Jan Choinski and Ivan Gakhov will square off in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on PISTA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jan Choinski who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jan Choinski is the pick to win this match.
Jan Choinski -> 1.36
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.96

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Prediction and head to head Jan Choinski vs. Ivan Gakhov

This will be the 2nd time that Jan Choinski and Ivan Gakhov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Choinski (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Choinski won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in M15 St. Petersburg back in 2021.

Jan Choinski

Jan Choinski

31 - 23win/loss

Hard
0-4
I Hard
3-3
Clay
25-14
Grass
3-2
Rank
129
High
126
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-26 0-4 29-14 6-6 3-2 0-0
2024 33-33 4-4 24-16 5-9 0-4 0-0
2023 41-35 1-4 30-19 5-5 2-5 3-2
2022 46-21 5-5 35-14 6-2 0-0 0-0
2021 6-2 0-0 0-0 6-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 158, Jan got to the 2nd round after beating Miguel Damas 6-7(2) 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round against Damas, Choinski recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-3 6-3). During the match, Choinski scored 99 points vs Damas’s 88. Jan was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Choinski fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jan Choinski lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Choinski put 68% of his first serves in, winning 64% (44/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Jan broke Damas 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Choinski has good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (328-229). 25-14 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Choinski has a composed 195-112 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Troyes Challenger where he beat Calvin Hemery in the final 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 and the Bunschoten Challenger where he beat Kimmer Coppejans in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3 and the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger where he overcame Vit Kopriva in the final 7-5 6-4.

Choinski has an overall 31-23 win-loss record in 2025, 25-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Valencia Challenger
Choinski's Record

Ivan Gakhov

Ivan Gakhov

49 - 30win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
5-4
Clay
41-23
Rank
263
High
142
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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
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Ranked no. 288, the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Rudolf Molleker 7-5 7-5, Martin Krumich 6-4 2-6 6-3 and Vilius Gaubas 6-2 4-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Gaubas (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Gakhov scored 86 points vs Gaubas’s 71. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Gakhov recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (38/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Gaubas 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

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

Gakhov has an overall 49-30 win-loss record in 2025, 41-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.

Valencia Challenger
Gakhov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Choinski
I.Gakhov
2h:42
2h:42
Time on court​
!
5h:56
5h:56
!
2h:42
2h:42
Last match​
!
2h:14
2h:14
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
31
31
Games Played​
78
78
3
3
Set played​​
8
8
99
99
Total points​
243
243
99
99
Avg point​
81
81
44
44
Winners
108
108
44
44
Avg Winners​
36
36
44%
44%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
15
15
6
6
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
44/69
44/69
1st won total​
108/147
108/147
64%
64%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
20/33
20/33
2nd won total​
40/81
40/81
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
BP won
12/22
12/22
6/8
6/8
Avg BP won
4/7.3
4/7.3
!
75%
75%
Won
!
55%
55%
8
8
Conceded
22
22
8
8
Avg Conceded
7.3
7.3
3
3
Broken
7
7
3
3
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
5
5
Saved
15
15
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Choinski Gakhov
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 8
Tot Games 31 78
Pts 99-88 243-218
Total Points 187 461
Winners 44 108
%Winners 44% 44%

Choinski played 1 match while Gakhov competed in 3 matches. Gakhov started his run from the qualifications while Choinski had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jan Choinski lost 1 set, while Ivan Gakhov dropped 2 sets. Choinski has played 5 set(s) less than Gakhov (3 vs 8). Therefore, Choinski played 47 games less than Gakhov. Choinski scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Gakhov managed to score 108 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Choinski Gakhov
Aces 6 15
Avg per match 6 5
1st in 69/102 147/228
%1st in 68% 64%
1st pts 44/69 108/147
%1st pts 64% 73%
2nd pts 20/33 40/81
%2nd pts 61% 49%

Choinski blasted 6 aces . Gakhov struck 15 aces (5 per match). Choinski won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Gakhov won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Choinski Gakhov
Won 6 12
Converted 6/8 12/22
% Converted 75% 55%
Conceded 8 22
Saved 5 15
% Saved 63% 68%
Times Broken 3 7

Choinski broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Gakhov broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Gakhov conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Choinski
R1
Damas		 Total
Score 6-72 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 99-88 99-88
Total points 187 187
Winners 44 44
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 69/102 69/102
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 44/69 44/69
% 1st pts 64% 64%
2nd pts 20/33 20/33
% 2nd pts 61% 61%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3
Gakhov
Q1
Molleker		 Q3
Krumich		 R1
Gaubas		 Total
Score 7-5 7-5 6-4 2-6 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 24 27 27 78
pts 76-67 81-80 86-71 243-218
Total points 143 161 157 461
Winners 33 37 38 108
%Winners 43% 46% 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 10 3 2 15
Double Faults 3 1 2 6
1st in 43/69 56/82 48/77 147/228
% 1st in 62% 68% 62% 64%
1st pts 33/43 37/56 38/48 108/147
% 1st pts 77% 66% 79% 73%
2nd pts 15/26 11/26 14/29 40/81
% 2nd pts 58% 42% 48% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 5 4 12
Converted 3/7 5/8 4/7 12/22
Converted % 43% 63% 57% 55%
Conceded 6 11 5 22
Saved 5/6 7/11 3/5 15
Saved % 83% 64% 60% 207%
Times Broken 1 4 2 7

Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger

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