Miljan Zekic and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Llamas Ruiz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pablo Llamas Ruiz is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 1.8
Miljan Zekic -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Miljan Zekic vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
There is no head to head record between Miljan Zekic and Pablo Llamas Ruiz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 239, the Serbian got to the 2nd round after defeating Dusan Lajovic 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Miljan had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-3 7-5). During the match, Zekic scored 78 points vs Lajovic’s 65. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zekic bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 78% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. Zekic broke Lajovic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Zekic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (430-227). 40-26 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zekic has an aggregate 403-193 match record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Barletta Challenger,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Cali Challenger.
The Serbian has a composed 40-29 win-loss record in 2022, 40-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Miljan has never competed in this tournament before.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 2-5 | 10-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 511, Llamas got to the 2nd round after defeating Kenny de Schepper 6-76 6-3 7-5, Eduard Esteve Lobato 3-6 6-4 0-1 ret. and Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (6-4 6-3). During the match Llamas scored 67 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 60. Pablo was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Llamas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Llamas put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Alvarez Varona 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Llamas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Mataro.
The Spaniard has a compiled 32-21 win-loss record in 2022, 30-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zekic | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 73 |
| Pts | 78-65 | 255-246 |
| Total Points | 143 | 501 |
| Winners | 37 | 117 |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% |
Zekic played 1 match while Llamas competed in 3 matches. Llamas started his run from the qualifications while Zekic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost 3 sets while Miljan Zekic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zekic has played 7 set(s) less than Llamas (2 vs 9). Therefore, Zekic played 52 games less than Llamas. Zekic scored 37 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo recorded 117 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zekic | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 54/69 | 188/266 |
| %1st in | 78% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 37/54 | 117/188 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 37/78 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 47% |
Zekic fired 4 aces . Llamas blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Zekic won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Llamas won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zekic | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 13/32 |
| % Converted | 40% | 41% |
| Conceded | 3 | 27 |
| Saved | 1 | 18 |
| % Saved | 33% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 9 |
The Serbian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Serbian dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zekic | |||
| R1 Lajovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 78-65 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 54/69 | 54/69 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 37/54 | 37/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Llamas | |||||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Q3 Esteve Lobato |
R1 Alvarez Varona |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-3 7-5 | 3-6 6-4 0-1 ret. | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 20 | 19 | 73 | |
| pts | 128-116 | 60-70 | 67-60 | 255-246 | |
| Total points | 244 | 130 | 127 | 501 | |
| Winners | 59 | 28 | 30 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 95/135 | 47/64 | 46/67 | 188/266 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 73% | 69% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 59/95 | 28/47 | 30/46 | 117/188 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 60% | 65% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 4/17 | 12/21 | 37/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 24% | 57% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/11 | 4/6 | 13/32 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 36% | 67% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 6 | 6 | 27 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 1/6 | 5/6 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 17% | 83% | 180% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Pedro SousaSousa (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Sumit NagalNagal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Alvaro Lopez San MartinLopez San Martin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-2 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
