Henrique Rocha and Luka Mikrut will face off in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henrique Rocha who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Henrique Rocha is the pick to win this match.
Henrique Rocha -> 1.56
Luka Mikrut -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Henrique Rocha vs. Luka Mikrut

There is no head to head record between Henrique Rocha and Luka Mikrut since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Henrique Rocha

Henrique Rocha

15 - 13win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
1-2
Clay
8-7
Rank
177
High
174
LWLLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-17 6-4 12-9 1-2 1-2 0-0
2023 64-27 47-11 17-14 0-2 0-0 0-0
2022 18-18 8-9 10-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 3-11 2-6 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 203, the Portuguese got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (6-3 6-4). During the match, Rocha scored 66 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 57. Henrique was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rocha fired 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Henrique Rocha lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Rocha put 61% of his first serves in, winning 56% (24/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the 2nd serve. Rocha broke Alvarez Varona 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Rocha has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (101-70). 8-7 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rocha has a composed36-35 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5.

Henrique has a compiled 15-13 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zagreb Challenger

Rocha has never competed in this tournament before.

Zagreb Challenger
Rocha's Record

Luka Mikrut

Luka Mikrut

21 - 12win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-2
Clay
17-8
Rank
358
High
358
LWLWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-15 4-2 22-11 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 33-18 5-3 28-14 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 15-14 9-2 6-12 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 1-7 0-0 1-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 509, Mikrut reached the 2nd round after defeating Roko Horvat 6-1 7-62.

In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Horvat (6-1 7-62). During the match Mikrut scored 77 points vs Horvat’s 56. Luka was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Mikrut managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Luka Mikrut was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Croatian broke Horvat 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Luka’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Manacor,M15 Split and M15 Bol.

Mikrut has a compiled 21-12 win-loss record in 2024, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Zagreb Challenger
Mikrut's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

H.Rocha
L.Mikrut
1h:30
1h:30
Time on court​
1h:30
1h:30
1h:30
1h:30
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
20
20
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
66
66
Total points​
77
77
66
66
Avg point​
77
77
24
24
Winners
26
26
24
24
Avg Winners​
26
26
36%
36%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
6
6
3
3
Avg Aces
6
6
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
5
5
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
24/43
24/43
1st won total​
26/36
26/36
56%
56%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
18/28
18/28
2nd won total​
14/27
14/27
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
5/9
5/9
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
!
71%
71%
Won
!
56%
56%
5
5
Conceded
7
7
5
5
Avg Conceded
7
7
3
3
Broken
2
2
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rocha Mikrut
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 20
Pts 66-57 77-56
Total Points 123 133
Winners 24 26
%Winners 36% 34%

Both Rocha and Mikrut played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rocha and Mikrut have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rocha played 1 game less than Mikrut. Rocha scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Luka recorded 26 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rocha Mikrut
Aces 3 6
Avg per match 3 6
1st in 43/71 36/63
%1st in 61% 57%
1st pts 24/43 26/36
%1st pts 56% 72%
2nd pts 18/28 14/27
%2nd pts 64% 52%

Rocha made 3 aces . Mikrut struck 6 aces . Rocha won 56% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Mikrut won 72% of the points behind 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 Rocha Mikrut
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/9
% Converted 71% 56%
Conceded 5 7
Saved 2 5
% Saved 40% 71%
Times Broken 3 2

Henrique broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Luka conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Rocha
R1
Alvarez
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 66-57 66-57
Total points 123 123
Winners 24 24
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 43/71 43/71
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 24/43 24/43
% 1st pts 56% 56%
2nd pts 18/28 18/28
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 2/5 2
Saved % 40% 40%
Times Broken 3 3
Mikrut
R1
Horvat
Total
Score 6-1 7-62
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 77-56 77-56
Total points 133 133
Winners 26 26
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 36/63 36/63
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 26/36 26/36
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 14/27 14/27
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5/7 5
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger

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