Mili Poljicak and Filip Misolic will fight against each other in the final of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Misolic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Filip Misolic is the pick to win this match.
Filip Misolic -> 1.39
Mili Poljicak -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Mili Poljicak vs. Filip Misolic
There is no head to head record between Mili Poljicak and Filip Misolic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mili Poljicak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-16 | 12-5 | 23-10 | 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 final after beating Zhizhen Zhang 7-5 7-66, Federico Gaio 6-3 7-5, Mirza Basic 6-4 6-1 and Carlos Gimeno Valero 6-4 6-1.
In the semifinal, Mili had a good straight sets win against Gimeno Valero (6-4 6-1). During the match, Poljicak scored 67 points vs Gimeno Valero’s 44. Poljicak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Poljicak managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mili Poljicak was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mili broke Gimeno Valero 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mili hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Poljicak has a unfavourable match record in the last 2 years having won 44% of his matches (12-15). 7-7 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Poljicak has a compiled12-15 match record in the last 2 years on clay.
Poljicak’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Zagreb Challenger.
The Croatian has an aggregate 7-7 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Filip Misolic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-14 | 1-4 | 10-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-28 | 6-9 | 25-13 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-18 | 5-4 | 31-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-16 | 0-1 | 44-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-12 | 1-2 | 14-9 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 301 (career-high), the Austrian got to the final after defeating Alexander Donski 6-4 1-6 6-2, Lukas Lacko 6-4 6-1, Juncheng Shang 6-2 6-0, Duje Ajdukovic 7-5 6-2 and Jason Murray Kubler 7-5 3-6 6-3.
In the semifinal, Filip defeated Murray Kubler (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Misolic scored 96 points vs Murray Kubler’s 86. Misolic was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Misolic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Filip Misolic was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (38/50) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Filip broke Murray Kubler 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Misolic’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Porec.
The Austrian has an aggregate 18-7 win-loss record in 2022, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Poljicak | Misolic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 15 |
| Tot Games | 80 | 139 |
| Pts | 271-226 | 531-455 |
| Total Points | 497 | 986 |
| Winners | 108 | 197 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Poljicak played 4 matches while Misolic competed in 6 matches. Misolic started his run from the qualifications while Poljicak had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Filip Misolic lost 3 sets while Mili Poljicak hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Poljicak has played 7 set(s) less than Misolic (8 vs 15). Therefore, Poljicak played 59 games less than Misolic. Poljicak scored 108 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian fired 197 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Poljicak | Misolic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 148/260 | 269/483 |
| %1st in | 57% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 108/148 | 197/269 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 59/112 | 121/214 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Poljicak recorded 20 aces (5 per match). Misolic managed to score 24 aces (4 per match). Poljicak won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Misolic won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Poljicak | Misolic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 24 |
| Converted | 17/30 | 24/55 |
| % Converted | 57% | 44% |
| Conceded | 17 | 37 |
| Saved | 11 | 22 |
| % Saved | 65% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 15 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 17 times with a 57% conversion rate. Poljicak lost his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Filip broke his opponents 24 times with a 44% conversion rate. Misolic conceded his serve 15 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Poljicak | ||||||
| R1 Zhang |
R2 Gaio |
1/4 Basic |
1/2 Gimeno |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 80 | |
| pts | 82-87 | 69-58 | 53-37 | 67-44 | 271-226 | |
| Total points | 169 | 127 | 90 | 111 | 497 | |
| Winners | 44 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 33% | 38% | 31% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/103 | 35/61 | 26/48 | 29/48 | 148/260 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 57% | 54% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 23/35 | 20/26 | 21/29 | 108/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 66% | 77% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 16/26 | 13/22 | 10/19 | 59/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 62% | 59% | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/9 | 4/7 | 6/9 | 17/30 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 56% | 57% | 67% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 3/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 0% | 0% | 60% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Misolic | ||||||||
| Q1 Donski |
Q3 Shang |
R1 Lacko |
R2 Shang |
1/4 Ajdukovic |
1/2 Murray Kubler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-2 | 6-2 5-7 7-63 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-0 | 7-5 6-2 | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 33 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 30 | 139 | |
| pts | 80-76 | 114-102 | 58-33 | 114-102 | 69-56 | 96-86 | 531-455 | |
| Total points | 156 | 216 | 91 | 216 | 125 | 182 | 986 | |
| Winners | 35 | 36 | 21 | 36 | 31 | 38 | 197 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 32% | 36% | 32% | 45% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 49/83 | 50/100 | 25/47 | 50/100 | 45/67 | 50/86 | 269/483 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 50% | 53% | 50% | 67% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 36/50 | 21/25 | 36/50 | 31/45 | 38/50 | 197/269 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 72% | 84% | 72% | 69% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 29/50 | 14/22 | 29/50 | 13/22 | 19/36 | 121/214 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 58% | 64% | 58% | 59% | 53% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 5/11 | 24/55 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 40% | 80% | 40% | 40% | 45% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 37 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/7 | 2/3 | 4/7 | 5/6 | 4/8 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 57% | 67% | 57% | 83% | 50% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
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