Alexey Vatutin and Miljan Zekic will face off in the 2nd round of the Sanremo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Miljan Zekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Miljan Zekic is the pick to win this match.
Miljan Zekic -> 1.61
Alexey Vatutin -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Alexey Vatutin vs. Miljan Zekic
This will be the 2nd time that Alexey Vatutin and Miljan Zekic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vatutin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Vatutin won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Liberec Challenger back in 2016.
Alexey Vatutin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-31 | 2-1 | 28-17 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-32 | 0-2 | 32-16 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-27 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 38-39 | 8-3 | 19-20 | 11-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-38 | 0-1 | 15-26 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 302, Vatutin reached the 2nd round after beating Robin Haase 7-5 2-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Alexey defeated Haase (7-5 2-6 6-2). During the match, Vatutin scored 101 points vs Haase’s 99. Alexey was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vatutin scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexey Vatutin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Vatutin put 72% of his first serves in, winning 54% (38/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Alexey broke Haase 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Vatutin has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (378-262). 1-0 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Vatutin has a compiled 189-135 match record in the last years on clay.
Vatutin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Grenoble and M25 Portimao.
Alexey has a compiled 14-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
Vatutin 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. 346, Zekic got to the 2nd round after beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Herbert, Miljan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Zekic scored 95 points vs Herbert’s 82. Zekic was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Zekic struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Miljan Zekic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 48% of his first serves in, winning 64% (25/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (28/43) on the 2nd serve. Zekic broke Herbert 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Serbian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Antalya.
Miljan has a compiled 13-7 win-loss record in 2022, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vatutin | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 |
| Pts | 101-99 | 95-82 |
| Total Points | 200 | 177 |
| Winners | 38 | 25 |
| %Winners | 38% | 26% |
Both Vatutin and Zekic played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexey Vatutin lost 1 set, while Miljan Zekic lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Vatutin and Zekic have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (28). Vatutin scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Miljan blasted 25 winners (26%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vatutin | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 71/99 | 39/82 |
| %1st in | 72% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 38/71 | 25/39 |
| %1st pts | 54% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 28/43 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 65% |
Vatutin fired 1 ace . Zekic also managed to score 3 aces . Vatutin won 54% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vatutin | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 60% | 42% |
| Conceded | 14 | 6 |
| Saved | 9 | 3 |
| % Saved | 64% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Alexey broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Vatutin surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vatutin | |||
| R1 Haase |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 101-99 | 101-99 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 71/99 | 71/99 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 38/71 | 38/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Zekic | |||
| R1 Herbert |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 95-82 | 95-82 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/82 | 39/82 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLL Tennis Scores in Sanremo Challenger
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Borna GojoGojo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-1 6-75 7-62) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Robin HaaseHaase (7-5 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-3 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Matteo DonatiDonati (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Flavio Cobolli/Matteo GiganteCobolli/Matteo Gigante – Karol Drzewiecki/Piotr MatuszewskiDrzewiecki/Piotr Matuszewski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Evgenii TiurnevTiurnev (6-3 7-612) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Francesco FortiForti (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Flavio CobolliCobolli (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
