H2H, PREDICTION Mili Poljicak vs Carlos Gimeno Valero | Zagreb Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Mili Poljicak vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero

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.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Gimeno Valero who should win in 2 sets.

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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

Mili Poljicak
Mili Poljicak

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
294
High
292
LLWLLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 63-23 12-7 48-14 3-2 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.

Poljicak
Zagreb Challenger
Poljicak's Record

Carlos Gimeno Valero

Carlos Gimeno Valero
Carlos Gimeno Valero

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
550
High
259
LWLWLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-8 0-0 23-8 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).

Gimeno
Zagreb Challenger
Gimeno's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Poljicak
C.Gimeno Valero
4h:39
4h:39
Time on court​
!
9h:12
9h:12
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
3
3
Match played
!
5
5
63
63
Games Played​
111
111
6
6
Set played​​
12
12
204
204
Total points​
395
395
68
68
Avg point​
79
79
87
87
Winners
158
158
29
29
Avg Winners​
31.6
31.6
43%
43%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
2
2
5
5
Avg Aces
0.4
0.4
4
4
Double Faults
25
25
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
5
5
87/119
87/119
1st won total​
158/245
158/245
!
73%
73%
1st won %
64%
64%
49/93
49/93
2nd won total​
55/100
55/100
53%
53%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
11/21
11/21
BP won
22/49
22/49
3.7/7
3.7/7
Avg BP won
4.4/9.8
4.4/9.8
!
52%
52%
Won
45%
45%
12
12
Conceded
31
31
4
4
Avg Conceded
6.2
6.2
4
4
Broken
13
13
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
2.6
2.6
8
8
Saved
18
18

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

Win Loss
Poljicak
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Gimeno Valero
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2024 2023 2022
63 - 23
23 - 8
12-7
Hard
0-0
3-2
I Hard
0-0
48-14
Clay
23-8

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