Alvaro Guillen Meza and Marat Sharipov will square off in the 2^nd round of the Sofia 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alvaro Guillen Meza who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alvaro Guillen Meza is the pick to win this match.
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 1.64
Marat Sharipov -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Marat Sharipov

There is no head to head record between Alvaro Guillen Meza and Marat Sharipov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Ranked no. 248, Alvaro reached the 2^nd round after defeating Murkel Dellien 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Ecuadorian had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6-3 6-4). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 64 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 54. Guillen Meza was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Guillen Meza managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alvaro Guillen Meza lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Guillen Meza put 61% of his first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (8/25) on the 2nd serve. Alvaro broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Guillen Meza has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (158-113). 26-17 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Guillen Meza has an overall154-102 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Santos Challenger where he beat Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida in the final 6-3 7-6(12).

The Ecuadorian has an aggregate 26-19 win-loss record in 2025, 26-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sofia 2 Challenger

The Ecuadorian has never competed in this tournament before.

Marat Sharipov

Ranked no. 276, the Russian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Aryan Shah 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Marat had a good straight sets win against Shah (7-5 6-2). During the match Sharipov scored 73 points vs Shah’s 56. Sharipov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Sharipov fired 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Marat Sharipov was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Shah 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Uriage.

The Russian has a compiled 36-18 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Guillen Meza	Sharipov
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	20
Pts	64-54	73-56
Total Points	118	129
Winners	28	26
%Winners	44%	36%

Both Guillen Meza and Sharipov played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Guillen Meza and Sharipov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Guillen Meza played 1 game less than Sharipov. Alvaro scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Marat managed to score 26 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Guillen Meza	Sharipov
Aces	2	13
Avg per match	2	13
1st in	39/64	34/64
%1st in	61%	53%
1st pts	28/39	26/34
%1st pts	72%	76%
2nd pts	8/25	17/30
%2nd pts	32%	57%

Guillen Meza bagged 2 aces . Sharipov bagged 13 aces . Guillen Meza won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Sharipov won 76% 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	Guillen Meza	Sharipov
Won	5	4
Converted	5/7	4/8
% Converted	71%	50%
Conceded	4	3
Saved	1	2
% Saved	25%	67%
Times Broken	3	1

The Ecuadorian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Marat broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marat conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Guillen Meza
	R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	64-54	64-54
Total points	118	118
Winners	28	28
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	39/64	39/64
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	28/39	28/39
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	8/25	8/25
% 2nd pts	32%	32%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Sharipov
	R1 Shah	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	73-56	73-56
Total points	129	129
Winners	26	26
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	34/64	34/64
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	26/34	26/34
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	17/30	17/30
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Sofia 2 Challenger

• Andrej NedicNedic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Dali BlanchBlanch (7-5 5-7 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Naoya HondaHonda (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Mats Hermans/Tiago PereiraHermans/Tiago Pereira – Yanaki Milev/Petr NesterovMilev/Petr Nesterov (6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Ivan IvanovIvanov (6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Filip PieczonkaPieczonka (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Murkel DellienDellien (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrej NedicNedic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos KarolKarol – Federico BondioliBondioli (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Marat SharipovSharipov – Aryan ShahShah (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Tiago PereiraPereira (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander DonskiDonski – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-1 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Alexander VasilevVasilev – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrej NedicNedic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Ivan IvanovIvanov (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sumit NagalNagal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander DonskiDonski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction