Lorenzo Rottoli and Mili Poljicak will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mili Poljicak who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mili Poljicak is the pick to win this match.
Mili Poljicak -> 1.82
Lorenzo Rottoli -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Rottoli vs. Mili Poljicak
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Rottoli and Mili Poljicak since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Lorenzo Rottoli
7 - 7win/loss
618
403
LLWWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-14 | 1-1 | 8-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 15-4 | 18-19 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 11-8 | 10-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 19-15 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 521, Rottoli got to the qualifications after beating Norbert Gombos 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Rottoli had a good straight sets win against Gombos (7-5 6-2). During the match, Rottoli scored 78 points vs Gombos’s 67. Rottoli was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rottoli blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Lorenzo Rottoli lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rottoli put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Rottoli broke Gombos 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Rottoli has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 53% of his matches (101-89). 2-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rottoli has an aggregate47-49 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Lorenzo has a composed 6-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Lorenzo has never competed in this tournament before.
Mili Poljicak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-15 | 7-4 | 23-10 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-26 | 13-8 | 11-14 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 14-18 | 0-1 | 11-14 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 771, Mili reached the qualifications after defeating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Poljicak had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (6-4 6-4). During the match Poljicak scored 73 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 61. Poljicak was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Poljicak blasted 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mili Poljicak lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Poljicak put 53% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Cristian Jianu 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Mili’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Rovinj and M15 Opatija.
Poljicak has a compiled 11-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rottoli | Poljicak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 |
| Pts | 78-67 | 73-61 |
| Total Points | 145 | 134 |
| Winners | 29 | 29 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Rottoli and Poljicak played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rottoli and Poljicak have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). The Italian scored 29 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Poljicak scored 29 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rottoli | Poljicak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 41/77 |
| %1st in | 59% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/41 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 18/36 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Rottoli bagged 3 aces . Poljicak recorded 6 aces . Rottoli won 66% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Poljicak won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rottoli | Poljicak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 38% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 71% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Lorenzo broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Mili broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rottoli | |||
| Q1 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-67 | 78-67 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 44/74 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Poljicak | |||
| Q1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-61 | 73-61 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/77 | 41/77 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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