Nerman Fatic and Daniel Michalski will play each other in the 2nd round of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nerman Fatic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nerman Fatic is the pick to win this match.
Nerman Fatic -> 1.84
Daniel Michalski -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Nerman Fatic vs. Daniel Michalski
There is no head to head record between Nerman Fatic and Daniel Michalski since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nerman Fatic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-26 | 3-5 | 19-20 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 0-1 | 35-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 37-26 | 1-1 | 30-22 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 9-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 260 (career-high), the Bosnian reached the 2nd round after defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-2 7-65.
In the 1st round, Fatic had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-2 7-65). During the match, Fatic scored 81 points vs Kuzmanov’s 71. The Bosnian was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fatic couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Nerman Fatic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Fatic put 72% of his first serves in, winning 58% (30/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Nerman broke Kuzmanov 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Fatic has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (252-169). 10-2 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fatic has a compiled205-124 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Nerman’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.
Fatic has a compiled 10-6 win-loss record in 2022, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Daniel Michalski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 1-6 | 36-19 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 4-6 | 36-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-24 | 0-0 | 51-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 0-3 | 47-20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 7-3 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 337 (career-high), the Pole reached the 2nd round after beating Josip Simundza 6-2 6-1, Mathieu Perchicot 7-5 3-6 6-2 and Mili Poljicak 6-2 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Michalski defeated Poljicak (6-2 4-6 7-5). During the match Michalski scored 98 points vs Poljicak’s 86. Daniel was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Michalski couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Daniel Michalski lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Michalski put 58% of his first serves in, winning 60% (32/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. Michalski broke Poljicak 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
The Pole’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Cairo.
The Pole has a compiled 19-3 win-loss record in 2022, 19-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Daniel has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fatic | Michalski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 74 |
| Pts | 81-71 | 259-213 |
| Total Points | 152 | 472 |
| Winners | 30 | 80 |
| %Winners | 37% | 31% |
Fatic played 1 match while Michalski competed in 3 matches. Michalski started his run from the qualifications while Fatic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Daniel Michalski conceded 2 sets while Nerman Fatic hasn’t lost a set so far. Fatic has played 6 set(s) less than Michalski (2 vs 8). Therefore, Fatic played 53 games less than Michalski. Fatic scored 30 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Michalski struck 80 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fatic | Michalski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 123/208 |
| %1st in | 72% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 30/52 | 80/123 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 49/85 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 58% |
Fatic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Michalski made 2 aces (0.7 per match). Fatic won 58% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Michalski won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fatic | Michalski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 19 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 19/39 |
| % Converted | 43% | 49% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 20% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 10 |
Nerman broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Bosnian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 19 times with a 49% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fatic | |||
| R1 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 81-71 | 81-71 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 52/72 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 30/52 | 30/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Michalski | |||||
| Q1 Simundza |
Q3 Perchicot |
R1 Poljicak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 7-5 3-6 6-2 | 6-2 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 | 30 | 74 | |
| pts | 54-29 | 107-98 | 98-86 | 259-213 | |
| Total points | 83 | 205 | 184 | 472 | |
| Winners | 20 | 28 | 32 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 26% | 33% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 26/39 | 44/78 | 53/91 | 123/208 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 56% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 28/44 | 32/53 | 80/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 64% | 60% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 21/34 | 20/38 | 49/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | 53% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/18 | 7/10 | 19/39 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 33% | 70% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/5 | 1/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 20% | 17% | 104% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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