Svyatoslav Gulin and Dali Blanch will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Sofia 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dali Blanch who should win in 3 sets.
Dali Blanch -> 1.58
Svyatoslav Gulin -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Svyatoslav Gulin vs. Dali Blanch
This will be the 3rd time that Svyatoslav Gulin and Dali Blanch clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gulin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gulin won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in M15 Antalya back in March 2025.
Svyatoslav Gulin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-17 | 0-0 | 45-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-27 | 5-4 | 45-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-23 | 6-6 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 3-3 | 36-15 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 392, Svyatoslav reached the qualifications after beating Georgi Georgiev 2-6 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications against Georgiev, Gulin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-4). During the match, Gulin scored 83 points vs Georgiev’s 73. Svyatoslav was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gulin struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Svyatoslav Gulin lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gulin put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Georgiev 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Gulin has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (193-85). 39-13 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gulin has a composed176-69 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
Svyatoslav has a compiled 39-13 win-loss record in 2025, 39-13 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Sofia 2 Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Dali Blanch
39 - 20win/loss
444
433
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-28 | 11-12 | 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 qualifications after defeating Anas Mazdrashki 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Mazdrashki (6-3 6-4). During the match Blanch scored 67 points vs Mazdrashki’s 53. Dali was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Blanch recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dali Blanch lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 64% of his first serves in, winning 84% (27/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 28% (5/18) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Mazdrashki 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Dali’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
Dali has an overall 39-20 win-loss record in 2025, 35-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gulin | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 |
| Pts | 83-73 | 67-53 |
| Total Points | 156 | 120 |
| Winners | 33 | 27 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Gulin and Blanch played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Svyatoslav Gulin surrendered 1 set while Dali Blanch hasn’t lost a set so far. Gulin has played 1 set more than Blanch (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gulin played 7 games more than Blanch. The Russian scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Dali bagged 27 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gulin | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 47/69 | 32/50 |
| %1st in | 68% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 27/32 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 5/18 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 28% |
Gulin made 6 aces . Blanch bagged 3 aces . Gulin won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 28% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gulin | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Russian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Svyatoslav conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Blanch broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Dali conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gulin | |||
| Q1 Georgiev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 83-73 | 83-73 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/69 | 47/69 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Blanch | |||
| Q1 Mazdrashki | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 32/50 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/18 | 5/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 28% | 28% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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