Damien Wenger and Mirza Basic will play each other in the 1^st round of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mirza Basic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mirza Basic is the pick to win this match.
Mirza Basic -> 1.29
Damien Wenger -> 3.35

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Damien Wenger vs. Mirza Basic

There is no head to head record between Damien Wenger and Mirza Basic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Damien Wenger

Ranked no. 406, Damien got to the 1^st round after defeating Mats Rosenkranz 6-2 7-6¹ and David Pel 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Pel (6-2 6-4). During the match, Wenger scored 63 points vs Pel’s 40. Damien was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Wenger made 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Damien Wenger was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Swiss broke Pel 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Wenger has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (202-107). 14-7 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Wenger has a composed193-94 record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Swiss’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.

The Swiss has an overall 14-8 win-loss record in 2023, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger

The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.

Mirza Basic

Ranked no. 565, Mirza got to the 1^st round after defeating Nino Serdarusic 7-6⁴ 6-4 and Sumit Nagal 4-6 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications against Nagal, Basic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Basic scored 95 points vs Nagal’s 78. Mirza was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Basic struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mirza Basic lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Basic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (39/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Nagal 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Basic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Basic has an overall 14-9 win-loss record in 2023, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Wenger	Basic
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	39	48
Pts	140-102	166-142
Total Points	242	308
Winners	52	76
%Winners	37%	46%

Both Wenger and Basic played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mirza Basic lost 1 set while Damien Wenger hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Wenger has played 1 set(s) less than Basic (4 vs 5). Therefore, Wenger played 9 games less than Basic. Wenger scored 52 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Bosnian struck 76 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Wenger	Basic
Aces	8	7
Avg per match	4	3.5
1st in	69/112	105/158
%1st in	62%	66%
1st pts	52/69	76/105
%1st pts	75%	72%
2nd pts	25/43	30/53
%2nd pts	58%	57%

Wenger scored 8 aces (4 per match). Basic blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Wenger won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Basic won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Wenger	Basic
Won	8	7
Converted	8/19	7/16
% Converted	42%	44%
Conceded	9	12
Saved	6	9
% Saved	67%	75%
Times Broken	3	3

Damien broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Bosnian broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mirza conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Wenger
	Q1 Rosenkranz	Q3 Pel	Total
Score	6-2 7-61	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	18	39
pts	77-62	63-40	140-102
Total points	139	103	242
Winners	29	23	52
%Winners	38%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	8
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	38/62	31/50	69/112
% 1st in	61%	62%	62%
1st pts	29/38	23/31	52/69
% 1st pts	76%	74%	75%
2nd pts	12/24	13/19	25/43
% 2nd pts	50%	68%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/13	4/6	8/19
Converted %	31%	67%	42%
Conceded	4	5	9
Saved	2/4	4/5	6
Saved %	50%	80%	65%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Basic
	Q1 Serdarusic	Q3 Nagal	Total
Score	7-64 6-4	4-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	23	25	48
pts	71-64	95-78	166-142
Total points	135	173	308
Winners	37	39	76
%Winners	52%	41%	46%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	7
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	47/64	58/94	105/158
% 1st in	73%	62%	66%
1st pts	37/47	39/58	76/105
% 1st pts	79%	67%	72%
2nd pts	10/17	20/36	30/53
% 2nd pts	59%	56%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/5	5/11	7/16
Converted %	40%	45%	44%
Conceded	2	10	12
Saved	1/2	8/10	9
Saved %	50%	80%	65%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Mauthausen Challenger

• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-2 6-7⁶ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gerald MelzerMelzer – James McCabeMcCabe (7-6¹ 1-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Leandro RiediRiedi – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-7⁵ 6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marius CopilCopil – Hendrik JebensJebens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gerald MelzerMelzer – Facundo BagnisBagnis (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Dominic ThiemThiem – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucas GerchGerch – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Louis WesselsWessels (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Damien WengerWenger – Mirza BasicBasic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sandro KoppKopp – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Harold MayotMayot – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – H2H and prediction