Nino Serdarusic and Matej Dodig will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nino Serdarusic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nino Serdarusic is the pick to win this match.
Nino Serdarusic -> 1.76
Matej Dodig -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Nino Serdarusic vs. Matej Dodig

There is no head to head record between Nino Serdarusic and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nino Serdarusic

Nino Serdarusic

15 - 11win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-1
Clay
14-8
Rank
582
High
167
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-24 1-2 19-21 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 30-33 0-4 26-23 4-6 0-0 0-0
2022 27-34 6-6 17-20 4-7 0-1 0-0
2021 26-33 0-0 23-25 3-8 0-0 0-0
2020 17-14 3-2 6-5 8-7 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 358, Serdarusic reached the 2nd round after beating Robert Strombachs 6-3 6-4, Yanki Erel 6-4 6-4 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Alberto Olivieri (6-1 6-2). During the match, Serdarusic scored 58 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 36. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Serdarusic struck 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Nino Serdarusic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nino broke Alberto Olivieri 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Serdarusic has winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (343-281). 14-8 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Serdarusic has a compiled 293-199 match record in the last years on clay.

The Croatian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

The Croatian has an overall 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zagreb Challenger

Zagreb Challenger
Serdarusic's Record

Matej Dodig

Matej Dodig

27 - 8win/loss

Hard
12-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
15-6
Rank
265
High
264
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-26 14-5 30-20 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 43-16 1-2 38-12 2-1 0-0 2-1
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Ranked no. 359 (career-high), Matej got to the 2nd round after defeating Carlos Taberner 6-3 0-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Croatian defeated Taberner (6-3 0-6 6-1). During the match Dodig scored 70 points vs Taberner’s 64. Matej was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Dodig wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matej Dodig lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 70% of his first serves in, winning 77% (33/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. Matej broke Taberner 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Dodig’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.

Matej has an overall 27-8 win-loss record in 2024, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Zagreb Challenger
Dodig's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Serdarusic
M.Dodig
!
3h:47
3h:47
Time on court​
1h:49
1h:49
1h:11
1h:11
Last match​
1h:49
1h:49
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
54
54
Games Played​
22
22
6
6
Set played​​
3
3
176
176
Total points​
70
70
58.7
58.7
Avg point​
70
70
79
79
Winners
33
33
26.3
26.3
Avg Winners​
33
33
45%
45%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
0
0
3.7
3.7
Avg Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
0.7
0.7
Avg Double Faults
1
1
79/103
79/103
1st won total​
33/43
33/43
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
36/54
36/54
2nd won total​
6/18
6/18
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
!
33%
33%
-- Break Points --
9/17
9/17
BP won
4/12
4/12
3/5.7
3/5.7
Avg BP won
4/12
4/12
!
53%
53%
Won
33%
33%
10
10
Conceded
5
5
3.3
3.3
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
3
3
!
0.3
0.3
Avg Broken
3
3
9
9
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Serdarusic Dodig
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 6 3
Tot Games 54 22
Pts 176-133 70-64
Total Points 309 134
Winners 79 33
%Winners 45% 47%

Serdarusic played 3 matches while Dodig competed in 1 match. Serdarusic started his run from the qualifications while Dodig had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matej Dodig surrendered 1 set while Nino Serdarusic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Serdarusic has played 3 sets more than Dodig (6 vs 3). Therefore, Serdarusic played 32 games more than Dodig. The Croatian scored 79 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Dodig recorded 33 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Serdarusic Dodig
Aces 11 0
Avg per match 3.7 0
1st in 103/157 43/61
%1st in 66% 70%
1st pts 79/103 33/43
%1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 36/54 6/18
%2nd pts 67% 33%

Serdarusic fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Dodig didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Serdarusic won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Serdarusic Dodig
Won 9 4
Converted 9/17 4/12
% Converted 53% 33%
Conceded 10 5
Saved 9 2
% Saved 90% 40%
Times Broken 1 3

The Croatian broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Croatian dropped his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Matej conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Serdarusic
Q1
Strombachs		 Q3
Erel		 R1
Alberto		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 20 15 54
pts 61-51 57-46 58-36 176-133
Total points 112 103 94 309
Winners 25 30 24 79
%Winners 41% 53% 41% 45%
SERVE
Aces 5 1 5 11
Double Faults 1 1 0 2
1st in 35/53 35/55 33/49 103/157
% 1st in 66% 64% 67% 66%
1st pts 25/35 30/35 24/33 79/103
% 1st pts 71% 86% 73% 77%
2nd pts 12/18 13/20 11/16 36/54
% 2nd pts 67% 65% 69% 67%
Breaks
Won 3 2 4 9
Converted 3/6 2/4 4/7 9/17
Converted % 50% 50% 57% 53%
Conceded 1 7 2 10
Saved 0/1 7/7 2/2 9
Saved % 0% 100% 100% 67%
Times Broken 1 0 0 1
Dodig
R1
Taberner		 Total
Score 6-3 0-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 22 22
pts 70-64 70-64
Total points 134 134
Winners 33 33
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 43/61 43/61
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 33/43 33/43
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 6/18 6/18
% 2nd pts 33% 33%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/12
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 2/5 2
Saved % 40% 13%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger

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