Daniel Merida Aguilar and Damir Dzumhur will clash against each other in the final of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:00 pm on GORAN IVANISEVIC STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Merida Aguilar who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Merida Aguilar is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 1.42
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.85
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. Damir Dzumhur
There is no head to head record between Daniel Merida Aguilar and Damir Dzumhur since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
34 - 16win/loss
41
39
LWWLWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43-20 | 20-8 | 22-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 50-25 | 15-5 | 35-16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 57-33 | 17-9 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the final after defeating Ziga Sesko 6-4 6-1, Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-5 6-4, Titouan Droguet 6-1 6-3 and Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-4 6-2.
In the semifinal, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Andres Burruchaga (6-4 6-2). During the match, Merida Aguilar scored 65 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 46. Merida Aguilar was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Merida Aguilar couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Daniel Merida Aguilar was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Daniel broke Andres Burruchaga 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
ATP Umag - Daniel Merida Aguilar's projected path
Merida Aguilar has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (220-148). 21-8 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Merida Aguilar has an overall149-93 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he overcame Francesco Maestrelli in the final 6-2 6-4.
Merida Aguilar has a composed 34-16 win-loss record in 2026, 21-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
Daniel has never competed in this tournament before.
Damir Dzumhur
17 - 23win/loss
105
23
LLWLLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18-27 | 3-9 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-34 | 9-11 | 21-16 | 8-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-30 | 11-13 | 28-7 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, the Bosnian got to the final after beating Henrique Rocha 6-2 6-1, Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 7-6(2) 6-1, Matteo Arnaldi 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 7-6(4) and Alex Molcan 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the semifinal against Molcan, The Bosnian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Dzumhur scored 99 points vs Molcan’s 92. The Bosnian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Dzumhur fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 52% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the 2nd serve. Damir broke Molcan 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dzumhur has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Umag - Damir Dzumhur's projected path
The Bosnian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Umag.
Damir has an aggregate 17-23 win-loss record in 2026, 13-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Merida Aguilar | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 102 |
| Pts | 245-167 | 364-316 |
| Total Points | 412 | 680 |
| Winners | 104 | 138 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Merida Aguilar and Dzumhur played 4 matches. At the moment, Damir Dzumhur dropped 2 sets while Daniel Merida Aguilar hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Merida Aguilar has played 2 set(s) less than Dzumhur (8 vs 10). Therefore, Merida Aguilar played 29 games less than Dzumhur. Daniel scored 104 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Dzumhur blasted 138 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Merida Aguilar | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 132/192 | 202/322 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 104/132 | 138/202 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 40/60 | 66/120 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 55% |
Merida Aguilar fired 6 aces (1.5 per match). Dzumhur scored 8 aces (2 per match). Merida Aguilar won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Merida Aguilar | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 19 |
| Converted | 15/28 | 19/40 |
| % Converted | 54% | 48% |
| Conceded | 6 | 27 |
| Saved | 4 | 16 |
| % Saved | 67% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 11 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Daniel dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Bosnian broke his opponents 19 times with a 48% conversion rate. Damir conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Merida Aguilar | ||||||
| R1 Sesko |
R2 Etcheverry |
1/4 Droguet |
1/2 Andres Burruchaga |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 73 | |
| pts | 55-35 | 69-53 | 56-33 | 65-46 | 245-167 | |
| Total points | 90 | 122 | 89 | 111 | 412 | |
| Winners | 24 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% | 43% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 41/57 | 28/42 | 35/49 | 132/192 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 72% | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 31/41 | 24/28 | 25/35 | 104/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 76% | 86% | 71% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 12/16 | 9/14 | 10/14 | 40/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 75% | 64% | 71% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/7 | 4/7 | 4/9 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 43% | 57% | 44% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | – | 75% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dzumhur | ||||||
| R1 Rocha |
R2 Carlos Prado Angelo |
1/4 Arnaldi |
1/2 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 7-62 6-1 | 7-65 6-74 7-64 | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 | 39 | 28 | 102 | |
| pts | 63-39 | 72-56 | 130-129 | 99-92 | 364-316 | |
| Total points | 102 | 128 | 259 | 191 | 680 | |
| Winners | 20 | 27 | 61 | 30 | 138 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% | 47% | 30% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 44/68 | 83/122 | 44/84 | 202/322 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 68% | 52% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/31 | 27/44 | 61/83 | 30/44 | 138/202 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 61% | 73% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 13/24 | 19/39 | 24/40 | 66/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 54% | 49% | 60% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/7 | 3/10 | 4/13 | 19/40 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 86% | 30% | 31% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 27 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/6 | 8/11 | 3/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 73% | 50% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
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