Nikola Milojevic and Leonardo Mayer will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 16. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.64
Leonardo Mayer -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Leonardo Mayer
This will be the 2nd time that Nikola Milojevic and Leonardo Mayer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Milojevic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Milojevic won 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2020.
Nikola Milojevic
Ranked no. 141, the Serbian reached the 2nd round after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nikola had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-3 6-2). During the match Milojevic scored 58 points vs Uchiyama’s 33. Milojevic was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Milojevic made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nikola Milojevic was very efficient on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Milojevic broke Uchiyama 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Milojevic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (311-176). 15-6 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Milojevic has a 100-64 match record in the last years on clay.
Milojevic’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Zadar Challenger.
The Serbian has a 16-7 win-loss record in 2021, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Milojevic has never competed in this tournament before.
Leonardo Mayer
Ranked no. 159, Mayer reached the 2nd round after defeating Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-3 6-74 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine defeated Ferreira Silva (6-3 6-74 6-3). During the match Mayer scored 108 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 99. Leonardo was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Mayer made 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Leonardo Mayer lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mayer put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (51/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the 2nd serve. Leonardo broke Ferreira Silva 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Argentine has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2021, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milojevic | Mayer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 |
| Pts | 58-33 | 108-99 |
| Total Points | 91 | 207 |
| Winners | 23 | 51 |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% |
Both Milojevic and Mayer played 1 match. At the moment, Leonardo Mayer conceded 1 set while Nikola Milojevic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Milojevic has played 1 set(s) less than Mayer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Milojevic played 14 games less than Mayer. Nikola scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Leonardo bagged 51 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milojevic | Mayer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 10 |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 75/117 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 51/75 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 25/42 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 60% |
Milojevic scored 4 aces . Mayer blasted 10 aces . Milojevic won 88% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Mayer won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Milojevic | Mayer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 67% | 60% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Milojevic broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Serbian dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Leonardo broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Mayer conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Milojevic | |||
| R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 58-33 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 23/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mayer | |||
| R1 Ferreira Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-74 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 108-99 | 108-99 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 75/117 | 75/117 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 51/75 | 51/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger
- Leonardo MayerMayer – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Go SoedaSoeda (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Pedro SousaSousa (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Jurij RodionovRodionov (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Ernests GulbisGulbis (7-65 7-65) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-71 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Antun VidakVidak (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Jason JungJung (2-6 7-64 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Blaz RolaRola – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Leonardo MayerMayer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Andrej MartinMartin (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kacper ZukZuk – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
