Damir Dzumhur and Luka Mikrut will play each other in the final of the Zagreb Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Damir Dzumhur who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.31
Luka Mikrut -> 3.25

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Luka Mikrut

This will be the 2^nd time that Damir Dzumhur and Luka Mikrut square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mikrut (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Mikrut won 6-0 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Split Challenger back in April 2024.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 128, Dzumhur reached the final after beating David Jorda Sanchis 5-7 6-4 6-2, Nerman Fatic 6-2 4-6 6-3, Nick Hardt 6-3 6-4 and Oriol Roca Batalla 4-6 6-4 6-4.

In the semifinal against Roca Batalla, The Bosnian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Dzumhur scored 95 points vs Roca Batalla’s 91. The Bosnian was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dzumhur wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 76% of his first serves in, winning 63% (46/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Roca Batalla 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Bosnian has lost 3 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Dzumhur has good match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (338-272). 16-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has an overall 151-111 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Barletta Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame Henri Squire in the final 6-2 4-6 7-5.

Damir has a composed 26-14 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zagreb Challenger

Luka Mikrut

Ranked no. 509, Luka reached the final after defeating Roko Horvat 6-1 7-6², Henrique Rocha 6-3 6-2, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-3 2-6 7-5 and Matej Dodig 6-7⁴ 6-2 6-2.

In the semifinal against Dodig, Mikrut recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-2). During the match Mikrut scored 103 points vs Dodig’s 81. Luka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Mikrut struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Luka Mikrut was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (36/44) of his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Luka broke Dodig 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mikrut has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Mikrut’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Manacor,M15 Split and M15 Bol.

Luka has an overall 24-12 win-loss record in 2024, 20-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dzumhur	Mikrut
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	11	10
Tot Games	106	95
Pts	356-312	343-282
Total Points	668	625
Winners	174	122
%Winners	49%	36%

Both Dzumhur and Mikrut played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Damir Dzumhur lost 3 sets, while Luka Mikrut surrendered 2 sets. Dzumhur has played 1 set more than Mikrut (11 vs 10). Therefore, Dzumhur played 11 games more than Mikrut. The Bosnian scored 174 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Luka fired 122 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dzumhur	Mikrut
Aces	1	26
Avg per match	0.3	6.5
1st in	265/350	169/321
%1st in	76%	53%
1st pts	174/265	122/169
%1st pts	66%	72%
2nd pts	44/85	80/152
%2nd pts	52%	53%

Dzumhur recorded 1 ace (0.3 per match). Mikrut also bagged 26 aces (6.5 per match). Dzumhur won 66% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Mikrut won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dzumhur	Mikrut
Won	18	19
Converted	18/37	19/40
% Converted	49%	48%
Conceded	35	29
Saved	24	20
% Saved	69%	69%
Times Broken	11	9

The Bosnian broke his opponents 18 times with a 49% conversion rate. The Bosnian lost his serve 11 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Luka broke his opponents 19 times with a 48% conversion rate. Luka conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Dzumhur
	R1 Jorda Sanchis	R2 Fatic	1/4 Hardt	1/2 Roca Batalla	Total
Score	5-7 6-4 6-2	6-2 4-6 6-3	6-3 6-4	4-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	2	3	11
Tot Games	30	27	19	30	106
pts	100-89	92-80	69-52	95-91	356-312
Total points	189	172	121	186	668
Winners	44	50	34	46	174
%Winners	44%	54%	49%	48%	49%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	1	0	1
Double Faults	5	1	0	1	7
1st in	68/102	72/93	52/59	73/96	265/350
% 1st in	67%	77%	88%	76%	76%
1st pts	44/68	50/72	34/52	46/73	174/265
% 1st pts	65%	69%	65%	63%	66%
2nd pts	16/34	12/21	4/7	12/23	44/85
% 2nd pts	47%	57%	57%	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	3	4	5	18
Converted	6/11	3/8	4/6	5/12	18/37
Converted %	55%	38%	67%	42%	49%
Conceded	12	8	3	12	35
Saved	8/12	7/8	1/3	8/12	24
Saved %	67%	88%	33%	67%	64%
Times Broken	4	1	2	4	11

Mikrut
	R1 Horvat	R2 Rocha	1/4 Pacheco	1/2 Dodig	Total
Score	6-1 7-62	6-3 6-2	6-3 2-6 7-5	6-74 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	20	17	29	29	95
pts	77-56	59-44	104-101	103-81	343-282
Total points	133	103	205	184	625
Winners	26	19	41	36	122
%Winners	34%	32%	39%	35%	36%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	8	9	26
Double Faults	6	5	5	1	17
1st in	36/63	27/63	62/111	44/84	169/321
% 1st in	57%	43%	56%	52%	53%
1st pts	26/36	19/27	41/62	36/44	122/169
% 1st pts	72%	70%	66%	82%	72%
2nd pts	14/27	20/36	22/49	24/40	80/152
% 2nd pts	52%	56%	45%	60%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	5	19
Converted	5/9	4/5	5/11	5/15	19/40
Converted %	56%	80%	45%	33%	48%
Conceded	7	4	16	2	29
Saved	5/7	3/4	11/16	1/2	20
Saved %	71%	75%	69%	50%	66%
Times Broken	2	1	5	1	9

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