Mili Poljicak and Carlos Gimeno Valero will square off in the semifinal of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

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

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