Mili Poljicak and Carlos Gimeno Valero will square off in the semifinal of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Gimeno Valero who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Gimeno Valero is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 1.182
Mili Poljicak -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Mili Poljicak vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero
There is no head to head record between Mili Poljicak and Carlos Gimeno Valero since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mili Poljicak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-13 | 2-3 | 20-9 | 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 reached the semifinal after defeating Zhizhen Zhang 7-5 7-66, Federico Gaio 6-3 7-5 and Mirza Basic 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Mili had a good straight sets win against Basic (6-4 6-1). During the match, Poljicak scored 53 points vs Basic’s 37. Mili was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Poljicak managed to score 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mili Poljicak was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Poljicak broke Basic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mili hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Poljicak has a negative match record in the last 2 years having won 42% of his matches (11-15). 6-7 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Poljicak has a composed11-15 record in the last 2 years on clay.
Poljicak has a composed 6-7 win-loss record in 2022, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Poljicak has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-5 | 0-0 | 19-5 | 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, the Spaniard got to the semifinal after beating Bozo Barun 6-3 7-61, Tristan Lamasine 7-5 1-6 7-5, Christopher O Connell 1-6 6-4 6-3, Nerman Fatic 6-3 6-1 and Nino Serdarusic 6-0 6-4.
In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (6-0 6-4). During the match Gimeno scored 59 points vs Serdarusic’s 42. Gimeno was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Gimeno scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Carlos Gimeno Valero lost the serve once. Furthermore, Gimeno put 70% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Gimeno broke Serdarusic 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Carlos started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Gimeno has a composed 16-10 win-loss record in 2022, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Poljicak | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 111 |
| Pts | 204-182 | 395-345 |
| Total Points | 386 | 740 |
| Winners | 87 | 158 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Poljicak played 3 matches while Gimeno competed in 5 matches. Gimeno started his run from the qualifications while Poljicak had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Carlos Gimeno Valero dropped 2 sets while Mili Poljicak hasn’t dropped a set so far. Poljicak has played 6 set(s) less than Gimeno (6 vs 12). Therefore, Poljicak played 48 games less than Gimeno. The Croatian scored 87 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 158 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Poljicak | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0.4 |
| 1st in | 119/212 | 245/345 |
| %1st in | 56% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 87/119 | 158/245 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 49/93 | 55/100 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 55% |
Poljicak fired 15 aces (5 per match). Gimeno fired 2 aces (0.4 per match). Poljicak won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gimeno won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Poljicak | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 22 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 22/49 |
| % Converted | 52% | 45% |
| Conceded | 12 | 31 |
| Saved | 8 | 18 |
| % Saved | 67% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 13 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Mili lost his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Gimeno broke his opponents 22 times with a 45% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Poljicak | |||||
| R1 Zhang |
R2 Gaio |
1/4 Basic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 21 | 17 | 63 | |
| pts | 82-87 | 69-58 | 53-37 | 204-182 | |
| Total points | 169 | 127 | 90 | 386 | |
| Winners | 44 | 23 | 20 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 33% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/103 | 35/61 | 26/48 | 119/212 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 57% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 23/35 | 20/26 | 87/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 66% | 77% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 16/26 | 13/22 | 49/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 62% | 59% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/9 | 4/7 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 56% | 57% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 0% | 0% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Gimeno | |||||||
| Q1 Barun |
Q3 Lamasine |
R1 O Connell |
R2 Fatic |
1/4 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-61 | 7-5 1-6 7-5 | 1-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 111 | |
| pts | 92-80 | 92-99 | 88-84 | 64-40 | 59-42 | 395-345 | |
| Total points | 172 | 191 | 172 | 104 | 101 | 740 | |
| Winners | 30 | 39 | 39 | 23 | 27 | 158 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 42% | 44% | 36% | 46% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 25 | |
| 1st in | 50/87 | 71/84 | 63/83 | 28/44 | 33/47 | 245/345 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 85% | 76% | 64% | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 30/50 | 39/71 | 39/63 | 23/28 | 27/33 | 158/245 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 55% | 62% | 82% | 82% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 9/13 | 10/20 | 8/16 | 5/14 | 55/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 69% | 50% | 50% | 36% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/11 | 4/11 | 5/12 | 5/7 | 22/49 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 45% | 36% | 42% | 71% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 3/8 | 5/9 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 38% | 56% | 67% | 0% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger
- Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Mirza BasicBasic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Yibing WuWu (7-68 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
