Nikola Milojevic and Eduard Esteve Lobato will play each other in the 2nd round of the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikola Milojevic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikola Milojevic is the pick to win this match.
Nikola Milojevic -> 1.37
Eduard Esteve Lobato -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Eduard Esteve Lobato
There is no head to head record between Nikola Milojevic and Eduard Esteve Lobato since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nikola Milojevic
Ranked no. 145, Milojevic got to the 2nd round after defeating Tommy Robredo 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Robredo (6-2 6-3). During the match Milojevic scored 65 points vs Robredo’s 46. Nikola was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Milojevic bagged 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Nikola Milojevic was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Milojevic broke Robredo 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Milojevic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (300-171). 4-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Milojevic has a 89-59 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger.
Nikola has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger
The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.
Eduard Esteve Lobato
Ranked no. 483, Esteve Lobato reached the 2nd round after beating Harri Heliovaara 6-2 6-4, Sandro Ehrat 6-3 2-6 7-63 and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round, Eduard had a good straight sets win against Garcia-Lopez (7-64 6-2). During the match Esteve Lobato scored 85 points vs Garcia-Lopez’s 67. Esteve Lobato was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Esteve Lobato scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Eduard Esteve Lobato lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Esteve Lobato put 74% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Garcia-Lopez 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Eduard has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milojevic | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 69 |
| Pts | 65-46 | 254-228 |
| Total Points | 111 | 482 |
| Winners | 22 | 111 |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% |
Milojevic played 1 match while Esteve Lobato competed in 3 matches. Esteve Lobato started his run from the qualifications while Milojevic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Eduard Esteve Lobato conceded 1 set while Nikola Milojevic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Milojevic has played 5 set(s) less than Esteve Lobato (2 vs 7). Therefore, Milojevic played 52 games less than Esteve Lobato. The Serbian scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Eduard recorded 111 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milojevic | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 31/52 | 164/240 |
| %1st in | 60% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 111/164 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 36/76 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 47% |
Milojevic fired 6 aces . Esteve Lobato made 6 aces (2 per match). Milojevic won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Esteve Lobato won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Milojevic | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 12/31 |
| % Converted | 38% | 39% |
| Conceded | 4 | 20 |
| Saved | 3 | 12 |
| % Saved | 75% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Milojevic broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nikola lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Eduard broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Milojevic | |||
| R1 Robredo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 65-46 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/52 | 31/52 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Esteve Lobato | |||||
| Q1 Heliovaara |
Q3 Ehrat |
R1 Garcia-Lopez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 2-6 7-63 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 21 | 69 | |
| pts | 63-50 | 106-111 | 85-67 | 254-228 | |
| Total points | 113 | 217 | 152 | 482 | |
| Winners | 27 | 50 | 34 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 40% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 85/121 | 46/62 | 164/240 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 70% | 74% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 50/85 | 34/46 | 111/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 59% | 74% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 16/36 | 6/16 | 36/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 44% | 38% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/9 | 5/17 | 12/31 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 44% | 29% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 15 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 10/15 | 1/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 25% | 192% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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