Fernando Verdasco and Borna Coric will play each other in the 1^st round of the Miami Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.81
Fernando Verdasco -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Borna Coric

This will be the 3^rd time that Fernando Verdasco and Borna Coric clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Verdasco and Coric (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Verdasco won 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in Paris back in 2019.

Highlights Fernando Verdasco vs Borna Coric – Paris 28-October-2019

Fernando Verdasco

Ranked no. 123, Verdasco got to the 1^st round after defeating Joao Sousa 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Hugo Grenier 6-3 7-6⁸.

In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-3 7-6⁸). During the match, Verdasco scored 74 points vs Grenier’s 65. Fernando was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Verdasco scored just 1 ace and he committed only 4 double faults. Fernando Verdasco lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Verdasco put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Verdasco broke Grenier 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fernando started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Verdasco has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (227-210). 9-2 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Verdasco has an overall 83-76 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Spaniard’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.

Fernando has an aggregate 15-7 win-loss record in 2022, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Borna Coric

Ranked no. 166, Borna will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-7(5) 6-0 7-5 to Davidovich Fokina in the 1^st round on the 10^th of March.

Borna has an aggregate 0-1 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Borna has an overall 282-187 record. He has a positive 137-81 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018 and 2019. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Miami

• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Ulises BlanchBlanch (7-6⁸ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (3-6 7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Kevin AndersonAnderson (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Elias YmerYmer (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan
  – Nicolas KickerKicker (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jack SockSock – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jeff WolfWolf – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-6 7-6¹ 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gilles SimonSimon – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emilio GomezGomez – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Andy MurrayMurray (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Benoit PairePaire (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jack SockSock – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Oscar OtteOtte – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – David GoffinGoffin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Taro DanielDaniel (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Facundo BagnisBagnis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime CressyCressy – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emilio NavaNava – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (3-1) – H2H and prediction