Nikola Milojevic and Matteo Viola will play each other in the 2nd round of the Bratislava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikola Milojevic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikola Milojevic is the pick to win this match.
Nikola Milojevic -> 1.40
Matteo Viola -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Matteo Viola
There is no head to head record between Nikola Milojevic and Matteo Viola since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nikola Milojevic
Ranked no. 136, the Serbian got to the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi 7-5 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (7-5 7-64). During the match Milojevic scored 83 points vs Arnaboldi’s 71. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Milojevic scored 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nikola Milojevic was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Milojevic broke Arnaboldi twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Milojevic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (299-172). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Milojevic has a 31-26 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Nikola has a 15-9 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bratislava Challenger
Nikola lost in the 1st round to Alex Molcan.
Matteo Viola
Ranked no. 232, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Jiri Lehecka 2-6 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round against Lehecka, Matteo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-65).-83) than Lehecka. In fact, the world no. 136 won 83 points vs Lehecka’s. That means that Viola was more focused during the important points. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Viola blasted 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matteo Viola lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Viola put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Lehecka 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Matteo’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Noumea Challenger.
Matteo has a 14-14 win-loss record in 2020, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bratislava Challenger
Matteo lost in the 1st round to Roberto Marcora.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milojevic | Viola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 31 |
| Pts | 83-71 | 83-90 |
| Total Points | 154 | 173 |
| Winners | 33 | 40 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Both Milojevic and Viola played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Viola lost 1 set while Nikola Milojevic hasn’t lost a set so far. Milojevic has played 1 set(s) less than Viola (2 vs 3). Therefore, Milojevic played 6 games less than Viola. Nikola scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Viola scored 40 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milojevic | Viola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 6 |
| 1st in | 42/73 | 57/90 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 40/57 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 16/33 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 48% |
Milojevic bagged 15 aces . Viola recorded 6 aces . Milojevic won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Viola won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Milojevic | Viola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Serbian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Viola broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Viola conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Milojevic | |||
| R1 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 83-71 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/73 | 42/73 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 20/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Viola | |||
| R1 Lehecka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 83-90 | 83-90 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 57/90 | 57/90 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 40/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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