces 1 2
Avg per match 1 2
1st in 27/46 22/43
%1st in 59% 51%
1st pts 22/27 15/22
%1st pts 81% 68%
2nd pts 9/19 13/21
%2nd pts 47% 62%

Alejandro Dellien Velasco recorded 1 ace . Yevseyev also made 2 aces . Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Yevseyev won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Alejandro Dellien Velasco Yevseyev
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/11
% Converted 67% 55%
Conceded 3 2
Saved 2 1
% Saved 67% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Murkel broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Bolivian dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco
R1
Mazdrashki
Total
Score 6-0 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 62-38 62-38
Total points 100 100
Winners 22 22
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 27/46 27/46
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 22/27 22/27
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 9/19 9/19
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Yevseyev
R1
Zapata Miralles
Total
Score 6-2 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 14
pts 59-32 59-32
Total points 91 91
Winners 15 15
%Winners 25% 25%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 22/43 22/43
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 15/22 15/22
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 13/21 13/21
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Sofia 1 Challenger

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