Mili Poljicak and Federico Gaio will face off in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Gaio who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Gaio is the pick to win this match.
Federico Gaio -> 1.18
Mili Poljicak -> 4.50
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Prediction and head to head Mili Poljicak vs. Federico Gaio
There is no head to head record between Mili Poljicak and Federico Gaio since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mili Poljicak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-12 | 2-3 | 17-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-26 | 13-8 | 11-14 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 14-18 | 0-1 | 11-14 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Mili got to the 2nd round after beating Zhizhen Zhang 7-5 7-66.
In the 1st round, Poljicak had a good straight sets win against Zhang (7-5 7-66).During the match, Poljicak scored less points (5) than Zhang. In fact, the world no. won 82 points vs Zhang’s. That means that Poljicak was more focused during the important points. Poljicak was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Poljicak scored 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mili Poljicak lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Poljicak put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (44/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (20/45) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Zhang twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Poljicak has a losing record in the last 2 years having won 37% of his matches (9-15). 4-7 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Poljicak has an aggregate9-15 win-loss record in the last 2 years on clay.
The Croatian has an aggregate 4-7 win-loss record in 2022, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Mili has never competed in this tournament before.
Federico Gaio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-11 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 14-12 | 25-15 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-28 | 9-9 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-38 | 6-8 | 14-16 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 5-4 | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186, Gaio got to the 2nd round after beating Maximilian Neuchrist 7-62 6-73 6-4.
In the 1st round, Federico defeated Neuchrist (7-62 6-73 6-4). During the match Gaio scored 119 points vs Neuchrist’s 118. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Gaio scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Federico Gaio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 55% of his first serves in, winning 72% (46/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (24/53) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Neuchrist 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Aguascalientes Challenger.
Gaio has an aggregate 8-12 win-loss record in 2022, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Poljicak | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 36 |
| Pts | 82-87 | 119-118 |
| Total Points | 169 | 237 |
| Winners | 44 | 46 |
| %Winners | 54% | 39% |
Both Poljicak and Gaio played 1 match. At the moment, Federico Gaio conceded 1 set while Mili Poljicak hasn’t dropped a set so far. Poljicak has played 1 set(s) less than Gaio (2 vs 3). Therefore, Poljicak played 11 games less than Gaio. Poljicak scored 44 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 46 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Poljicak | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 58/103 | 64/117 |
| %1st in | 56% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 46/64 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 24/53 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 45% |
Poljicak recorded 10 aces . Gaio managed to score 4 aces . Poljicak won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Poljicak | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 40% | 36% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 3 |
| % Saved | 89% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Mili broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Poljicak lost his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Federico broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Poljicak | |||
| R1 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-87 | 82-87 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/103 | 58/103 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 44/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 20/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gaio | |||
| R1 Neuchrist |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-73 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 119-118 | 119-118 | |
| Total points | 237 | 237 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 64/117 | 64/117 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 46/64 | 46/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/53 | 24/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLLLWLL Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-1 6-2) – 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
- Federico GaioGaio – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-62 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Maximilian MartererMarterer (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-6 7-65 6-2) – 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
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-4 6-3) – 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
