Nikola Milojevic and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikola Milojevic who should win in 2 sets.
Nikola Milojevic -> 1.35
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
There is no head to head record between Nikola Milojevic and Geoffrey Blancaneaux since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nikola Milojevic
Ranked no. 161, Nikola reached the 2nd round after beating Andrea Arnaboldi 6-72 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round against Arnaboldi, Milojevic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-0 6-1). During the match, Milojevic scored 98 points vs Arnaboldi’s 74. Milojevic was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Milojevic struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nikola Milojevic was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Serbian broke Arnaboldi 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Milojevic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (320-183). 22-12 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Milojevic has a compiled 107-70 record in the last years on clay.
Nikola’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Zadar Challenger.
The Serbian has an aggregate 25-14 win-loss record in 2021, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Ranked no. 313, Geoffrey got to the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-1 6-4, Carlos Gomez-Herrera 6-3 3-6 6-0 and Alexander Ritschard 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Blancaneaux had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-1 6-3). During the match Blancaneaux scored 58 points vs Ritschard’s 36. Geoffrey was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Blancaneaux was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Geoffrey Blancaneaux was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Ritschard 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Geoffrey has a compiled 11-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milojevic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 57 |
| Pts | 98-74 | 203-147 |
| Total Points | 172 | 350 |
| Winners | 36 | 88 |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% |
Milojevic played 1 match while Blancaneaux competed in 3 matches. Blancaneaux started his run from the qualifications while Milojevic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nikola Milojevic dropped 1 set, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux dropped 1 set. Milojevic has played 4 set(s) less than Blancaneaux (3 vs 7). Therefore, Milojevic played 31 games less than Blancaneaux. Milojevic scored 36 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Geoffrey scored 88 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milojevic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 48/84 | 124/167 |
| %1st in | 57% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 88/124 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 27/43 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 63% |
Milojevic bagged 6 aces . Blancaneaux recorded 2 aces (0.7 per match). Milojevic won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 71% of the points on 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 | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 13 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 13/29 |
| % Converted | 54% | 45% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 7 | 9 |
| % Saved | 88% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Milojevic broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Serbian surrendered his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Blancaneaux conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Milojevic | |||
| R1 Arnaboldi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 98-74 | 98-74 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/84 | 48/84 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||||
| Q1 Alvarez | Q3 Gomez-Herrera | R1 Ritschard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 6-0 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 24 | 16 | 57 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 84-75 | 58-36 | 203-147 | |
| Total points | 97 | 159 | 94 | 350 | |
| Winners | 28 | 36 | 24 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 31/44 | 61/76 | 32/47 | 124/167 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 80% | 68% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 36/61 | 24/32 | 88/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 59% | 75% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 10/15 | 8/15 | 27/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 67% | 53% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/14 | 5/8 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 36% | 63% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | 75% | 235% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Prague 2 Challenger
- Evan FurnessFurness – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-64 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-75 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Emilio NavaNava (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-0) – H2H and prediction