Mili Poljicak and Mirza Basic will clash against each other in the quarter of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mirza Basic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mirza Basic is the pick to win this match.
Mirza Basic -> 1.25
Mili Poljicak -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Mili Poljicak vs. Mirza Basic
There is no head to head record between Mili Poljicak and Mirza Basic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mili Poljicak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 62-21 | 12-6 | 48-14 | 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, the Croatian got to the quarter after beating Zhizhen Zhang 7-5 7-66 and Federico Gaio 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Gaio (6-3 7-5). During the match, Poljicak scored 69 points vs Gaio’s 58. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Poljicak scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Mili Poljicak lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Poljicak put 57% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Mili broke Gaio 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Poljicak hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Poljicak has a losing record in the last 2 years having won 40% of his matches (10-15). 5-7 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Poljicak has a compiled10-15 win-loss record in the last 2 years on clay.
Poljicak has a composed 5-7 win-loss record in 2022, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Mirza Basic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-19 | 0-4 | 19-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-19 | 0-1 | 23-12 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 17-29 | 1-6 | 6-11 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 37-27 | 9-7 | 17-13 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 226, the Bosnian got to the quarter after defeating Kalin Ivanovski 6-1 6-1 and Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Kuznetsov (6-4 7-65). During the match Basic scored 78 points vs Kuznetsov’s 74. Mirza was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Basic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Mirza Basic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Basic put 48% of his first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Kuznetsov 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Basic hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Mirza’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Forli 5 Challenger.
Basic has a compiled 11-10 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Poljicak | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 37 |
| Pts | 151-145 | 137-102 |
| Total Points | 296 | 239 |
| Winners | 67 | 48 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Both Poljicak and Basic played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Poljicak and Basic have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Poljicak played 9 games more than Basic. Mili scored 67 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Mirza made 48 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Poljicak | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 93/164 | 67/121 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 67/93 | 48/67 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 36/71 | 29/54 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 54% |
Poljicak made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Basic scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Poljicak won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Basic won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Poljicak | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 11 | 13 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 73% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Mirza broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Mirza conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Poljicak | ||||
| R1 Zhang |
R2 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 21 | 46 | |
| pts | 82-87 | 69-58 | 151-145 | |
| Total points | 169 | 127 | 296 | |
| Winners | 44 | 23 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 33% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/103 | 35/61 | 93/164 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 23/35 | 67/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 66% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 16/26 | 36/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 62% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/9 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 0/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 0% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Basic | ||||
| R1 Ivanovski |
R2 Kuznetsov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 | 37 | |
| pts | 59-28 | 78-74 | 137-102 | |
| Total points | 87 | 152 | 239 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 36/75 | 67/121 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 48% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 26/36 | 48/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 17/39 | 29/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 44% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/10 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
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