Matej Dodig and Sebastian Gima will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT . In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matej Dodig who should win in 2 sets.
Matej Dodig -> 1.22
Sebastian Gima -> 3.98
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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Sebastian Gima
This will be the 2nd time that Matej Dodig and Sebastian Gima play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Gima won 7-6(8) 6-2 in the quarter in M25 Osijek back in 2023.
Matej Dodig
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-12 | 12-2 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 359 (career-high), Matej got to the qualifications after beating Milos Karol 7-64 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Karol (7-64 7-5). During the match, Dodig scored 71 points vs Karol’s 66. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dodig fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Matej Dodig was very efficient on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dodig broke Karol twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Dodig has a fantastic record in the last 2 years having won 74% of his matches (73-25). 18-7 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dodig has an overall56-19 match record in the last 2 years on clay.
The Croatian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.
The Croatian has a compiled 30-9 win-loss record in 2024, 18-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Matej has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Gima
20 - 16win/loss
540
436
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-18 | 0-2 | 21-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-35 | 15-8 | 41-25 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-30 | 25-11 | 23-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-24 | 1-3 | 28-20 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 7-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 479, Gima got to the qualifications after defeating Jonas Forejtek 7-61 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Gima defeated Forejtek (7-61 3-6 6-4). During the match Gima scored 105 points vs Forejtek’s 98. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Gima recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sebastian Gima lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gima put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (47/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Gima broke Forejtek twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Gima’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Hammamet,M15 Antalya and M15 Bucharest.
The Romanian has an overall 20-16 win-loss record in 2024, 20-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dodig | Gima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 32 |
| Pts | 71-66 | 105-98 |
| Total Points | 137 | 203 |
| Winners | 39 | 47 |
| %Winners | 55% | 45% |
Both Dodig and Gima played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sebastian Gima lost 1 set while Matej Dodig hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dodig has played 1 set(s) less than Gima (2 vs 3). Therefore, Dodig played 7 games less than Gima. Dodig scored 39 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian scored 47 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dodig | Gima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 51/74 | 58/97 |
| %1st in | 69% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 47/58 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 18/39 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 46% |
Dodig blasted 3 aces . Gima scored 6 aces . Dodig won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Gima won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dodig | Gima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 29% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Croatian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Dodig conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dodig | |||
| Q1 Karol | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 71-66 | 71-66 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/74 | 51/74 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 39/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gima | |||
| Q1 Forejtek | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-98 | 105-98 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/97 | 58/97 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 47/58 | 47/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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