Nerman Fatic and Carlos Gimeno Valero will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 16. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Gimeno Valero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Gimeno Valero is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 1.59
Nerman Fatic -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Nerman Fatic vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero
There is no head to head record between Nerman Fatic and Carlos Gimeno Valero since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nerman Fatic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-14 | 3-3 | 6-11 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 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. 274, Fatic got to the 2nd round after beating Andrey Chepelev 2-6 6-2 6-1 and Daniel Masur 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Masur, Fatic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Fatic scored 84 points vs Masur’s 74. The Bosnian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fatic scored 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Nerman Fatic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Fatic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 28% (8/29) on the 2nd serve. Fatic broke Masur 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Fatic has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (258-174). 16-7 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fatic has a composed211-129 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Fatic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
Nerman has a composed 16-11 win-loss record in 2022, 16-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Nerman has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-16 | 3-2 | 20-13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-5 | 5-1 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 373, Carlos reached the 2nd round after defeating Bozo Barun 6-3 7-61, Tristan Lamasine 7-5 1-6 7-5 and Christopher O Connell 1-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against O Connell, Gimeno recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Gimeno scored 88 points vs O Connell’s 84. Carlos was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Gimeno couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Carlos Gimeno Valero lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gimeno put 76% of his first serves in, winning 62% (39/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Gimeno broke O Connell 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Spaniard has an aggregate 14-10 win-loss record in 2022, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fatic | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 79 |
| Pts | 173-150 | 272-263 |
| Total Points | 323 | 535 |
| Winners | 70 | 108 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Fatic played 2 matches while Gimeno competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nerman Fatic lost 2 sets, while Carlos Gimeno Valero surrendered 2 sets. Fatic has played 2 set(s) less than Gimeno (6 vs 8). Therefore, Fatic played 32 games less than Gimeno. Fatic scored 70 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 108 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fatic | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 107/170 | 184/254 |
| %1st in | 63% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 70/107 | 108/184 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 26/63 | 42/70 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 60% |
Fatic made 4 aces (2 per match). Gimeno bagged 1 ace (0.3 per match). Fatic won 65% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Gimeno won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fatic | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 12 |
| Converted | 13/25 | 12/30 |
| % Converted | 52% | 40% |
| Conceded | 18 | 27 |
| Saved | 11 | 16 |
| % Saved | 61% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 11 |
The Bosnian broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Bosnian lost his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. Carlos broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fatic | ||||
| Q3 Chepelev |
R1 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-1 | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 24 | 47 | |
| pts | 89-76 | 84-74 | 173-150 | |
| Total points | 165 | 158 | 323 | |
| Winners | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 57/91 | 50/79 | 107/170 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/57 | 36/50 | 70/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 72% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 8/29 | 26/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 28% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 7/13 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 54% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 3/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 43% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Gimeno | |||||
| Q1 Barun |
Q3 Lamasine |
R1 O Connell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-61 | 7-5 1-6 7-5 | 1-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 | 26 | 79 | |
| pts | 92-80 | 92-99 | 88-84 | 272-263 | |
| Total points | 172 | 191 | 172 | 535 | |
| Winners | 30 | 39 | 39 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 42% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 50/87 | 71/84 | 63/83 | 184/254 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 85% | 76% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 30/50 | 39/71 | 39/63 | 108/184 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 55% | 62% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 9/13 | 10/20 | 42/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 69% | 50% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/11 | 4/11 | 12/30 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 45% | 36% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 | 9 | 27 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 3/8 | 5/9 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 38% | 56% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Maximilian MartererMarterer (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Lukas LackoLacko (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Daniel MasurMasur (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Filip HoranskyHoransky (7-65 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-62 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (5-7 6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-6 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mirza BasicBasic – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
