Borna Coric and Damir Dzumhur will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Ottignies for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.27
Damir Dzumhur -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Damir Dzumhur
This will be the 3rd time that Borna Coric and Damir Dzumhur square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Dzumhur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Dzumhur won 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in the San Benedetto Challenger back in 2014.
Borna Coric
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-25 | 8-13 | 3-7 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 10-10 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 10-5 | 10-9 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-12 | 6-5 | 4-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 40, Borna got to the semifinal after beating Felipe Meligeni Alves 7-5 5-7 6-2, Kamil Majchrzak 7-64 3-6 6-3 and Abedallah Shelbayh 6-2 7-64.
In the quarter, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Shelbayh (6-2 7-64). During the match, Coric scored 78 points vs Shelbayh’s 62. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Coric bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Borna Coric lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Coric put 75% of his first serves in, winning 78% (40/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. Borna broke Shelbayh 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borna has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Coric has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (228-179). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Coric has a compiled 39-31 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Croatian has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Louvain
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-29 | 11-13 | 22-6 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 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 semifinal after defeating Alibek Kachmazov 6-74 6-3 1-0 ret., Zsombor Piros 6-3 6-4 and Henri Squire 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Squire (6-4 7-5). During the match Dzumhur scored 70 points vs Squire’s 59. Damir was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Dzumhur fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Squire 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bosnian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Dzumhur has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coric | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 64 |
| Pts | 289-257 | 219-184 |
| Total Points | 546 | 403 |
| Winners | 130 | 90 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Coric and Dzumhur played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Borna Coric dropped 2 sets, while Damir Dzumhur conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Coric and Dzumhur have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Coric played 20 games more than Dzumhur. Coric scored 130 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Damir recorded 90 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coric | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 170/266 | 134/197 |
| %1st in | 64% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 130/170 | 90/134 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 47/96 | 38/63 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 60% |
Coric blasted 21 aces (7 per match). Dzumhur recorded 3 aces (1 per match). Coric won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 67% 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 | Coric | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 12 |
| Converted | 10/29 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 34% | 52% |
| Conceded | 16 | 11 |
| Saved | 10 | 5 |
| % Saved | 63% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Coric broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Coric conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Bosnian broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Dzumhur conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Coric | |||||
| R1 Meligeni |
R2 Majchrzak |
1/4 Shelbayh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-2 | 7-64 3-6 6-3 | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 31 | 21 | 84 | |
| pts | 108-94 | 103-101 | 78-62 | 289-257 | |
| Total points | 202 | 204 | 140 | 546 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | 40 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 51% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 4 | 6 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/86 | 66/112 | 51/68 | 170/266 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 59% | 75% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 45/53 | 45/66 | 40/51 | 130/170 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 68% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 25/46 | 5/17 | 47/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 54% | 29% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/7 | 4/8 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 43% | 50% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/9 | 4/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 67% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Dzumhur | |||||
| R1 Kachmazov |
R2 Piros |
1/4 Squire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 1-0 ret. | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 22 | 64 | |
| pts | 86-77 | 63-48 | 70-59 | 219-184 | |
| Total points | 163 | 111 | 129 | 403 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 31 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 40/56 | 44/65 | 134/197 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 71% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 27/40 | 31/44 | 90/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 68% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 10/16 | 14/21 | 38/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 63% | 67% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 0% | 50% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLLLW Tennis Scores in Louvain
- Leandro RiediRiedi – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-66 7-615) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-1 6-75 7-5) – See score progression
- Rafael Matos/Felipe Meligeni AlvesMatos/Felipe Meligeni Alves – Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Henri SquireSquire (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Borna CoricCoric – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
