Luka Mikrut and Martin Klizan will face off in the qualifications of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Klizan who should win in 3 sets.
Martin Klizan -> 1.5
Luka Mikrut -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Luka Mikrut vs. Martin Klizan
There is no head to head record between Luka Mikrut and Martin Klizan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Luka Mikrut
26 - 14win/loss
380
345
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-26 | 5-4 | 31-19 | 1-3 | 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. 364 (career-high), Luka got to the qualifications after defeating Luca Castagnola 6-2 7-62.
In the qualifications, Luka had a good straight sets win against Castagnola (6-2 7-62). During the match, Mikrut scored 72 points vs Castagnola’s 56. Mikrut was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mikrut struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Luka Mikrut lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mikrut put 35% of his first serves in, winning 91% (20/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (14/40) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Castagnola 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Mikrut has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 59% of his matches (75-53). 22-10 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mikrut has an aggregate57-43 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Mikrut’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Manacor,M15 Split,M15 Bol and the Zagreb Challenger.
Luka has a compiled 26-14 win-loss record in 2024, 22-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Luka has never competed in this tournament before.
Martin Klizan
33 - 6win/loss
291
24
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-22 | 15-4 | 35-14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-14 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-15 | 6-4 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 484, Martin reached the qualifications after beating Raul Brancaccio 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Klizan had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (6-1 6-3). During the match Klizan scored 60 points vs Brancaccio’s 40. Klizan was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Klizan recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Martin Klizan lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Klizan put 50% of his first serves in, winning 64% (16/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Martin broke Brancaccio 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
The Slovakian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Telde,M25 Valldoreix and M25 Reggio Emilia.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 33-6 win-loss record in 2024, 20-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mikrut | Klizan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 |
| Pts | 72-56 | 60-40 |
| Total Points | 128 | 100 |
| Winners | 20 | 16 |
| %Winners | 28% | 27% |
Both Mikrut and Klizan played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mikrut and Klizan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mikrut played 5 games more than Klizan. Luka scored 20 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Klizan fired 16 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mikrut | Klizan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 22/62 | 25/50 |
| %1st in | 35% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 16/25 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 14/40 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 52% |
Mikrut bagged 3 aces . Klizan fired 3 aces . Mikrut won 91% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Klizan won 64% 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 | Mikrut | Klizan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 33% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Mikrut broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Luka dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Klizan conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mikrut | |||
| Q1 Castagnola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 72-56 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 22/62 | 22/62 | |
| % 1st in | 35% | 35% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 20/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/40 | 14/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Klizan | |||
| Q1 Brancaccio | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 60-40 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 25/50 | 25/50 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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