Damir Dzumhur and Nicolas Alvarez will play each other in the semifinal of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 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 Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.46
Nicolas Alvarez -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Nicolas Alvarez
This will be the 2nd time that Damir Dzumhur and Nicolas Alvarez face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Dzumhur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Dzumhur won 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 in the Rubber 1 in 2 back in 2021.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-34 | 9-11 | 21-16 | 8-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-30 | 11-13 | 28-7 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 226, the Bosnian got to the semifinal after beating Yevhenii Bondarenko 6-0 6-1, Filip Cristian Jianu 5-7 6-1 7-5 and Nerman Fatic 7-5 2-1 ret..
In the quarter, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Fatic (7-5 2-1 ret.). During the match, Dzumhur scored 67 points vs Fatic’s 57. Dzumhur was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dzumhur scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 66% of his first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Damir broke Fatic twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dzumhur has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Dzumhur has a good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (356-270). 12-9 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dzumhur has an aggregate 172-111 record in the last years on clay.
Dzumhur has an overall 22-19 win-loss record in 2022, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Nicolas Alvarez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-27 | 5-5 | 18-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-28 | 2-4 | 22-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 1-1 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 300, the Peruvian got to the semifinal after beating Alexander Weis 4-6 6-2 6-0, Jan Choinski 1-6 6-1 5-2 ret. and Kimmer Coppejans 6-4 3-2 ret..
In the quarter, Alvarez had a good straight sets win against Coppejans (6-4 3-2 ret.). During the match Alvarez scored 47 points vs Coppejans’s 40. The Peruvian was very aggressive to blast 15 winners.
About the serving games, Alvarez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (15/21) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alvarez broke Coppejans 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Peruvian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Campos do Jordao.
Nicolas has a composed 18-15 win-loss record in 2022, 13-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dzumhur | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 60 |
| Pts | 230-171 | 195-158 |
| Total Points | 401 | 353 |
| Winners | 89 | 68 |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% |
Both Dzumhur and Alvarez played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Damir Dzumhur surrendered 1 set, while Nicolas Alvarez conceded 2 sets. Dzumhur has played 2 set(s) less than Alvarez (8 vs 10). Therefore, Dzumhur played 1 game less than Alvarez. Dzumhur scored 89 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas made 68 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 131/205 | 98/155 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 89/131 | 68/98 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 40/74 | 39/57 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 68% |
Dzumhur managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). Alvarez bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Dzumhur won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dzumhur | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 14 |
| Converted | 15/24 | 14/25 |
| % Converted | 63% | 56% |
| Conceded | 23 | 10 |
| Saved | 17 | 4 |
| % Saved | 74% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Dzumhur broke his opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. Damir surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. The Peruvian broke his opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Peruvian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dzumhur | |||||
| R1 Bondarenko |
R2 Cristian |
1/4 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 5-7 6-1 7-5 | 7-5 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 31 | 15 | 59 | |
| pts | 51-19 | 112-95 | 67-57 | 230-171 | |
| Total points | 70 | 207 | 124 | 401 | |
| Winners | 18 | 41 | 30 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/31 | 64/103 | 47/71 | 131/205 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 62% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 41/64 | 30/47 | 89/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 64% | 64% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 20/39 | 14/24 | 40/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 51% | 58% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 15/24 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 70% | 40% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 16 | 7 | 23 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 11/16 | 6/7 | 17 | |
| Saved % | – | 69% | 86% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Alvarez | |||||
| R1 Weis |
R2 Choinski |
1/4 Coppejans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-0 | 1-6 6-1 5-2 ret. | 6-4 3-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 21 | 15 | 60 | |
| pts | 79-56 | 69-62 | 47-40 | 195-158 | |
| Total points | 135 | 131 | 87 | 353 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 15 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 35/58 | 21/40 | 98/155 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 60% | 53% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 27/35 | 15/21 | 68/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 77% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/15 | 13/23 | 12/19 | 39/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 93% | 57% | 63% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 14/25 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 57% | 60% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 0/2 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 0% | 75% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Banja Luka Challenger
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Nerman FaticFatic (7-5 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
