Andrej Martin and Nikola Milojevic will square off in the semifinal of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.571
Andrej Martin -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Andrej Martin vs. Nikola Milojevic
This will be the 3rd time that Andrej Martin and Nikola Milojevic square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Martin and Milojevic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Martin won 6-0 6-4 in the semifinal in the Nanchang Challenger back in 2019.
Andrej Martin
Ranked no. 122, Martin reached the semifinal after defeating Manuel Guinard 0-0 ret., Jonathan Mridha 6-3 7-5 and Carlos Gomez-Herrera 7-62 6-3.
In the quarter, Andrej had a good straight sets win against Gomez-Herrera (7-62 6-3). During the match, Martin scored 74 points vs Gomez-Herrera’s 68. Andrej was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martin scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Andrej Martin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Martin put 53% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Gomez-Herrera 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Andrej started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Martin has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (364-267). 28-22 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Martin has an aggregate 314-194 match record in the last years on clay.
The Slovakian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Concepcion Challenger, Belgrade and the Almaty 2 Challenger.
Martin has a composed 29-26 win-loss record in 2021, 28-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
Nikola Milojevic
Ranked no. 160, Milojevic reached the semifinal after beating Vladan Tadic 6-0 6-3, Pedja Krstin 6-1 1-1 ret. and Zdenek Kolar 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter, Milojevic had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-3 6-0). During the match Milojevic scored 62 points vs Kolar’s 40. The Serbian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Milojevic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikola Milojevic lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Milojevic put 74% of his first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Kolar 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 63% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Zadar Challenger where he defeated Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(5).
The Serbian has a compiled 29-16 win-loss record in 2021, 26-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martin | Milojevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 39 |
| Pts | 150-122 | 152-87 |
| Total Points | 272 | 239 |
| Winners | 55 | 52 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Both Martin and Milojevic played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Martin has played 1 set(s) less than Milojevic (6 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that Martin played 4 games more than Milojevic. Martin scored 55 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Milojevic managed to score 52 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martin | Milojevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 80/140 | 69/108 |
| %1st in | 57% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 55/80 | 52/69 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 33/60 | 23/39 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 59% |
Martin scored 5 aces (1.7 per match). Milojevic bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Martin won 69% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Milojevic won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martin | Milojevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 14/21 |
| % Converted | 53% | 67% |
| Conceded | 18 | 4 |
| Saved | 13 | 1 |
| % Saved | 72% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Slovakian broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Nikola broke his opponents 14 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martin | |||||
| R1 Guinard |
R2 Mridha |
1/4 Gomez-Herrera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-0 ret. | 6-3 7-5 | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | 21 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 2-1 | 74-53 | 74-68 | 150-122 | |
| Total points | 3 | 127 | 142 | 272 | |
| Winners | 1 | 28 | 26 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 38% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 2/3 | 37/60 | 41/77 | 80/140 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 62% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 1/2 | 28/37 | 26/41 | 55/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 50% | 76% | 63% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 1/1 | 12/23 | 20/36 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 100% | 52% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 5/9 | 4/8 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | – | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 7/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 70% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Milojevic | |||||
| R1 Tadic |
R2 Krstin |
1/4 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-1 1-1 ret. | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 9 | 15 | 39 | |
| pts | 53-29 | 37-18 | 62-40 | 152-87 | |
| Total points | 82 | 55 | 102 | 239 | |
| Winners | 18 | 12 | 22 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% | 35% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 22/38 | 13/24 | 34/46 | 69/108 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 54% | 74% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 12/13 | 22/34 | 52/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 92% | 65% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/11 | 7/12 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 73% | 58% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 14/21 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 60% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 33% | 11% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWW Tennis Scores in Banja Luka Challenger
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Marko TopoTopo (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
