Marco Cecchinato and Mili Poljicak will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open
for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 8:00 pm on GORAN IVANISEVIC STADION. 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 2 sets.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.26
Mili Poljicak -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Mili Poljicak
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Mili Poljicak since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 147, Cecchinato reached the 1st round after beating Domagoj Biljesko 6-3 6-1 and Andreas Seppi w/o.
In the qualifications, Cecchinato defeated Seppi (w/o). During the match, Cecchinato and Seppi scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 147 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Cecchinato was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Marco Cecchinato conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Cecchinato has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (368-261). 17-18 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cecchinato has an aggregate 328-180 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Marco’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Parma Challenger and the Verona Challenger.
Marco has an aggregate 17-21 win-loss record in 2022, 17-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
Mili Poljicak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-26 | 5-3 | 24-20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 63-23 | 12-7 | 48-14 | 3-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 543 (career-high), will start his run in Umag after he won the title in Wimbledon (juniors) after beating 7-6(2) 7-6(3) Zheng in the final.
Mili has an overall 7-9 win-loss record in 2022, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Croatian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Zagreb Challenger.
In terms of his career, Poljicak has an overall 12-17 record. He has a negative 12-17 record on clay.
Previously in Umag
Poljicak has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Umag
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Elias YmerYmer (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Matija PecoticPecotic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Andreas SeppiSeppi (w/o) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Mikael YmerYmer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Facundo BagnisBagnis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Aljaz BedeneBedene (1-0) – H2H and prediction