Dalibor Svrcina and Radu Mihai Papoe will face off in the 2nd round of the Brasov Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dalibor Svrcina is the pick to win this match.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.57
Radu Mihai Papoe -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Radu Mihai Papoe

There is no head to head record between Dalibor Svrcina and Radu Mihai Papoe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Dalibor Svrcina

Dalibor Svrcina

14 - 13win/loss

Hard
6-5
I Hard
2-1
Clay
6-6
Grass
0-1
Rank
255
High
154
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-13 6-5 6-6 2-1 0-1 0-0
2023 31-31 7-10 24-20 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 28-24 8-9 18-14 1-0 1-1 0-0
2021 36-17 8-3 25-13 3-1 0-0 0-0
2020 15-10 6-3 3-5 6-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 255, Svrcina got to the 2nd round after beating Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-4 0-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Dalibor defeated Andres Burruchaga (6-4 0-6 6-3).During the match, Svrcina scored less points (8) than Andres Burruchaga. In fact, the world no. 255 won 83 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s. That means that Svrcina was more focused during the important points. Svrcina was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Svrcina fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dalibor Svrcina lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Svrcina put 70% of his first serves in, winning 57% (33/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Dalibor broke Andres Burruchaga 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Svrcina has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (134-106). 6-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Svrcina has a compiled81-62 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Dalibor’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.

The Czech has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brasov Challenger

Svrcina has never competed in this tournament before.

Brasov Challenger
Svrcina's Record

Radu Mihai Papoe

Radu Mihai Papoe

11 - 3win/loss

Clay
8-2
Rank
617
High
509
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 11-3 0-0 8-2 3-1 0-0 0-0
2023 32-8 0-0 19-6 13-2 0-0 0-0
2022 23-9 3-1 16-5 4-3 0-0 0-0
2021 16-11 2-1 11-7 3-3 0-0 0-0
2020 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 617, the Romanian got to the 2nd round after defeating Roy Stepanov 6-3 6-2, Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 4-6 4-0 ret. and Vladyslav Orlov 6-3 6-75 7-5.

In the 1st round, Mihai defeated Orlov (6-3 6-75 7-5). During the match Mihai scored 116 points vs Orlov’s 98. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Mihai scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Radu Mihai Papoe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mihai put 66% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Radu broke Orlov 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

The Romanian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Ithaca and M15 Cluj Napoca.

Mihai has a composed 11-3 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Brasov Challenger
Mihai's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Svrcina
R.Mihai Papoe
2h:09
2h:09
Time on court​
!
6h:09
6h:09
!
2h:09
2h:09
Last match​
!
3h:08
3h:08
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
25
25
Games Played​
72
72
3
3
Set played​​
9
9
83
83
Total points​
255
255
83
83
Avg point​
85
85
33
33
Winners
86
86
33
33
Avg Winners​
28.7
28.7
40%
40%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
10
10
2
2
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
33/58
33/58
1st won total​
86/126
86/126
57%
57%
1st won %
68%
68%
11/25
11/25
2nd won total​
45/70
45/70
44%
44%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
16/34
16/34
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
5.3/11.3
5.3/11.3
44%
44%
Won
47%
47%
8
8
Conceded
13
13
8
8
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
5
5
Broken
7
7
!
5
5
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
3
3
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Svrcina Mihai
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 9
Tot Games 25 72
Pts 83-91 255-192
Total Points 174 447
Winners 33 86
%Winners 40% 34%

Svrcina played 1 match while Mihai competed in 3 matches. Mihai started his run from the qualifications while Svrcina had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Dalibor Svrcina lost 1 set, while Radu Mihai Papoe surrendered 2 sets. Svrcina has played 6 set(s) less than Mihai (3 vs 9). Therefore, Svrcina played 47 games less than Mihai. Svrcina scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Mihai bagged 86 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Svrcina Mihai
Aces 2 10
Avg per match 2 3.3
1st in 58/83 126/196
%1st in 70% 64%
1st pts 33/58 86/126
%1st pts 57% 68%
2nd pts 11/25 45/70
%2nd pts 44% 64%

Svrcina struck 2 aces . Mihai struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Svrcina won 57% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Mihai won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Svrcina Mihai
Won 4 16
Converted 4/9 16/34
% Converted 44% 47%
Conceded 8 13
Saved 3 6
% Saved 38% 46%
Times Broken 5 7

The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Svrcina surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Mihai broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. Mihai conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded.

Svrcina
R1
Andres		 Total
Score 6-4 0-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 83-91 83-91
Total points 174 174
Winners 33 33
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 58/83 58/83
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 33/58 33/58
% 1st pts 57% 57%
2nd pts 11/25 11/25
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 3/8 3
Saved % 38% 38%
Times Broken 5 5
Mihai
Q1
Stepanov 		Q3
Basilashvili		 R1
Orlov 		Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-1 4-6 4-0 ret. 6-3 6-75 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 17 21 34 72
pts 63-39 76-55 116-98 255-192
Total points 102 131 214 447
Winners 25 18 43 86
%Winners 40% 24% 37% 34%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 8 10
Double Faults 0 1 3 4
1st in 34/49 27/49 65/98 126/196
% 1st in 69% 55% 66% 64%
1st pts 25/34 18/27 43/65 86/126
% 1st pts 74% 67% 66% 68%
2nd pts 10/15 16/22 19/33 45/70
% 2nd pts 67% 73% 58% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 6 6 16
Converted 4/8 6/13 6/13 16/34
Converted % 50% 46% 46% 47%
Conceded 2 3 8 13
Saved 1/2 1/3 4/8 6
Saved % 50% 33% 50% 133%
Times Broken 1 2 4 7

Tennis Scores in Brasov Challenger

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