Gerald Melzer and Miljan Zekic will face off in the semifinal of the Bogota Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CAMPO DIRECTV. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gerald Melzer who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.71
Miljan Zekic -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Miljan Zekic

This will be the 2^nd time that Gerald Melzer and Miljan Zekic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Zekic won 1-5 ret. in the 1^st round in the Padova Challenger back in 2018.

Gerald Melzer

Ranked no. 247, the Austrian reached the semifinal after defeating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7-5 0-6 6-3, Evan Zhu 7-6³ 7-5 and Nicolas Alvarez 3-6 6-3 7-5.

In the quarter against Alvarez, Gerald recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Melzer scored 108 points vs Alvarez’s 101. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about the service games, Melzer blasted 11 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Gerald Melzer lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 56% of his first serves in, winning 83% (50/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (19/48) on the 2nd serve. Melzer broke Alvarez 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gerald has lost 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Melzer has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (257-181). 7-8 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Melzer has a compiled 225-142 record in the last years on clay.

Melzer has an aggregate 7-9 win-loss record in 2022, 7-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bogota Challenger

Miljan Zekic

Ranked no. 276, Zekic got to the semifinal after beating Mateus Alves 5-7 7-5 7-5, Malek Jaziri 3-6 6-3 7-6³ and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 2-6 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Meligeni Rodrigues Alves, Zekic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Zekic scored 79 points vs Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s 75. Miljan was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Zekic managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 53% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. Zekic broke Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.

The Serbian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Barletta Challenger,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Cali Challenger.

Zekic has a composed 32-17 win-loss record in 2022, 32-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bogota Challenger

The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Melzer	Zekic
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	9
Tot Games	82	94
Pts	274-254	287-284
Total Points	528	571
Winners	115	125
%Winners	42%	44%

Both Melzer and Zekic played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Gerald Melzer surrendered 2 sets, while Miljan Zekic dropped 3 sets. Melzer has played 1 set(s) less than Zekic (8 vs 9). Therefore, Melzer played 12 games less than Zekic. The Austrian scored 115 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Miljan scored 125 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Melzer	Zekic
Aces	23	23
Avg per match	7.7	7.7
1st in	144/259	169/303
%1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	115/144	125/169
%1st pts	80%	74%
2nd pts	57/115	72/134
%2nd pts	50%	54%

Melzer blasted 23 aces (7.7 per match). Zekic fired 23 aces (7.7 per match). Melzer won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Melzer	Zekic
Won	8	8
Converted	8/28	8/21
% Converted	29%	38%
Conceded	15	23
Saved	8	16
% Saved	53%	70%
Times Broken	7	7

The Austrian broke his opponents 8 times with a 29% conversion rate. Melzer surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Zekic broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Melzer
	R1 Menendez-Maceiras	R2 Zhu	1/4 Alvarez	Total
Score	7-5 0-6 6-3	7-63 7-5	3-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	27	25	30	82
pts	82-84	84-69	108-101	274-254
Total points	166	153	209	528
Winners	33	32	50	115
%Winners	40%	38%	46%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	4	11	23
Double Faults	9	5	10	24
1st in	44/84	40/67	60/108	144/259
% 1st in	52%	60%	56%	56%
1st pts	33/44	32/40	50/60	115/144
% 1st pts	75%	80%	83%	80%
2nd pts	18/40	20/27	19/48	57/115
% 2nd pts	45%	74%	40%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	8
Converted	3/7	2/12	3/9	8/28
Converted %	43%	17%	33%	29%
Conceded	6	1	8	15
Saved	2/6	0/1	6/8	8
Saved %	33%	0%	75%	36%
Times Broken	4	1	2	7

Zekic
	R1 Alves	R2 Jaziri	1/4 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves	Total
Score	5-7 7-5 7-5	3-6 6-3 7-63	2-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	36	31	27	94
pts	115-111	93-98	79-75	287-284
Total points	226	191	154	571
Winners	53	44	28	125
%Winners	46%	47%	35%	44%
SERVE
Aces	13	8	2	23
Double Faults	4	5	3	12
1st in	71/122	58/105	40/76	169/303
% 1st in	58%	55%	53%	56%
1st pts	53/71	44/58	28/40	125/169
% 1st pts	75%	76%	70%	74%
2nd pts	24/51	26/47	22/36	72/134
% 2nd pts	47%	55%	61%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	1	3	8
Converted	4/10	1/5	3/6	8/21
Converted %	40%	20%	50%	38%
Conceded	9	8	6	23
Saved	6/9	7/8	3/6	16
Saved %	67%	88%	50%	68%
Times Broken	3	1	3	7

Tennis Scores in Bogota Challenger

• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Facundo JuarezJuarez (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Gerald MelzerMelzer – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Miljan ZekicZekic – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mateus Alves/Matias ZukasAlves/Matias Zukas – Arklon Huertas Del Pino/Facundo JuarezHuertas Del Pino/Facundo Juarez (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Gerald MelzerMelzer – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nick HardtHardt – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-1) – H2H and prediction