Jay Clarke and Nino Serdarusic will square off in the semifinal of the Verona Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jay Clarke who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jay Clarke is the pick to win this match.
Jay Clarke -> 1.59
Nino Serdarusic -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Nino Serdarusic
This will be the 3rd time that Jay Clarke and Nino Serdarusic play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Serdarusic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Serdarusic won 7-6(1) 6-0 in the 1st round in the Split 1 Challenger back in April 2021.
Jay Clarke
Ranked no. 219, Clarke reached the semifinal after defeating Nicolas Mejia 6-3 6-4, Roberto Quiroz 6-4 6-4 and Dmitry Popko 3-6 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter against Popko, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5).-91) than Popko. In fact, the world no. 219 won 91 points vs Popko’s. That means that Clarke was more focused during the important points. Clarke was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Clarke was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Jay Clarke lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (36/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the 2nd serve. Jay broke Popko 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jay started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Clarke has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (179-128). 7-6 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Clarke has an aggregate80-41 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Brit’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Sultan 3 Challenger.
The Brit has an overall 15-18 win-loss record in 2021, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Nino Serdarusic
Ranked no. 302, Nino reached the semifinal after defeating Filippo Baldi 6-3 6-2, Paolo Lorenzi 6-3 6-1 and Gastao Elias 4-6 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter against Elias, Serdarusic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-0). During the match Serdarusic scored 87 points vs Elias’s 62. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Serdarusic scored 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Nino Serdarusic was quite effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nino broke Elias 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Serdarusic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
The Croatian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Perugia Challenger.
Serdarusic has an aggregate 14-20 win-loss record in 2021, 14-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Clarke | Serdarusic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 58 |
| Pts | 220-203 | 210-136 |
| Total Points | 423 | 346 |
| Winners | 85 | 99 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Both Clarke and Serdarusic played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jay Clarke surrendered 1 set, while Nino Serdarusic lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Clarke and Serdarusic have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Clarke played 12 games more than Serdarusic. The Brit scored 85 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Nino managed to score 99 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Clarke | Serdarusic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 133/202 | 123/166 |
| %1st in | 66% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 85/133 | 99/123 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 40/69 | 24/43 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Clarke bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Serdarusic managed to score 20 aces (6.7 per match). Clarke won 64% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Serdarusic won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Clarke | Serdarusic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 12 |
| Converted | 13/30 | 12/21 |
| % Converted | 43% | 57% |
| Conceded | 15 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 53% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
The Brit broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Clarke conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Serdarusic conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Clarke | |||||
| R1 Mejia |
R2 Quiroz |
1/4 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 31 | 70 | |
| pts | 60-50 | 69-59 | 91-94 | 220-203 | |
| Total points | 110 | 128 | 185 | 423 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 36 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 43/64 | 57/90 | 133/202 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 67% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 27/43 | 36/57 | 85/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 63% | 63% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 12/21 | 21/33 | 40/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 57% | 64% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 40% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 3/5 | 5/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 60% | 63% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Serdarusic | |||||
| R1 Baldi |
R2 Lorenzi |
1/4 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | 4-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 25 | 58 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 60-28 | 87-62 | 210-136 | |
| Total points | 109 | 88 | 149 | 346 | |
| Winners | 33 | 30 | 36 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 50% | 41% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 11 | 4 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/59 | 31/38 | 48/69 | 123/166 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 82% | 70% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 30/31 | 36/48 | 99/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 97% | 75% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 3/7 | 13/21 | 24/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 43% | 62% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/6 | 5/9 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 56% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 50% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWLLLW Tennis Scores in Verona Challenger
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Gastao EliasElias (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Jay ClarkeClarke (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
