Miljan Zekic and Pedja Krstin will square off in the 2nd round of the Cali Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Miljan Zekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Miljan Zekic is the pick to win this match.
Miljan Zekic -> 1.61
Pedja Krstin -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Miljan Zekic vs. Pedja Krstin
This will be the 2nd time that Miljan Zekic and Pedja Krstin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krstin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Krstin won 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in Serbia F3.
Miljan Zekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-8 | 2-0 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 3-6 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 0-2 | 41-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-11 | 5-4 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 276, the Serbian reached the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 1-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Kovacevic, The Serbian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Zekic scored 82 points vs Kovacevic’s 74. The Serbian was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zekic managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Zekic broke Kovacevic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Zekic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (416-214). 26-15 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zekic has an overall 389-182 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Barletta Challenger and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
The Serbian has a compiled 26-16 win-loss record in 2022, 26-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.
Pedja Krstin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-28 | 5-13 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-26 | 1-5 | 10-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-15 | 4-4 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 27-32 | 6-12 | 21-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 408, Krstin reached the 2nd round after beating Nick Chappell 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Chappell (6-2 6-4). During the match Krstin scored 67 points vs Chappell’s 51. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Krstin managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Pedja Krstin lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krstin put 61% of his first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Pedja broke Chappell 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Pedja has an aggregate 6-11 win-loss record in 2022, 6-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zekic | Krstin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 |
| Pts | 82-74 | 67-51 |
| Total Points | 156 | 118 |
| Winners | 34 | 24 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Zekic and Krstin played 1 match. At the moment, Miljan Zekic conceded 1 set while Pedja Krstin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zekic has played 1 set more than Krstin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zekic played 6 games more than Krstin. Miljan scored 34 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian made 24 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zekic | Krstin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 49/82 | 34/56 |
| %1st in | 60% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 24/34 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 50% |
Zekic managed to score 8 aces . Krstin made 2 aces . Zekic won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Krstin won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zekic | Krstin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 57% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Miljan broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Miljan lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Krstin broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Pedja conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zekic | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 82-74 | 82-74 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/82 | 49/82 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Krstin | |||
| R1 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 67-51 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 34/56 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Nick HardtHardt (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Matias ZukasZukas – Keegan SmithSmith (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Evan ZhuZhu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Nick ChappellChappell (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Mateo GomezGomez (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Francisco ComesanaComesana (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Andres UrreaUrrea (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
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- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Yunseong ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Miljan ZekicZekic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias ZukasZukas – Joao MenezesMenezes (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Nicolas MejiaMejia (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
