Nick Hardt and Mathys Erhard will play each other in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Hardt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Hardt is the pick to win this match.
Nick Hardt -> 1.44
Mathys Erhard -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Nick Hardt vs. Mathys Erhard
This will be the 2nd time that Nick Hardt and Mathys Erhard clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hardt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Hardt won 7-5 4-2 ret. in the 1st round in M25 Antalya back in February 2024.
Nick Hardt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 6-6 | 34-18 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-28 | 11-9 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 18-6 | 28-16 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-19 | 9-6 | 35-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 193 (career-high), the Dominican got to the 2nd round after defeating Yaroslav Demin 6-76 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Demin, Nick recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-2 6-1). During the match, Hardt scored 107 points vs Demin’s 79. The Dominican was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hardt wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Nick Hardt was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Dominican broke Demin 8 times after converting 42% of his break points (8/19).
Hardt has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (215-136). 27-9 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hardt has a compiled139-82 record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Barcelona Challenger where he overcame Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final 6-4 3-6 6-2.
Hardt has a compiled 33-14 win-loss record in 2024, 27-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Hardt has never competed in this tournament before.
Mathys Erhard
21 - 15win/loss
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WWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 60-27 | 0-1 | 59-25 | 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 2nd round after defeating Blaz Rola 6-4 3-6 6-4, Stefan Popovic 7-64 6-3 and Daniel Rincon 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Erhard had a good straight sets win against Rincon (7-5 6-2). During the match Erhard scored 62 points vs Rincon’s 50. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Erhard bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mathys Erhard lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Erhard put 71% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Rincon 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Mathys’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Antalya.
The French player has a composed 21-15 win-loss record in 2024, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hardt | Erhard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 71 |
| Pts | 107-79 | 253-215 |
| Total Points | 186 | 468 |
| Winners | 29 | 97 |
| %Winners | 27% | 38% |
Hardt played 1 match while Erhard competed in 3 matches. Erhard started his run from the qualifications while Hardt had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nick Hardt lost 1 set, while Mathys Erhard lost 1 set. Hardt has played 4 set(s) less than Erhard (3 vs 7). Therefore, Hardt played 43 games less than Erhard. Nick scored 29 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Mathys scored 97 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hardt | Erhard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 37/73 | 143/228 |
| %1st in | 51% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 97/143 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 44/85 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Hardt didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Erhard fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Hardt won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Erhard won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hardt | Erhard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 14 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 14/36 |
| % Converted | 42% | 39% |
| Conceded | 3 | 20 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 9 |
The Dominican broke his opponent 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Hardt conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 14 times with a 39% conversion rate. Erhard conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hardt | |||
| R1 Demin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 107-79 | 107-79 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 37/73 | 37/73 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Erhard | |||||
| Q1 Rola |
Q3 Popovic |
R1 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 7-64 6-3 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 | 20 | 71 | |
| pts | 102-90 | 89-75 | 62-50 | 253-215 | |
| Total points | 192 | 164 | 112 | 468 | |
| Winners | 34 | 36 | 27 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 44% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 53/97 | 51/76 | 39/55 | 143/228 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 67% | 71% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 36/51 | 27/39 | 97/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 71% | 69% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 13/25 | 10/16 | 44/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 52% | 63% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 3/11 | 4/9 | 14/36 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 27% | 44% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 | 2 | 20 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 5/7 | 1/2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 71% | 50% | 166% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger
- Nerman FaticFatic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-72 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Daniel RinconRincon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-76 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Roko HorvatHorvat (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 0-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (3-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Gastao EliasElias (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Quentin HalysHalys (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-65 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Daniel RinconRincon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-7(6) 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-7(2) 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Roko HorvatHorvat (6-1 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Nerman FaticFatic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Nick HardtHardt (0-1) – H2H and prediction
