Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Nikola Milojevic will fight against each other in the final of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.615
Nikola Milojevic -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Nikola Milojevic
There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Nikola Milojevic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Ranked no. 135 (career-high), Manuel Cerundolo got to the final after beating Malek Jaziri 1-6 6-3 6-4, Matija Pecotic w/o, Chun Hsin Tseng 6-2 6-0 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-3.
In the semifinal, Manuel Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Martin Etcheverry (6-3 6-3). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 66 points vs Martin Etcheverry’s 44. Manuel Cerundolo was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Manuel Cerundolo scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 76% of his first serves in, winning 61% (25/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Martin Etcheverry 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Manuel Cerundolo has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (117-63). 39-16 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has an aggregate115-59 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Cordoba where he overcame Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final 6-0 2-6 6-2 and in the Rome 2 Challenger where he beat Flavio Cobolli in the final 6-2 3-6 6-3 and in the Como Challenger where he defeated Gian Marco Moroni in the final 7-5 7-6(7).
Manuel Cerundolo has a compiled 39-17 win-loss record in 2021, 39-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Juan has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikola Milojevic
Ranked no. 160, Milojevic reached the final after beating Vladan Tadic 6-0 6-3, Pedja Krstin 6-1 1-1 ret., Zdenek Kolar 6-3 6-0 and Andrej Martin 6-2 6-4.
In the semifinal, Milojevic had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-2 6-4). During the match Milojevic scored 67 points vs Martin’s 50. The Serbian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Milojevic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikola Milojevic lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Milojevic put 69% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Martin 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian 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 60% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Zadar Challenger where he beat Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(5).
The Serbian has an aggregate 30-16 win-loss record in 2021, 27-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Manuel Cerundolo | Milojevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 57 |
| Pts | 216-166 | 219-137 |
| Total Points | 382 | 356 |
| Winners | 88 | 79 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Manuel Cerundolo played 3 matches while Milojevic competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost 1 set while Nikola Milojevic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 2 set(s) less than Milojevic (7 vs 9). However, it’s interesting to notice that Manuel Cerundolo played 1 game more than Milojevic. Juan scored 88 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Milojevic bagged 79 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Manuel Cerundolo | Milojevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 143/173 | 112/170 |
| %1st in | 83% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 88/143 | 79/112 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 34/58 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Manuel Cerundolo struck 3 aces (1 per match). Milojevic struck 5 aces (1.3 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 62% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Milojevic won 71% 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 | Manuel Cerundolo | Milojevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 19 |
| Converted | 17/38 | 19/31 |
| % Converted | 45% | 61% |
| Conceded | 19 | 12 |
| Saved | 10 | 7 |
| % Saved | 53% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 5 |
Manuel Cerundolo broke his opponents 17 times with a 45% conversion rate. Juan dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 19 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Manuel Cerundolo | ||||||
| R1 Jaziri |
R2 Pecotic |
1/4 Hsin Tseng |
1/2 Martin Etcheverry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | w/o | 6-2 6-0 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | – | 14 | 18 | 58 | |
| pts | 81-77 | – | 69-45 | 66-44 | 216-166 | |
| Total points | 158 | – | 114 | 110 | 382 | |
| Winners | 38 | – | 25 | 25 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 47% | – | 36% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 65/77 | – | 37/42 | 41/54 | 143/173 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | – | 88% | 76% | 83% | |
| 1st pts | 38/65 | – | 25/37 | 25/41 | 88/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | – | 68% | 61% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | – | 2/5 | 8/13 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | – | 40% | 62% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | – | 6 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | – | 6/18 | 6/10 | 17/38 | |
| Converted % | 50% | – | 33% | 60% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 11 | – | 3 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | – | 2/3 | 2/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 55% | – | 67% | 40% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Milojevic | ||||||
| R1 Tadic |
R2 Krstin |
1/4 Kolar |
1/2 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-1 1-1 ret. | 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 57 | |
| pts | 53-29 | 37-18 | 62-40 | 67-50 | 219-137 | |
| Total points | 82 | 55 | 102 | 117 | 356 | |
| Winners | 18 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% | 35% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 22/38 | 13/24 | 34/46 | 43/62 | 112/170 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 54% | 74% | 69% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 12/13 | 22/34 | 27/43 | 79/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 92% | 65% | 63% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/11 | 7/12 | 11/19 | 34/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 73% | 58% | 58% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 5/10 | 19/31 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 60% | 50% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 33% | 75% | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
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