Dimitar Kuzmanov and Andrea Picchione will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Targu Mures 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.6
Andrea Picchione -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Andrea Picchione

There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Andrea Picchione since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Dimitar Kuzmanov

33 - 23win/loss

Hard
10-3
I Hard
2-3
Clay
21-17
Rank
247
High
158
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-29 15-6 21-18 3-5 0-0 0-0
2024 24-24 12-7 9-13 3-4 0-0 0-0
2023 31-25 9-7 22-15 0-2 0-1 0-0
2022 32-26 10-7 16-13 4-5 2-1 0-0
2021 32-25 8-6 22-15 2-3 0-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 265, the Bulgarian got to the 2nd round after defeating Inaki Montes-De La Torre 7-6(3) 4-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, Kuzmanov defeated Montes-De La Torre (7-63 4-6 6-1). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 110 points vs Montes-De La Torre’s 100. Kuzmanov was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 71% of his first serves in, winning 55% (41/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Montes-De La Torre 8 times after converting 47% of his break points (8/17).

Kuzmanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (366-223). 21-17 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has a composed 236-141 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Hersonissos 2 Challenger where he defeated Federico Cina in the final 6-4 6-2.

Dimitar has an aggregate 33-23 win-loss record in 2025, 21-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger

Dimitar has never competed in this tournament before.

Targu Mures 2 Challenger
Kuzmanov's Record

Andrea Picchione

Andrea Picchione

37 - 22win/loss

Clay
37-22
Rank
393
High
331
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-23 0-0 38-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 52-29 5-4 45-20 2-5 0-0 0-0
2023 47-31 16-9 30-19 1-2 0-0 0-1
2022 42-31 10-5 32-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 36-21 6-4 28-16 0-0 2-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 393, Andrea got to the 2nd round after defeating Dan Alexandru Tomescu 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Alexandru Tomescu (6-2 6-3). During the match Picchione scored 60 points vs Alexandru Tomescu’s 44. Picchione was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Picchione was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrea Picchione was quite effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Alexandru Tomescu 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Picchione’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Bolzano and M25 Montesilvano.

Picchione has an aggregate 37-22 win-loss record in 2025, 37-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Targu Mures 2 Challenger
Picchione's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Kuzmanov
A.Picchione
!
3h:17
3h:17
Time on court​
1h:26
1h:26
!
3h:17
3h:17
Last match​
1h:26
1h:26
1
1
Match played
1
1
30
30
Games Played​
17
17
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
110
110
Total points​
60
60
110
110
Avg point​
60
60
41
41
Winners
22
22
41
41
Avg Winners​
22
22
37%
37%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
1
1
Avg Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2
2
41/74
41/74
1st won total​
22/26
22/26
55%
55%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
16/30
16/30
2nd won total​
15/25
15/25
53%
53%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
8/17
8/17
BP won
3/7
3/7
8/17
8/17
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
47%
47%
Won
43%
43%
13
13
Conceded
0
0
13
13
Avg Conceded
0
0
6
6
Broken
0
0
!
6
6
Avg Broken
!
0
0
7
7
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kuzmanov Picchione
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 30 17
Pts 110-100 60-44
Total Points 210 104
Winners 41 22
%Winners 37% 37%

Both Kuzmanov and Picchione played 1 match. At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov lost 1 set while Andrea Picchione hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 1 set more than Picchione (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 13 games more than Picchione. The Bulgarian scored 41 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 22 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kuzmanov Picchione
Aces 1 0
Avg per match 1 0
1st in 74/104 26/51
%1st in 71% 51%
1st pts 41/74 22/26
%1st pts 55% 85%
2nd pts 16/30 15/25
%2nd pts 53% 60%

Kuzmanov fired 1 ace . Picchione didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kuzmanov won 55% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Picchione won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kuzmanov Picchione
Won 8 3
Converted 8/17 3/7
% Converted 47% 43%
Conceded 13 0
Saved 7 0
% Saved 54% 0%
Times Broken 6 0

Kuzmanov broke his opponent 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Dimitar dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Andrea broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Picchione was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Kuzmanov
R1
Montes-De La Torre		 Total
Score 7-63 4-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 110-100 110-100
Total points 210 210
Winners 41 41
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 74/104 74/104
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 41/74 41/74
% 1st pts 55% 55%
2nd pts 16/30 16/30
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/17 8/17
Converted % 47% 47%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 7/13 7
Saved % 54% 54%
Times Broken 6 6
Picchione
R1
Alexandru		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 60-44 60-44
Total points 104 104
Winners 22 22
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 26/51 26/51
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 22/26 22/26
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 15/25 15/25
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Targu Mures 2 Challenger

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