Nikola Milojevic and Ramkumar Ramanathan will square off in the 2nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 9. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.84
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 1.96

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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan

This will be the 2nd time that Nikola Milojevic and Ramkumar Ramanathan clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ramanathan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Ramanathan won 6-1 7-5 in the quarter in the Pune Challenger back in 2017.

Nikola Milojevic

Ranked no. 136, the Serbian got to the 2nd round after beating Flavio Cobolli 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Milojevic had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (6-3 6-2). During the match, Milojevic scored 67 points vs Cobolli’s 42. Milojevic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Milojevic blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nikola Milojevic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Serbian broke Cobolli 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Milojevic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (333-192). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Milojevic has a composed 32-29 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Zadar Challenger where he overcame Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(5).

Milojevic has a composed 38-23 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.

Helsinki Challenger
Milojevic's Record

Ramkumar Ramanathan

Ranked no. 222, Ramkumar got to the 2nd round after defeating Otto Virtanen 4-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Virtanen, Ramkumar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Ramanathan scored 114 points vs Virtanen’s 101. Ramkumar was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Ramanathan scored 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Ramkumar Ramanathan was very efficient on serve to win 79% (44/56) of his 1st serve and 54% (26/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Indian broke Virtanen twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Ramanathan’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Cary Challenger.

Ramanathan has a composed 38-30 win-loss record in 2021, 5-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Helsinki Challenger
Ramanathan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Milojevic
R.Ramanathan
1h:05
1h:05
Time on court​
!
2h:07
2h:07
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
!
2h:07
2h:07
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
29
29
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
67
67
Total points​
114
114
67
67
Avg point​
114
114
28
28
Winners
44
44
28
28
Avg Winners​
44
44
42%
42%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
8
8
2
2
Avg Aces
8
8
1
1
Double Faults
7
7
1
1
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
28/33
28/33
1st won total​
44/56
44/56
!
85%
85%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
8/15
8/15
2nd won total​
26/48
26/48
53%
53%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
2/6
2/6
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
2/6
2/6
!
57%
57%
Won
33%
33%
3
3
Conceded
10
10
3
3
Avg Conceded
10
10
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Milojevic Ramanathan
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 17 29
Pts 67-42 114-101
Total Points 109 215
Winners 28 44
%Winners 42% 39%

Both Milojevic and Ramanathan played 1 match. At the moment, Ramkumar Ramanathan dropped 1 set while Nikola Milojevic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Milojevic has played 1 set(s) less than Ramanathan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Milojevic played 12 games less than Ramanathan. Milojevic scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Ramkumar blasted 44 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Milojevic Ramanathan
Aces 2 8
Avg per match 2 8
1st in 33/48 56/104
%1st in 69% 54%
1st pts 28/33 44/56
%1st pts 85% 79%
2nd pts 8/15 26/48
%2nd pts 53% 54%

Milojevic fired 2 aces . Ramanathan recorded 8 aces . Milojevic won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ramanathan won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Milojevic Ramanathan
Won 4 2
Converted 4/7 2/6
% Converted 57% 33%
Conceded 3 10
Saved 2 9
% Saved 67% 90%
Times Broken 1 1

Milojevic broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Serbian lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ramkumar broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Ramkumar conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Milojevic
R1
Cobolli		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 67-42 67-42
Total points 109 109
Winners 28 28
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 33/48 33/48
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 28/33 28/33
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 8/15 8/15
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Ramanathan
R1
Virtanen		 Total
Score 4-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 114-101 114-101
Total points 215 215
Winners 44 44
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 56/104 56/104
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 44/56 44/56
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 26/48 26/48
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 9/10 9
Saved % 90% 90%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger

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