David Poljak and Mircea-Alexandru Jecan will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is David Poljak who should win in 2 sets.
David Poljak -> 1.29
Mircea-Alexandru Jecan -> 3.46
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Prediction and head to head David Poljak vs. Mircea-Alexandru Jecan
This will be the 2nd time that David Poljak and Mircea-Alexandru Jecan square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Poljak (see full H2H stats
), 1-0 on clay.The last time that they competed against each other, Poljak won 6-4 6-0 in the qualifications in the Iasi Challenger back in July 2021.
David Poljak
Ranked no. 446, Poljak got to the qualifications after defeating Moez Echargui 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Echargui, David recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Poljak scored 80 points vs Echargui’s 79. Poljak was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Poljak struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. David Poljak lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Poljak put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. David broke Echargui 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Poljak has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (234-189). 11-9 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Poljak has a composed92-89 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
David’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm El Sheikh and M25 Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
David has a composed 25-20 win-loss record in 2021, 11-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Mircea-Alexandru Jecan
Ranked no. 530, Jecan got to the qualifications after defeating Vasil Kirkov 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Kirkov (6-4 6-4). During the match Jecan scored 59 points vs Kirkov’s 52. Mircea-Alexandru was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Jecan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mircea-Alexandru Jecan was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jecan broke Kirkov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Mircea-Alexandru has a compiled 8-12 win-loss record in 2021, 8-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Poljak | Jecan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 |
| Pts | 80-79 | 59-52 |
| Total Points | 159 | 111 |
| Winners | 36 | 32 |
| %Winners | 45% | 54% |
Both Poljak and Jecan played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, David Poljak dropped 1 set while Mircea-Alexandru Jecan hasn’t conceded a set so far. Poljak has played 1 set more than Jecan (3 vs 2). Therefore, Poljak played 5 games more than Jecan. David scored 36 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Jecan fired 32 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Poljak | Jecan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 52/85 | 44/59 |
| %1st in | 61% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 32/44 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 60% |
Poljak scored 2 aces . Jecan blasted 1 ace . Poljak won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Jecan won 73% of the points on 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 | Poljak | Jecan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
David broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Poljak lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mircea-Alexandru conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Poljak | |||
| Q1 Echargui | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 80-79 | 80-79 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/85 | 52/85 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Jecan | |||
| Q1 Kirkov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 59-52 | 59-52 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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