Elijah Sanogo and Ivan Marrero Curbelo will face off in the 1st round of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on COURT 2 NYCKSOIL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Marrero Curbelo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivan Marrero Curbelo is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Marrero Curbelo -> 1.095
Elijah Sanogo -> 5.75
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Prediction and head to head Elijah Sanogo vs. Ivan Marrero Curbelo
There is no head to head record between Elijah Sanogo and Ivan Marrero Curbelo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Elijah Sanogo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6-13 | 3-2 | 1-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 9-9 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Currently unranked, Elijah reached the 1st round after defeating Matt Kuhar 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Jeremy Schifris 6-3 2-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Elijah defeated Schifris (6-3 2-6 6-2). During the match, Sanogo scored 96 points vs Schifris’s 85. Elijah was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sanogo made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Elijah Sanogo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sanogo put 49% of his first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Elijah broke Schifris 4 times after converting 21% of his break points (4/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sanogo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
ATP Abidjan 2 Challenger - Elijah Sanogo's projected path
Sanogo has a unfavourable record in the last 2 years having won 46% of his matches (13-15). 2-1 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sanogo has a compiled9-5 record in the last 2 years on hard.
Elijah has a compiled 4-6 win-loss record in 2026, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Ivan Marrero Curbelo
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LLLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-17 | 21-10 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 35-22 | 32-19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-23 | 25-17 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-13 | 14-7 | 11-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-16 | 14-6 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 495 (career-high), Ivan reached the 1st round after beating Adil Kalyanpur 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Kalyanpur (6-1 6-2). During the match Marrero scored 60 points vs Kalyanpur’s 36. Ivan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Marrero struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ivan Marrero Curbelo was very efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marrero broke Kalyanpur 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
ATP Abidjan 2 Challenger - Ivan Marrero Curbelo's projected path
Ivan has a composed 8-8 win-loss record in 2026, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanogo | Marrero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 15 |
| Pts | 195-173 | 60-36 |
| Total Points | 368 | 96 |
| Winners | 79 | 23 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Sanogo played 2 matches while Marrero competed in 1 match. At the moment, Elijah Sanogo conceded 2 sets while Ivan Marrero Curbelo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sanogo has played 4 sets more than Marrero (6 vs 2). Therefore, Sanogo played 41 games more than Marrero. Elijah scored 79 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanogo | Marrero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 112/192 | 29/44 |
| %1st in | 58% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 79/112 | 23/29 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 42/80 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 60% |
Sanogo made 6 aces (3 per match). Marrero blasted 2 aces . Sanogo won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Marrero won 79% of the points behind 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 | Sanogo | Marrero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/25 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 32% | 38% |
| Conceded | 18 | 2 |
| Saved | 12 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
Elijah broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. Elijah lost his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Marrero broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Sanogo | ||||
| Q1 Kuhar |
Q3 Schifris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 25 | 56 | |
| pts | 99-88 | 96-85 | 195-173 | |
| Total points | 187 | 181 | 368 | |
| Winners | 48 | 31 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 32% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 69/104 | 43/88 | 112/192 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 49% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 48/69 | 31/43 | 79/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 22/45 | 42/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 49% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/19 | 8/25 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 21% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 18 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 8/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 73% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Marrero | ||||
| Q3 Kalyanpur |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | ||
| pts | 60-36 | 60-36 | ||
| Total points | 96 | 96 | ||
| Winners | 23 | 23 | ||
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | ||
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | ||
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 29/44 | 29/44 | ||
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | ||
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | ||
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | ||
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | ||
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | ||
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | ||
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | ||
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | ||
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
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