Nerman Fatic and Sebastian Gima will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sofia 1 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nerman Fatic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nerman Fatic is the pick to win this match.
Nerman Fatic -> 1.3
Sebastian Gima -> 3.28

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Prediction and head to head Nerman Fatic vs. Sebastian Gima

This will be the 2^nd time that Nerman Fatic and Sebastian Gima play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fatic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Fatic won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in M15 Antalya back in 2020.

Nerman Fatic

Ranked no. 247, Fatic reached the quarter after beating Kilian Feldbausch 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2

and Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Nerman had a good straight sets win against Emanuel Ambrogi (6-3 6-2). During the match, Fatic scored 68 points vs Emanuel Ambrogi’s 51. Nerman was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fatic recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nerman Fatic lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Fatic put 69% of his first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Nerman broke Emanuel Ambrogi 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fatic has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Fatic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (323-201). 37-11 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fatic has a composed 286-162 record in the last years on clay.

Nerman’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Porec,M15 Dubrovnik,the Skopje Challenger and the Perugia Challenger.

Fatic has an overall 37-11 win-loss record in 2025, 37-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sofia 1 Challenger

Fatic has never competed in this tournament before.

Sebastian Gima

Ranked no. 622, Gima got to the quarter after beating Yanaki Milev 6-3 6-3, Thomas Faurel 6-1 6-1, Franco Roncadelli 6-1 3-6 6-2 and Daniel Rincon 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-4 6-4). During the match Gima scored 72 points vs Rincon’s 65. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Gima scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Sebastian Gima lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gima put 61% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Rincon 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Gima’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Palm Coast and M15 Ljubljana.

Gima has a composed 32-23 win-loss record in 2025, 26-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fatic	Gima
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	9
Tot Games	48	76
Pts	174-147	275-216
Total Points	321	491
Winners	74	101
%Winners	43%	37%

Fatic played 2 matches while Gima competed in 4 matches. Gima started his run from the qualifications while Fatic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nerman Fatic lost 1 set, while Sebastian Gima dropped 1 set. Fatic has played 4 set(s) less than Gima (5 vs 9). Therefore, Fatic played 28 games less than Gima. Fatic scored 74 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian struck 101 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fatic	Gima
Aces	7	11
Avg per match	3.5	2.8
1st in	103/169	151/253
%1st in	61%	60%
1st pts	74/103	101/151
%1st pts	72%	67%
2nd pts	34/66	58/102
%2nd pts	52%	57%

Fatic scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Gima blasted 11 aces (2.8 per match). Fatic won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Gima won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fatic	Gima
Won	9	19
Converted	9/19	19/38
% Converted	47%	50%
Conceded	16	19
Saved	13	13
% Saved	81%	68%
Times Broken	3	6

Nerman broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Nerman conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 19 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gima conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Fatic
	R1 Feldbausch	R2 Emanuel	Total
Score	6-74 6-4 6-2	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	31	17	48
pts	106-96	68-51	174-147
Total points	202	119	321
Winners	40	34	74
%Winners	38%	50%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	2	7
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	55/99	48/70	103/169
% 1st in	56%	69%	61%
1st pts	40/55	34/48	74/103
% 1st pts	73%	71%	72%
2nd pts	24/44	10/22	34/66
% 2nd pts	55%	45%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/13	4/6	9/19
Converted %	38%	67%	47%
Conceded	10	6	16
Saved	8/10	5/6	13
Saved %	80%	83%	82%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Gima
	Q1 Milev	Q3 Faurel	R1 Roncadelli	R2 Rincon	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-1 6-1	6-1 3-6 6-2	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	18	14	24	20	76
pts	62-51	53-26	88-74	72-65	275-216
Total points	113	79	162	137	491
Winners	22	17	34	28	101
%Winners	35%	32%	39%	39%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	6	3	1	11
Double Faults	0	0	5	4	9
1st in	39/55	21/40	47/86	44/72	151/253
% 1st in	71%	53%	55%	61%	60%
1st pts	22/39	17/21	34/47	28/44	101/151
% 1st pts	56%	81%	72%	64%	67%
2nd pts	11/16	12/19	23/39	12/28	58/102
% 2nd pts	69%	63%	59%	43%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5	4	5	19
Converted	5/11	5/7	4/11	5/9	19/38
Converted %	45%	71%	36%	56%	50%
Conceded	5	0	9	5	19
Saved	3/5	0/0	8/9	2/5	13
Saved %	60%	–	89%	40%	95%
Times Broken	2	0	1	3	6

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