Dimitar Kuzmanov and Vitaliy Sachko will play each other in the final of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 -> 1.64
Vitaliy Sachko -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Vitaliy Sachko

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

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 223, the Bulgarian reached the final after defeating Gerald Melzer 6-2 6-3, Zsombor Piros 6-3 2-6 6-4, Jerome Kym 7-5 6-4 and Alex Molcan 6-0 6-1.

In the quarter, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Kym (7-5 6-4). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 72 points vs Kym’s 61. The Bulgarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dimitar Kuzmanov was very efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bulgarian broke Kym twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Bulgarian has lost 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Kuzmanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (397-205). 12-7 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has a composed 223-119 record in the last years on clay.

The Bulgarian has a composed 20-12 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger

Dimitar has never competed in this tournament before.

Vitaliy Sachko

Ranked no. 266, the Ukrainian reached the final after beating Ignacio Monzon 6-0 6-1, Milos Karol 6-4 6-1, Jozef Kovalik 7-6¹ 5-7 6-0, Illya Marchenko 7-5 6-1, Federico Coria 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Tomas Barrios Vera 6-4 7-5.

In the semifinal, Sachko had a good straight sets win against Tomas Barrios Vera (6-4 7-5). During the match Sachko scored 80 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 68. The Ukrainian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Sachko blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Vitaliy Sachko was very efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Vitaliy broke Tomas Barrios Vera 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vitaliy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The Ukrainian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Bratislava 1 Challenger.

Vitaliy has a compiled 32-16 win-loss record in 2023, 16-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Kuzmanov played 4 matches while Sachko competed in 6 matches. Sachko started his run from the qualifications while Kuzmanov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Dimitar Kuzmanov dropped 1 set, while Vitaliy Sachko surrendered 2 sets. Kuzmanov has played 5 set(s) less than Sachko (9 vs 14). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 54 games less than Sachko. Dimitar scored 117 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Sachko bagged 189 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Kuzmanov bagged 19 aces (4.8 per match). Sachko struck 29 aces (4.8 per match). Kuzmanov won 69% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Sachko won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Dimitar broke his opponents 15 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Bulgarian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Vitaliy broke his opponents 27 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.