Zura Tkemaladze and Ivan Nedelko will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:30 am on HILTON COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Nedelko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivan Nedelko is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Nedelko -> 1.81
Zura Tkemaladze -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Zura Tkemaladze vs. Ivan Nedelko
There is no head to head record between Zura Tkemaladze and Ivan Nedelko since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Zura Tkemaladze
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-22 | 9-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-30 | 21-21 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-33 | 31-24 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-27 | 29-19 | 9-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-13 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 851, Tkemaladze got to the qualifications after beating Aleksandre Bakshi 7-6(5) 7-5.
In the qualifications, Zura had a good straight sets win against Bakshi (7-65 7-5). During the match, Tkemaladze scored 81 points vs Bakshi’s 78. Zura was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tkemaladze recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zura Tkemaladze lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tkemaladze put 65% of his first serves in, winning 71% (37/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Tkemaladze broke Bakshi 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Tkemaladze has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 47% of his matches (122-136). 5-14 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tkemaladze has an aggregate91-90 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Zura has an aggregate 5-15 win-loss record in 2025, 5-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
The Georgean has never competed in this tournament before.
Ivan Nedelko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-16 | 12-13 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-6 | 7-3 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-5 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-11 | 9-1 | 7-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-25 | 1-2 | 18-19 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 878, the Russian reached the qualifications after defeating Cagan Efe Tufekci 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Nedelko had a good straight sets win against Efe Tufekci (6-1 6-2). During the match Nedelko scored 57 points vs Efe Tufekci’s 35. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Nedelko scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Ivan Nedelko lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nedelko put 45% of his first serves in, winning 81% (17/21) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Nedelko broke Efe Tufekci 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
The Russian has an overall 9-7 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tkemaladze | Nedelko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 15 |
| Pts | 81-78 | 57-35 |
| Total Points | 159 | 92 |
| Winners | 37 | 17 |
| %Winners | 46% | 30% |
Both Tkemaladze and Nedelko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tkemaladze and Nedelko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tkemaladze played 10 games more than Nedelko. Zura scored 37 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Nedelko blasted 17 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tkemaladze | Nedelko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 52/80 | 21/47 |
| %1st in | 65% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 17/21 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 11/26 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 42% |
Tkemaladze bagged 3 aces . Nedelko managed to score 1 ace . Tkemaladze won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Nedelko won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tkemaladze | Nedelko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 60% | 60% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Zura broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Georgean lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Nedelko broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ivan conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tkemaladze | |||
| Q1 Bakshi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 81-78 | 81-78 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/80 | 52/80 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 37/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Nedelko | |||
| Q1 Efe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-35 | 57-35 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 21/47 | 21/47 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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