Flavio Cobolli and Damir Dzumhur will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Sibiu Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Flavio Cobolli who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.69
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Damir Dzumhur

This will be the 3^rd time that Flavio Cobolli and Damir Dzumhur face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Cobolli won 3-6 6-2 7-5 in the 2^nd round in the Zadar Challenger back in March 2023.

Flavio Cobolli

Ranked no. 129 (career-high), Flavio reached the semifinal after defeating Salvatore Caruso 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-4, Edoardo Lavagno 7-5 6-2 and Duje Ajdukovic 6-2 6-3.

In the quarter, Flavio had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-2 6-3). During the match, Cobolli scored 62 points vs Ajdukovic’s 40. Flavio was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cobolli fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Cobolli put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Flavio broke Ajdukovic 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Cobolli has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (133-105). 38-22 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cobolli has an aggregate107-72 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

Flavio’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger,the Rome Challenger,the Milan Challenger and the Tulln Challenger.

Cobolli has an overall 42-28 win-loss record in 2023, 38-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Cobolli has never competed in this tournament before.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 160, Dzumhur got to the semifinal after beating Nicholas David Ionel 6-3 7-6², Moez Echargui 6-4 6-1 and Stefano Travaglia 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Damir had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (6-4 6-4). During the match Dzumhur scored 87 points vs Travaglia’s 75. Dzumhur was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Dzumhur scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 71% of his first serves in, winning 51% (28/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Travaglia 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Bosnian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Istanbul Challenger where he beat Lukas Klein in the final 7-6(5) 6-3.

Dzumhur has an overall 35-26 win-loss record in 2023, 17-17 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cobolli	Dzumhur
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	70	59
Pts	246-211	244-199
Total Points	457	443
Winners	84	80
%Winners	34%	33%

Both Cobolli and Dzumhur played 3 matches. At the moment, Flavio Cobolli conceded 1 set while Damir Dzumhur hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cobolli has played 1 set more than Dzumhur (7 vs 6). Therefore, Cobolli played 11 games more than Dzumhur. The Italian scored 84 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Dzumhur managed to score 80 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cobolli	Dzumhur
Aces	14	1
Avg per match	4.7	0.3
1st in	131/225	142/204
%1st in	58%	70%
1st pts	84/131	80/142
%1st pts	64%	56%
2nd pts	48/94	37/62
%2nd pts	51%	60%

Cobolli struck 14 aces (4.7 per match). Dzumhur blasted 1 ace (0.3 per match). Cobolli won 64% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 56% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cobolli	Dzumhur
Won	18	17
Converted	18/37	17/49
% Converted	49%	35%
Conceded	21	25
Saved	11	15
% Saved	52%	60%
Times Broken	10	10

Flavio broke his opponents 18 times with a 49% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve 10 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded. The Bosnian broke his opponents 17 times with a 35% conversion rate. Dzumhur conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Cobolli
	R1 Caruso	R2 Lavagno	1/4 Ajdukovic	Total
Score	6-75 6-4 6-4	7-5 6-2	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	33	20	17	70
pts	101-103	83-68	62-40	246-211
Total points	204	151	102	457
Winners	44	22	18	84
%Winners	44%	27%	29%	34%
SERVE
Aces	8	4	2	14
Double Faults	5	3	1	9
1st in	67/111	37/68	27/46	131/225
% 1st in	60%	54%	59%	58%
1st pts	44/67	22/37	18/27	84/131
% 1st pts	66%	59%	67%	64%
2nd pts	22/44	16/31	10/19	48/94
% 2nd pts	50%	52%	53%	51%
Breaks
Won	6	6	6	18
Converted	6/12	6/14	6/11	18/37
Converted %	50%	43%	55%	49%
Conceded	11	7	3	21
Saved	7/11	4/7	0/3	11
Saved %	64%	57%	0%	40%
Times Broken	4	3	3	10

Dzumhur
	R1 David	R2 Echargui	1/4 Travaglia	Total
Score	6-3 7-62	6-4 6-1	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	22	17	20	59
pts	91-76	66-48	87-75	244-199
Total points	167	114	162	443
Winners	26	26	28	80
%Winners	29%	39%	32%	33%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	1	1
Double Faults	0	1	0	1
1st in	49/74	38/52	55/78	142/204
% 1st in	66%	73%	71%	70%
1st pts	26/49	26/38	28/55	80/142
% 1st pts	53%	68%	51%	56%
2nd pts	17/25	8/14	12/23	37/62
% 2nd pts	68%	57%	52%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	5	7	17
Converted	5/21	5/11	7/17	17/49
Converted %	24%	45%	41%	35%
Conceded	9	4	12	25
Saved	5/9	3/4	7/12	15
Saved %	56%	75%	58%	63%
Times Broken	4	1	5	10

Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger

• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-1 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction