Luca Nardi and Damir Dzumhur will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.84
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Damir Dzumhur
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Damir Dzumhur since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-12 | 9-7 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133, Luca reached the quarter after beating Dominic Stricker 7-64 6-3 and Andrew Paulson 5-7 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Paulson, Luca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match, Nardi scored 100 points vs Paulson’s 93. Luca was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nardi scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Luca Nardi was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (50/68) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nardi broke Paulson 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nardi has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Nardi has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (109-86). 7-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nardi has a composed29-27 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Porto Challenger where he overcame Joao Sousa in the final 5-7 6-4 6-1.
The Italian has an aggregate 29-29 win-loss record in 2023, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-13 | 6-8 | 12-4 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 4-7 | 6-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, the Bosnian got to the quarter after defeating Giulio Zeppieri 6-2 6-0 and Zsombor Piros 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Dzumhur had a good straight sets win against Piros (6-3 6-1). During the match Dzumhur scored 60 points vs Piros’s 42. The Bosnian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Dzumhur blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 71% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Piros 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Damir hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 65% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Istanbul Challenger where he overcame Lukas Klein in the final 7-6(5) 6-3.
Damir has an aggregate 39-28 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 30 |
| Pts | 170-154 | 111-61 |
| Total Points | 324 | 172 |
| Winners | 88 | 53 |
| %Winners | 52% | 48% |
Both Nardi and Dzumhur played 2 matches. At the moment, Luca Nardi surrendered 1 set while Damir Dzumhur hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nardi has played 1 set more than Dzumhur (5 vs 4). Therefore, Nardi played 23 games more than Dzumhur. Luca scored 88 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Dzumhur made 53 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 118/152 | 65/87 |
| %1st in | 78% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 88/118 | 53/65 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 45% |
Nardi scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Dzumhur fired 10 aces (5 per match). Nardi won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/18 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 33% | 63% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Luca broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Nardi dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Damir broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Bosnian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | ||||
| R1 Stricker |
R2 Paulson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 5-7 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 | 53 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 100-93 | 170-154 | |
| Total points | 131 | 193 | 324 | |
| Winners | 38 | 50 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 50% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/67 | 68/85 | 118/152 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 80% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 50/68 | 88/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 9/17 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 53% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/10 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 30% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dzumhur | ||||
| R1 Zeppieri |
R2 Piros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 | 30 | |
| pts | 51-19 | 60-42 | 111-61 | |
| Total points | 70 | 102 | 172 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 47% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/35 | 37/52 | 65/87 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 71% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 28/37 | 53/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 76% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/7 | 6/15 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 40% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/10 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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