Mathys Erhard and Stefan Popovic will square off in the qualifications of the Zagreb Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mathys Erhard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mathys Erhard is the pick to win this match.
Mathys Erhard -> 1.58
Stefan Popovic -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Mathys Erhard vs. Stefan Popovic
This will be the 2nd time that Mathys Erhard and Stefan Popovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Erhard (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Erhard won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the quarter in M25 Antalya back in February 2024.
Mathys Erhard
20 - 15win/loss
341
310
LWLWLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-19 | 0-1 | 22-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-35 | 4-4 | 49-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-22 | 10-7 | 33-13 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-20 | 10-5 | 31-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-13 | 3-7 | 6-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 349, Erhard got to the qualifications after defeating Blaz Rola 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Mathys defeated Rola (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match, Erhard scored 102 points vs Rola’s 90. Erhard was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Erhard managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Mathys Erhard lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Erhard put 55% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. Erhard broke Rola 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Erhard has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (184-121). 18-13 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Erhard has a composed152-86 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Erhard’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Antalya.
Erhard has a compiled 19-15 win-loss record in 2024, 18-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Erhard has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefan Popovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-13 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 0-0 | 42-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-26 | 1-2 | 34-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 417, Popovic reached the qualifications after beating Marcello Serafini 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Stefan had a good straight sets win against Serafini (6-4 6-2). During the match Popovic scored 64 points vs Serafini’s 51. Stefan was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Popovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Stefan Popovic lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Popovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Stefan broke Serafini 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Popovic’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja and M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
Popovic has a composed 23-9 win-loss record in 2024, 23-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Erhard | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 |
| Pts | 102-90 | 64-51 |
| Total Points | 192 | 115 |
| Winners | 34 | 24 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Both Erhard and Popovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mathys Erhard surrendered 1 set while Stefan Popovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Erhard has played 1 set more than Popovic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Erhard played 11 games more than Popovic. Mathys scored 34 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Popovic bagged 24 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Erhard | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 53/97 | 36/54 |
| %1st in | 55% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 24/36 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 10/18 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 56% |
Erhard managed to score 6 aces . Popovic struck 1 ace . Erhard won 64% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Popovic won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Erhard | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 44% | 71% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 45% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Erhard broke his opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mathys surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Popovic broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Erhard | |||
| Q1 Rola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 102-90 | 102-90 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/97 | 53/97 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 21/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Popovic | |||
| Q1 Serafini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 36/54 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 24/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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