Dinko Dinev vs Zach StephensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Dinko Dinev and Zach Stephens have met 1 time since 2026; Dinko Dinev leads 1–0. Across all meetings Dinev has taken 2 sets to Stephens's 1. Their most recent meeting: Dinko Dinev won at Nottingham 3 challenger (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Dinev | Stephens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Dinko Dinev | Zach Stephens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 69% | 20/29 | 88% | 7/8 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 11/29 | 14% | 3/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 34% | 20/58 | 13% | 4/30 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 62% | 8/13 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 14/21 | 12% | 2/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 12/18 | 29% | 2/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 24/29 | 89% | 8/9 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 69% | 20/29 | 78% | 7/9 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Dinev 0, Stephens 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Dinev
🧱 The Wall
Stephens
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The 🧱 The Wall archetype wins about 60% vs 🏃 Pusher across 22 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Dinko Dinev.
The Wall players often use elite returner and low unforced errors to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 5, 2026
Nottingham 3 challenger
G Grass
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Dinev | Stephens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Dinko Dinev | Zach Stephens | ||
| 1 or more | 77% | 10/13 | 71% | 5/7 |
| 3 or more | 39% | 5/13 | 14% | 1/7 |
| 5 or more | 31% | 4/13 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 10 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 15% | 2/13 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Dinev | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–3 | 1–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.52 | 3.88 |
| ROI % | +11.4% | -80.0% |
| Units P/L | +0.91u | -6.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Dinev | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | FIN |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Dinev and Stephens posted a 33% win rate.
| Opponent | Dinev | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Amit Vales | L 36 57 | L 36 16 |
| Kemal Arda Karakas | W 64 62 | W 64 36 63 |
| Jay Clarke | L 26 76 26 | L 57 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Andrea De Marchi
M15 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Jul 21
Elgin Khoeblal
M15 Kursumlijska Banja · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Antoni Fabre
M15 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Lorenzo Comino
M15 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Jul 15
Milan Welte
Bundesliga - men
Jul 12
Zach Stephens
Nottingham 3 challenger
Jul 5
Dali Blanch
Plovdiv Challenger · 1st Round
Jun 23
Adhithya Ganesan
M15 Kayseri · Quarterfinals
Jun 12
Amit Vales
M15 Turku · 1st Round
Aug 11
Michael Agwi
M15 Dublin · 1st Round
Jul 29
Alexandre Reco
M15 Rognac · 1st Round
Jul 21
Mohamed Nazim Makhlouf
M15 Monastir · 1st Round
Jul 15
Dinko Dinev
Nottingham 3 challenger
Jul 5
Clement Lemire
M25 Ajaccio · 1st Round
Jul 1
Clement Lemire
Futures 2026
Jul 1
Noah Lopez Cherubino
M25 Bakio · 1st Round
Jun 23
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 30–58 matches
| Metric | Dinev | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 27% |
| Sets won | 51% | 30% |
| Games won | 50% | 41% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Dinev | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Dinev | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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