Mika Brunold and Dali Blanch will square off in the 1st round of the Sofia 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. 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 Mika Brunold who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mika Brunold is the pick to win this match.
Mika Brunold -> 1.55
Dali Blanch -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Mika Brunold vs. Dali Blanch
This will be the 2nd time that Mika Brunold and Dali Blanch square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Blanch (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Blanch won 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Sofia 1 Challenger back in August 2025.
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, Brunold will start his run in the Sofia 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Sofia 1 Challenger where he lost 6-4 5-7 6-2 to Blanch in the 2nd round on the 13th of August.
Brunold has a compiled 24-18 win-loss record in 2025, 14-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Mika’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger and the Royan Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Swiss has an overall 105-78 record. He has a positive 64-45 record on clay.
Previously in the Sofia 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
Dali Blanch
40 - 20win/loss
449
433
LLLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-30 | 11-14 | 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 1st round after beating Anas Mazdrashki 6-3 6-4 and Svyatoslav Gulin 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Gulin (6-3 6-1). During the match Blanch scored 53 points vs Gulin’s 35. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dali Blanch was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Gulin 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blanch started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
The American has a compiled 40-20 win-loss record in 2025, 36-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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