Mika Brunold and Dali Blanch 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 compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mika Brunold who should win in 3 sets.
Mika Brunold -> 1.45
Dali Blanch -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Mika Brunold vs. Dali Blanch
There is no head to head record between Mika Brunold and Dali Blanch since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mika Brunold
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-25 | 0-0 | 18-17 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-25 | 3-4 | 34-16 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 23-21 | 2-3 | 10-9 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 11-9 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 296, Mika reached the 2nd round after beating Oleg Prihodko 6-4 6-4
.In the 1st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Prihodko (6-4 6-4). During the match, Brunold scored 62 points vs Prihodko’s 54. Mika was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brunold fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mika Brunold lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Brunold put 58% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Prihodko 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Brunold has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (105-77). 14-12 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Brunold has an aggregate64-44 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Brunold’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger and the Royan Challenger.
Brunold has an overall 24-17 win-loss record in 2025, 14-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sofia 1 Challenger
Brunold has never competed in this tournament before.
Dali Blanch
36 - 19win/loss
444
433
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-29 | 11-13 | 36-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-29 | 9-14 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 17-17 | 19-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-28 | 11-17 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-20 | 10-10 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 473 (career-high), Blanch got to the 2nd round after beating Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-4 7-5, Tadeas Paroulek 7-5 6-4 and Olle Wallin 6-3 3-6 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, The American defeated Wallin (6-3 3-6 7-63). During the match Blanch and Wallin scored the same amount of points (92). However, the world no. 296 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Dali was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Blanch bagged 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Dali Blanch lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 53% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Wallin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Blanch’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
The American has an overall 36-19 win-loss record in 2025, 32-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brunold | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 75 |
| Pts | 62-54 | 231-209 |
| Total Points | 116 | 440 |
| Winners | 24 | 87 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Brunold played 1 match while Blanch competed in 3 matches. Blanch started his run from the qualifications while Brunold had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dali Blanch lost 1 set while Mika Brunold hasn’t dropped a set so far. Brunold has played 5 set(s) less than Blanch (2 vs 7). Therefore, Brunold played 55 games less than Blanch. Mika scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Blanch managed to score 87 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brunold | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 9.7 |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 111/215 |
| %1st in | 58% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 24/37 | 87/111 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 52/104 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 50% |
Brunold managed to score 4 aces . Blanch blasted 29 aces (9.7 per match). Brunold won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brunold | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 12/22 |
| % Converted | 60% | 55% |
| Conceded | 4 | 18 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 75% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Brunold broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Blanch broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Dali conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brunold | |||
| R1 Prihodko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 62-54 | 62-54 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 37/64 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/37 | 24/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blanch | |||||
| Q1 Kumar | Q3 Paroulek | R1 Wallin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 31 | 75 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 72-61 | 92-92 | 231-209 | |
| Total points | 123 | 133 | 184 | 440 | |
| Winners | 25 | 23 | 39 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 31/60 | 29/59 | 51/96 | 111/215 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 49% | 53% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 23/29 | 39/51 | 87/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 79% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 17/30 | 21/45 | 52/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 57% | 47% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/9 | 4/7 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 44% | 57% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/4 | 6/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 60% | 160% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Tennis Scores in Sofia 1 Challenger
- Murkel DellienDellien – Anas MazdrashkiMazdrashki (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Alexander VasilevVasilev (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Dali BlanchBlanch – Olle WallinWallin (6-3 3-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Sebastian GimaGima – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan Adrian AndreescuAdrian Andreescu – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-67 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Jelle SelsSels (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Viktor MarkovMarkov (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Ivan IvanovIvanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-74 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian GimaGima – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Sandro KoppKopp – Andrej NedicNedic (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Naoya HondaHonda (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aryan ShahShah – Alexander DonskiDonski (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Milos KarolKarol – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-7(4) 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian GimaGima – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Jelle SelsSels (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan Adrian AndreescuAdrian Andreescu – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-6(7) 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Alexander VasilevVasilev (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Viktor MarkovMarkov (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Ivan IvanovIvanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Murkel DellienDellien – Anas MazdrashkiMazdrashki (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Dali BlanchBlanch – Olle WallinWallin (6-3 3-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sandro KoppKopp – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian GimaGima – (0-0) – H2H and prediction