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

Borna Coric

5 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
4-0
Rank
90
High
12
LWLWWLWLLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-27 8-13 3-7 11-6 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
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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.

Louvain
Coric's Record

Damir Dzumhur

Damir Dzumhur

5 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
3-1
Rank
83
High
23
WWWWWLWLLL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-30 11-13 28-7 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
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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)

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Louvain
Dzumhur's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Coric
D.Dzumhur
6h:46
6h:46
Time on court​
4h:45
4h:45
1h:40
1h:40
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
3
3
Match played
3
3
84
84
Games Played​
64
64
8
8
Set played​​
8
8
289
289
Total points​
219
219
96.3
96.3
Avg point​
73
73
130
130
Winners
90
90
43.3
43.3
Avg Winners​
30
30
45%
45%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
3
3
7
7
Avg Aces
1
1
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
2.7
2.7
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
130/170
130/170
1st won total​
90/134
90/134
!
76%
76%
1st won %
67%
67%
47/96
47/96
2nd won total​
38/63
38/63
49%
49%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
10/29
10/29
BP won
12/23
12/23
3.3/9.7
3.3/9.7
Avg BP won
4/7.7
4/7.7
34%
34%
Won
!
52%
52%
16
16
Conceded
11
11
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
3.7
3.7
6
6
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
10
10
Saved
5
5
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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

Tennis Scores in Louvain

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