Alexander Vasilev and Ivan Gakhov will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Sofia 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Gakhov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.22
Alexander Vasilev -> 3.92

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Vasilev vs. Ivan Gakhov

There is no head to head record between Alexander Vasilev and Ivan Gakhov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alexander Vasilev

Alexander Vasilev

4 - 3win/loss

Clay
4-3
Rank
High
LWWWLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-5 1-1 7-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 4-4 1-1 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, the Bulgarian will start his run in the Sofia 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Sofia 1 Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Kolar in the 1st round on the 12th of August.

Vasilev has an overall 4-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Alexander’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sofia.

Talking about his overall career, The Bulgarian has an overall 10-9 record. He has a positive 9-8 record on clay.

Previously in the Sofia 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.

Sofia 2 Challenger
Vasilev's Record

Ivan Gakhov

Ivan Gakhov

38 - 23win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
5-4
Clay
30-16
Rank
263
High
142
LWWLLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 54-36 3-3 46-29 5-4 0-0 0-0
2024 36-35 1-2 35-32 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 30-30 2-4 26-21 2-4 0-1 0-0
2022 56-32 1-3 53-26 2-3 0-0 0-0
2021 43-28 0-1 38-23 5-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 251, Ivan will start his run in the Sofia 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Astana Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(7)

to Singh in the 2nd round on the 30th of July.

The Russian has an aggregate 38-23 win-loss record in 2025, 30-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Gakhov’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula and M25 The Hague.

In terms of his career, Gakhov has an overall 453-290 record. He has a positive 397-228 record on clay.

Sofia 2 Challenger
Gakhov's Record

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