Roberto Carballes Baena and Miljan Zekic will face off in the 2nd round of the Parma Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Carballes Baena who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Carballes Baena is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.18
Miljan Zekic -> 4.50
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Miljan Zekic
This will be the 4th time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Miljan Zekic fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Carballes Baena (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Carballes Baena won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in the Szczecin Challenger back in September 2022.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-31 | 10-12 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-29 | 3-8 | 19-14 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 3-8 | 41-23 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-30 | 3-5 | 33-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-18 | 3-4 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 77, Roberto got to the 2nd round after beating Gianmarco Ferrari 7-63 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Roberto defeated Ferrari (7-63 4-6 6-2). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 99 points vs Ferrari’s 97. Roberto was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Carballes Baena struck 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Carballes Baena put 58% of his first serves in, winning 68% (41/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (19/43) on the 2nd serve. Carballes Baena broke Ferrari 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Carballes Baena has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (417-295). 39-21 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Carballes Baena has a compiled 368-231 record in the last years on clay.
Carballes Baena’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Gran Canaria Challenger,the Tunis Challenger,the Amersfoort Challenger and the Seville Challenger.
Carballes Baena has an aggregate 41-29 win-loss record in 2022, 39-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Parma Challenger
Carballes Baena has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 246, the Serbian reached the 2nd round after defeating Giulio Zeppieri 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Zekic had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (6-4 6-4). During the match Zekic scored 77 points vs Zeppieri’s 66. Zekic was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Zekic recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Miljan Zekic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zekic broke Zeppieri 3 times after converting 16% of his break points (3/19).
The Serbian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Barletta Challenger,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Cali Challenger.
The Serbian has an aggregate 36-24 win-loss record in 2022, 36-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 |
| Pts | 99-97 | 77-66 |
| Total Points | 196 | 143 |
| Winners | 41 | 34 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Carballes Baena and Zekic played 1 match. At the moment, Roberto Carballes Baena lost 1 set while Miljan Zekic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Carballes Baena has played 1 set more than Zekic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 11 games more than Zekic. Roberto scored 41 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Zekic made 34 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 60/103 | 46/67 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 34/46 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 19/43 | 11/21 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 52% |
Carballes Baena blasted 7 aces . Zekic fired 6 aces . Carballes Baena won 68% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/19 |
| % Converted | 57% | 16% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 63% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Carballes Baena broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Carballes Baena surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Zekic broke his opponent 3 times with a 16% conversion rate. Zekic conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carballes Baena | |||
| R1 Ferrari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 99-97 | 99-97 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 60/103 | 60/103 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/43 | 19/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Zekic | |||
| R1 Zeppieri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 77-66 | 77-66 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/67 | 46/67 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/19 | 3/19 | |
| Converted % | 16% | 16% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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