Manuel Guinard and Miljan Zekic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Zadar Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Manuel Guinard who should win in 2 sets.
Manuel Guinard -> 1.24
Miljan Zekic -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Manuel Guinard vs. Miljan Zekic
This will be the 3rd time that Manuel Guinard and Miljan Zekic face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zekic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Zekic won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the quarter in Tunisia F40 (Hammamet) back in 2017.
Manuel Guinard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-12 | 3-3 | 0-4 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-25 | 7-4 | 17-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-31 | 0-2 | 26-22 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-35 | 1-4 | 21-20 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 1-2 | 29-19 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 161 (career-high), Guinard reached the 2nd round after defeating Giulio Zeppieri 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (7-5 6-2). During the match, Guinard scored 71 points vs Zeppieri’s 58. Guinard was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Guinard struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Manuel Guinard was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Zeppieri 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Guinard has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (259-165). 6-0 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Guinard has a composed167-88 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Guinard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger.
Guinard has a compiled 12-6 win-loss record in 2022, 6-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Miljan Zekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-8 | 2-0 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 3-6 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 0-2 | 41-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 331, Miljan reached the 2nd round after defeating Luca Castelnuovo 6-0 6-4, Juan Pablo Paz 6-3 6-3 and Lukas Rosol 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Zekic had a good straight sets win against Rosol (6-3 6-4). During the match Zekic scored 69 points vs Rosol’s 59. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Zekic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 55% (22/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Miljan broke Rosol 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
The Serbian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Antalya.
Miljan has an overall 12-6 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Guinard | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 53 |
| Pts | 71-58 | 202-153 |
| Total Points | 129 | 355 |
| Winners | 32 | 69 |
| %Winners | 45% | 34% |
Guinard played 1 match while Zekic competed in 3 matches. Zekic started his run from the qualifications while Guinard had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Guinard has played 4 set(s) less than Zekic (2 vs 6). Therefore, Guinard played 33 games less than Zekic. Guinard scored 32 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Miljan struck 69 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Guinard | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 44/58 | 106/178 |
| %1st in | 76% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 69/106 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 36/72 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Guinard struck 2 aces . Zekic bagged 7 aces (2.3 per match). Guinard won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Guinard | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 17 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 17/32 |
| % Converted | 50% | 53% |
| Conceded | 1 | 22 |
| Saved | 0 | 15 |
| % Saved | 0% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Manuel conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 17 times with a 53% conversion rate. Miljan conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Guinard | |||
| R1 Zeppieri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/58 | 44/58 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zekic | |||||
| Q1 Castelnuovo | Q3 Pablo Paz | R1 Rosol | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 19 | 53 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 71-53 | 69-59 | 202-153 | |
| Total points | 103 | 124 | 128 | 355 | |
| Winners | 23 | 24 | 22 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 34/62 | 40/64 | 106/178 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 55% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 24/34 | 22/40 | 69/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 71% | 55% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 12/28 | 13/24 | 36/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 43% | 54% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/11 | 6/11 | 17/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 55% | 55% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/6 | 7/10 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 50% | 70% | 203% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Tennis Scores in Zadar Challenger
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (2-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-3 2-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Cezar CretuCretu (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
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