Elmar Ejupovic and Jonathan Mridha will play each other in the qualifications of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elmar Ejupovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elmar Ejupovic is the pick to win this match.
Elmar Ejupovic -> 1.55
Jonathan Mridha -> 2.39
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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Jonathan Mridha
This will be the 2nd time that Elmar Ejupovic and Jonathan Mridha clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ejupovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ejupovic won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Foncenex back in 2020.
Elmar Ejupovic
Ranked no. 407, Ejupovic reached the qualifications after beating Andrej Nedic 3-6 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications against Nedic, The Bosnian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-0). During the match, Ejupovic scored 78 points vs Nedic’s 59. The Bosnian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ejupovic blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Elmar Ejupovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ejupovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 62% (28/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Nedic 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Ejupovic has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (262-180). 18-12 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ejupovic has a composed114-91 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Bosnian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Grenoble,M25 Trimbach and M15 Troisdorf.
Ejupovic has an aggregate 26-14 win-loss record in 2021, 18-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017 and 2018. See his history.
Jonathan Mridha
Ranked no. 564, Jonathan got to the qualifications after beating Markus Eriksson 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Mridha had a good straight sets win against Eriksson (6-3 6-2). During the match Mridha scored 81 points vs Eriksson’s 62. Jonathan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Mridha scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jonathan Mridha conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Mridha put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. The Swede broke Eriksson 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Mridha’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Frederiksberg.
The Swede has a composed 30-14 win-loss record in 2021, 20-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ejupovic | Mridha |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 17 |
| Pts | 78-59 | 81-62 |
| Total Points | 137 | 143 |
| Winners | 28 | 37 |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% |
Both Ejupovic and Mridha played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Elmar Ejupovic dropped 1 set while Jonathan Mridha hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ejupovic has played 1 set more than Mridha (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ejupovic played 7 games more than Mridha. The Bosnian scored 28 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Jonathan fired 37 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ejupovic | Mridha |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8 |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 55/78 |
| %1st in | 65% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 37/55 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 61% |
Ejupovic bagged 2 aces . Mridha recorded 8 aces . Ejupovic won 62% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Mridha won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ejupovic | Mridha |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Ejupovic broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Elmar surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mridha broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Swede was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Nedic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 78-59 | 78-59 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 45/69 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Mridha | |||
| Q1 Eriksson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 81-62 | 81-62 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/78 | 55/78 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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