Johan Nikles and Jonathan Mridha will face off in the qualifications of the Bratislava Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Johan Nikles who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johan Nikles is the pick to win this match.
Johan Nikles -> 1.37
Jonathan Mridha -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Johan Nikles vs. Jonathan Mridha
This will be the 2nd time that Johan Nikles and Jonathan Mridha play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nikles (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Nikles won 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 in the qualifications in the Warsaw Challenger back in 2021.
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-25 | 11-5 | 33-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 281, Johan got to the qualifications after defeating Gergely Madarasz 6-4 7-63.
In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Madarasz (6-4 7-63). During the match, Nikles scored 94 points vs Madarasz’s 86. Johan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nikles scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 66% of his first serves in, winning 51% (30/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Madarasz 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Nikles has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (236-165). 13-8 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nikles has an aggregate161-105 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Swiss has an aggregate 15-10 win-loss record in 2022, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Johan has never competed in this tournament before.
Jonathan Mridha
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-20 | 5-3 | 14-13 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-26 | 3-4 | 22-18 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-20 | 10-6 | 27-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 462, Jonathan reached the qualifications after beating Pedja Krstin 4-6 7-65 4-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Krstin, Jonathan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 4-2 ret.).During the match Mridha scored less points (4) than Krstin. In fact, the world no. 281 won 85 points vs Krstin’s. That means that Mridha was more focused during the important points. The Swede was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Mridha made 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jonathan Mridha was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (42/56) of his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jonathan broke Krstin twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Jonathan’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Naples.
Mridha has a composed 18-10 win-loss record in 2022, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nikles | Mridha |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 29 |
| Pts | 94-86 | 85-89 |
| Total Points | 180 | 174 |
| Winners | 30 | 42 |
| %Winners | 32% | 49% |
Both Nikles and Mridha played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jonathan Mridha dropped 1 set while Johan Nikles hasn’t lost a set so far. Nikles has played 2 set(s) less than Mridha (2 vs 4). Therefore, Nikles played 6 games less than Mridha. Nikles scored 30 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Mridha struck 42 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nikles | Mridha |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 10 |
| 1st in | 59/90 | 56/92 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 30/59 | 42/56 |
| %1st pts | 51% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 21/36 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 58% |
Nikles blasted 1 ace . Mridha also struck 10 aces . Nikles won 51% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Mridha won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nikles | Mridha |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 2 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 35% | 67% |
| Conceded | 12 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 58% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Nikles broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Nikles conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Jonathan broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Jonathan conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nikles | |||
| Q1 Madarasz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 94-86 | 94-86 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/90 | 59/90 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 30/59 | 30/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 51% | 51% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Mridha | |||
| Q1 Krstin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 85-89 | 85-89 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/92 | 56/92 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 21/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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