Nikola Milojevic and Vit Kopriva will play each other in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.533
Vit Kopriva -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Vit Kopriva
This will be the 2nd time that Nikola Milojevic and Vit Kopriva face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Milojevic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Milojevic won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Egypt F4 back in 2016.
Nikola Milojevic
Ranked no. 148, the Serbian reached the quarter after beating Tung-Lin Wu 7-64 6-1 and Ivan Nedelko 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Milojevic had a good straight sets win against Nedelko (6-2 6-1). During the match Milojevic scored 57 points vs Nedelko’s 29. Milojevic was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Milojevic scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nikola Milojevic was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Milojevic broke Nedelko 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Milojevic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Milojevic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (302-172). 6-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Milojevic has a 91-60 match record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger.
The Serbian has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.
Vit Kopriva
Ranked no. 295, the Czech reached the quarter after defeating Marco Bortolotti 6-1 6-3 and Uladzimir Ignatik 2-6 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Ignatik, Vit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Kopriva scored 77 points vs Ignatik’s 65. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Kopriva recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vit Kopriva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (25/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. Vit broke Ignatik 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kopriva started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Vit’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger.
Kopriva has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milojevic | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 40 |
| Pts | 135-96 | 141-109 |
| Total Points | 231 | 250 |
| Winners | 57 | 51 |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% |
Both Milojevic and Kopriva played 2 matches. At the moment, Vit Kopriva lost 1 set while Nikola Milojevic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Milojevic has played 1 set(s) less than Kopriva (4 vs 5). Therefore, Milojevic played 5 games less than Kopriva. Milojevic scored 57 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kopriva scored 51 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milojevic | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 80/121 | 76/111 |
| %1st in | 66% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 57/80 | 51/76 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/41 | 22/35 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 63% |
Milojevic struck 2 aces (1 per match). Kopriva made 4 aces (2 per match). Milojevic won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kopriva won 67% 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 | Milojevic | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/16 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 63% | 48% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 63% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Milojevic broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Milojevic lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Kopriva broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kopriva conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Milojevic | ||||
| R1 Wu |
R2 Nedelko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 | 35 | |
| pts | 78-67 | 57-29 | 135-96 | |
| Total points | 145 | 86 | 231 | |
| Winners | 36 | 21 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/85 | 26/36 | 80/121 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 72% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 36/54 | 21/26 | 57/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 81% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 6/10 | 19/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 60% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/9 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 67% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kopriva | ||||
| R1 Bortolotti |
R2 Ignatik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 2-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 24 | 40 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 77-65 | 141-109 | |
| Total points | 108 | 142 | 250 | |
| Winners | 26 | 25 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/48 | 40/63 | 76/111 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 63% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 25/40 | 51/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 63% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 15/23 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 65% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/8 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 63% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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