Nino Serdarusic and Carlos Gimeno Valero will play each other in the quarter of the Zagreb Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Gimeno Valero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Gimeno Valero is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 1.9
Nino Serdarusic -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Nino Serdarusic vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero
This will be the 2nd time that Nino Serdarusic and Carlos Gimeno Valero square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gimeno (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Gimeno won 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger back in March 2022.
Nino Serdarusic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-24 | 1-2 | 19-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-33 | 0-4 | 26-23 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-34 | 6-6 | 17-20 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-33 | 0-0 | 23-25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-14 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 192, Serdarusic got to the quarter after defeating Dino Prizmic 6-4 6-2 and Vit Kopriva 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Serdarusic had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-3 6-4). During the match, Serdarusic scored 65 points vs Kopriva’s 50. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Serdarusic fired 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Nino Serdarusic was very effective on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nino broke Kopriva twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Serdarusic hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Serdarusic has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (293-226). 10-8 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Serdarusic has an aggregate251-161 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Serdarusic’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
Nino has an aggregate 14-13 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Carlos Gimeno Valero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-8 | 0-0 | 23-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-16 | 3-2 | 20-13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-5 | 5-1 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 373, Carlos reached the quarter after defeating Bozo Barun 6-3 7-61, Tristan Lamasine 7-5 1-6 7-5, Christopher O Connell 1-6 6-4 6-3 and Nerman Fatic 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Fatic (6-3 6-1). During the match Gimeno scored 64 points vs Fatic’s 40. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Gimeno was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Carlos Gimeno Valero lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gimeno put 64% of his first serves in, winning 82% (23/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Fatic 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gimeno started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 15-10 win-loss record in 2022, 15-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Serdarusic | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 95 |
| Pts | 122-97 | 336-303 |
| Total Points | 219 | 639 |
| Winners | 54 | 131 |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% |
Serdarusic played 2 matches while Gimeno competed in 4 matches. Gimeno started his run from the qualifications while Serdarusic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Carlos Gimeno Valero lost 2 sets while Nino Serdarusic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Serdarusic has played 6 set(s) less than Gimeno (4 vs 10). Therefore, Serdarusic played 58 games less than Gimeno. The Croatian scored 54 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Gimeno managed to score 131 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Serdarusic | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 67/112 | 212/298 |
| %1st in | 60% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 54/67 | 131/212 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 28/45 | 50/86 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 58% |
Serdarusic made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Gimeno bagged 1 ace (0.3 per match). Serdarusic won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Gimeno won 62% 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 | Serdarusic | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 17 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 17/42 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 30 |
| Saved | 6 | 18 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 12 |
Nino broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 6 break points. Carlos broke his opponents 17 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Serdarusic | ||||
| R1 Prizmic |
R2 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 57-47 | 65-50 | 122-97 | |
| Total points | 104 | 115 | 219 | |
| Winners | 22 | 32 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 49% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/52 | 39/60 | 67/112 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 32/39 | 54/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 82% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 13/21 | 28/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/4 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 5/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gimeno | ||||||
| Q1 Barun |
Q3 Lamasine |
R1 O Connell |
R2 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-61 | 7-5 1-6 7-5 | 1-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 95 | |
| pts | 92-80 | 92-99 | 88-84 | 64-40 | 336-303 | |
| Total points | 172 | 191 | 172 | 104 | 639 | |
| Winners | 30 | 39 | 39 | 23 | 131 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 42% | 44% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 50/87 | 71/84 | 63/83 | 28/44 | 212/298 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 85% | 76% | 64% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 30/50 | 39/71 | 39/63 | 23/28 | 131/212 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 55% | 62% | 82% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 9/13 | 10/20 | 8/16 | 50/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 69% | 50% | 50% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/11 | 4/11 | 5/12 | 17/42 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 45% | 36% | 42% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 30 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 3/8 | 5/9 | 2/3 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 38% | 56% | 67% | 121% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
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