H2H, prediction of Matej Dodig vs Michele Ribecai in Trieste Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 8th July 2026

PREVIEW. Trieste Challenger. Dodig and Ribecai will square off in the 2nd round of the Trieste Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 8th of July

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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Michele Ribecai

Matej Dodig and Michele Ribecai will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Trieste Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matej Dodig who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matej Dodig is the pick to win this match.
Matej Dodig -> 1.6
Michele Ribecai -> 2.16

 

 

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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Michele Ribecai

There is no head to head record between Matej Dodig and Michele Ribecai since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Matej Dodig

Matej Dodig
Matej Dodig

14 - 14win/loss

Hard
0-4
I Hard
5-3
Clay
8-6
Grass
1-1
Rank
174
High
171
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 31-20 0-4 25-11 5-4 1-1 0-0
2025 36-32 0-0 24-22 12-10 0-0 0-0
2024 46-26 14-5 30-20 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 43-16 1-2 38-12 2-1 0-0 2-1
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Ranked no. 208, Dodig got to the 2nd round after beating Sumit Nagal 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, Matej had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-2 6-4). During the match, Dodig scored 65 points vs Nagal’s 52. Dodig was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dodig recorded 8 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Matej Dodig was quite effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matej broke Nagal 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Dodig has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (139-88). 8-6 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dodig has an aggregate100-60 match record in the last 4 years on clay.

Dodig has a compiled 14-14 win-loss record in 2026, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Trieste Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2025. See his history.

Dodig
Trieste Challenger
Dodig's Record

Michele Ribecai

Michele Ribecai
Michele Ribecai

24 - 19win/loss

Hard
8-5
I Hard
0-2
Clay
16-12
Rank
263
High
259
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 30-29 14-10 16-16 0-3 0-0 0-0
2025 60-29 20-9 38-18 2-1 0-0 0-1
2024 40-24 6-7 29-15 3-1 0-0 2-1
2023 25-14 14-6 11-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 265, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Franco Roncadelli 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, Ribecai had a good straight sets win against Roncadelli (6-3 6-3). During the match Ribecai scored 66 points vs Roncadelli’s 46. Ribecai was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Ribecai scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Michele Ribecai was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Roncadelli 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Barletta Challenger.

Ribecai has an overall 24-19 win-loss record in 2026, 16-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Trieste Challenger

Michele has never competed in this tournament before.

Ribecai
Trieste Challenger
Ribecai's Record
Sure Win Arbitrage
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Dodig
M.Ribecai
1h:32
1h:32
Time on court​
1h:35
1h:35
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
65
65
Total points​
66
66
65
65
Avg point​
66
66
30
30
Winners
18
18
30
30
Avg Winners​
18
18
46%
46%
Ratio winners
27%
27%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
1
1
8
8
Avg Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0
0
30/40
30/40
1st won total​
18/25
18/25
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
10/19
10/19
2nd won total​
15/24
15/24
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
BP won
5/12
5/12
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
5/12
5/12
!
75%
75%
Won
42%
42%
1
1
Conceded
2
2
1
1
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dodig Ribecai
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
Pts 65-52 66-46
Total Points 117 112
Winners 30 18
%Winners 46% 27%

Both Dodig and Ribecai played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dodig and Ribecai have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (18). Matej scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Ribecai managed to score 18 winners (27%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dodig Ribecai
Aces 8 1
Avg per match 8 1
1st in 40/59 25/49
%1st in 68% 51%
1st pts 30/40 18/25
%1st pts 75% 72%
2nd pts 10/19 15/24
%2nd pts 53% 63%

Dodig managed to score 8 aces . Ribecai scored 1 ace . Dodig won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ribecai won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Dodig Ribecai
Won 3 5
Converted 3/4 5/12
% Converted 75% 42%
Conceded 1 2
Saved 1 0
% Saved 100% 0%
Times Broken 0 2

The Croatian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Croatian pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Ribecai broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Ribecai conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Dodig
R1
Nagal		 Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 65-52 65-52
Total points 117 117
Winners 30 30
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 40/59 40/59
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 30/40 30/40
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 10/19 10/19
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Ribecai
R1
Roncadelli		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 66-46 66-46
Total points 112 112
Winners 18 18
%Winners 27% 27%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 25/49 25/49
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 18/25 18/25
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 15/24 15/24
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/12 5/12
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Matej Dodig
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 2Chall
  • 5Minor
Michele Ribecai
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 2Minor

Matej
Dodig

1:0

Michele
Ribecai

Rank

174

High

171

1Clay0

Rank

263

High

259

Win Loss
Dodig
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Ribecai
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2026 2025 2024
31 - 18
30 - 29
0-4
Hard
14-10
5-2
I Hard
0-3
25-11
Clay
16-16
1-1
Grass
0-0

Tennis Scores in Trieste Challenger

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Upcoming matches in the draw

Dodig Matej Dodig
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Ribecai Michele Ribecai