Alex Bolt and Pavle Marinkov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm 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 Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.134
Pavle Marinkov -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Pavle Marinkov
There is no head to head record between Alex Bolt and Pavle Marinkov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex Bolt
33 - 22win/loss
171
125
LWWWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-23 | 26-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-78 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-56 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 185, Alex got to the 2nd round after defeating Moerani Bouzige 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-4 6-2). During the match, Bolt scored 62 points vs Bouzige’s 45. Bolt was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bolt scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Bolt was very efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Bouzige 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Bolt has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (267-244). 24-16 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bolt has an aggregate 176-127 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Brisbane 3 Challenger where he overcame Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-3 6-3.
Bolt has an aggregate 33-22 win-loss record in 2025, 24-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Pavle Marinkov
32 - 29win/loss
560
560
LWLWLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-30 | 28-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-19 | 14-14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-11 | 11-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-2 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 588 (career-high), Pavle reached the 2nd round after defeating Kody Pearson 7-6(4) 6-4, Finn Bass 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Blake Ellis 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Ellis, Marinkov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4).During the match Marinkov scored less points (4) than Ellis. In fact, the world no. 185 won 87 points vs Ellis’s. That means that Marinkov was more focused during the important points. Pavle was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Marinkov recorded 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Pavle Marinkov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Marinkov put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Pavle broke Ellis 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Marinkov’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Mildura.
Pavle has a composed 32-29 win-loss record in 2025, 28-27 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bolt | Marinkov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 50 |
| Pts | 62-45 | 162-153 |
| Total Points | 107 | 315 |
| Winners | 31 | 62 |
| %Winners | 50% | 38% |
Bolt played 1 match while Marinkov competed in 2 matches. Marinkov started his run from the qualifications while Bolt had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pavle Marinkov conceded 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t lost a set so far. Bolt has played 3 set(s) less than Marinkov (2 vs 5). Therefore, Bolt played 32 games less than Marinkov. Alex scored 31 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 62 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bolt | Marinkov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 40/51 | 89/161 |
| %1st in | 78% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 62/89 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 35/72 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 49% |
Bolt scored 10 aces . Marinkov recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Bolt won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Marinkov won 70% of the points behind 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 | Bolt | Marinkov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 8/21 |
| % Converted | 33% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 15 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Bolt broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Alex very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Marinkov broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Marinkov conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bolt | |||
| R1 Bouzige |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 62-45 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/51 | 40/51 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Marinkov | |||||
| Q1 Pearson |
Q3 Bass |
R1 Ellis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 6-2 3-6 6-3 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 26 | 27 | 76 | |
| pts | 75-62 | – | 87-91 | 162-153 | |
| Total points | 137 | 0 | 178 | 315 | |
| Winners | 26 | 36 | 62 | ||
| %Winners | 35% | 0% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 1st in | 37/69 | / | 52/92 | 89/161 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 0% | 57% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | / | 36/52 | 62/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 0% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | / | 16/40 | 35/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 0% | 40% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 4/9 | / | 4/12 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 0% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | ||
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/ | 4/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 57% | – | 50% | 107% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
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