Dimitar Kuzmanov and Radu Albot will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 7^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.8
Radu Albot -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Radu Albot

This will be the 7^th time that Dimitar Kuzmanov and Radu Albot face off. The head to head is 5-1 for Albot (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Albot won 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in Banja luka back in 2023.

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 261, Dimitar got to the 2^nd round after defeating Dennis Novak 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Novak (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 55 points vs Novak’s 34. Kuzmanov was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Dimitar was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Novak 5 times.

Kuzmanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (368-225). 12-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has a composed 114-49 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Hersonissos 2 Challenger where he overcame Federico Cina in the final 6-4 6-2.

Kuzmanov has an aggregate 35-25 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger

Radu Albot

Ranked no. 560, the Moldovan got to the 2^nd

round after beating Fares Zakaria 6-3 6-3, Florian Broska 3-6 6-3 7-5 and Karan Singh 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Radu had a good straight sets win against Singh (6-2 6-3). During the match Albot scored 72 points vs Singh’s 60. Radu was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Albot made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 71% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. The Moldovan broke Singh 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Radu has an aggregate 18-28 win-loss record in 2025, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kuzmanov	Albot
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	17	65
Pts	55-34	242-204
Total Points	89	446
Winners	21	95
%Winners	38%	39%

Kuzmanov played 1 match while Albot competed in 3 matches. Albot started his run from the qualifications while Kuzmanov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Radu Albot lost 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 5 set(s) less than Albot (2 vs 7). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 48 games less than Albot. The Bulgarian scored 21 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Albot blasted 95 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kuzmanov	Albot
Aces	0	6
Avg per match	0	2
1st in	32/48	132/204
%1st in	67%	65%
1st pts	21/32	95/132
%1st pts	66%	72%
2nd pts	10/16	42/72
%2nd pts	63%	58%

Kuzmanov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Albot managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Kuzmanov won 66% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kuzmanov	Albot
Won	5	11
Converted	5/5	11/28
% Converted	100%	39%
Conceded	2	13
Saved	0	9
% Saved	0%	69%
Times Broken	2	4

Dimitar broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Bulgarian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Albot broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Albot conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Kuzmanov
	R1 Novak	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	55-34	55-34
Total points	89	89
Winners	21	21
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	32/48	32/48
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	21/32	21/32
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	10/16	10/16
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Albot
	Q1 Zakaria	Q3 Broska	R1 Singh	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	3-6 6-3 7-5	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	18	30	17	65
pts	65-47	105-97	72-60	242-204
Total points	112	202	132	446
Winners	27	35	33	95
%Winners	42%	33%	46%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	2	6
Double Faults	1	5	2	8
1st in	31/48	49/83	52/73	132/204
% 1st in	65%	59%	71%	65%
1st pts	27/31	35/49	33/52	95/132
% 1st pts	87%	71%	63%	72%
2nd pts	10/17	21/34	11/21	42/72
% 2nd pts	59%	62%	52%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	11
Converted	3/7	4/12	4/9	11/28
Converted %	43%	33%	44%	39%
Conceded	0	7	6	13
Saved	0/0	4/7	5/6	9
Saved %	–	57%	83%	140%
Times Broken	0	3	1	4

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 5 Challenger

• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (6-1 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Niels ViskerVisker (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (5-7 6-2 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Charles BroomBroom (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Radu AlbotAlbot – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (5-1) – H2H and prediction
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Michael GeertsGeerts (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction