Luka Mikrut and Jacopo Berrettini will face off in the qualifications of the Trieste Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT GIORGI. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luka Mikrut who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luka Mikrut is the pick to win this match.
Luka Mikrut -> 1.55
Jacopo Berrettini -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Luka Mikrut vs. Jacopo Berrettini
There is no head to head record between Luka Mikrut and Jacopo Berrettini since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Luka Mikrut
27 - 17win/loss
393
345
LWLLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-25 | 5-4 | 31-19 | 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. 359, Luka reached the qualifications after defeating Nikolay Vylegzhanin 6-0 6-2 and Jacopo Berrettini .
In the qualifications, Mikrut had a good straight sets win against Vylegzhanin (6-0 6-2). During the match, Mikrut scored 53 points vs Vylegzhanin’s 29. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mikrut scored 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luka Mikrut lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mikrut put 53% of his first serves in, winning 85% (17/20) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Luka broke Vylegzhanin 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Mikrut has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 58% of his matches (76-55). 23-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mikrut has an aggregate58-45 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
Luka’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Manacor,M15 Split,M15 Bol and the Zagreb Challenger.
The Croatian has a compiled 27-16 win-loss record in 2024, 23-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Trieste Challenger
Mikrut has never competed in this tournament before.
Jacopo Berrettini
19 - 15win/loss
326
326
LWLLWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-25 | 3-7 | 29-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-14 | 8-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-12 | 5-4 | 4-3 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-27 | 6-5 | 17-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-13 | 11-9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 495, Jacopo got to the qualifications after beating Pietro Pampanin 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Jacopo had a good straight sets win against Pampanin (6-2 6-4). During the match Berrettini scored 59 points vs Pampanin’s 41. Jacopo was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Berrettini made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jacopo Berrettini was quite effective on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Pampanin 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Jacopo’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Francavilla Challenger.
The Italian has an aggregate 18-15 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mikrut | Berrettini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 |
| Pts | 53-29 | 59-41 |
| Total Points | 82 | 100 |
| Winners | 17 | 18 |
| %Winners | 32% | 31% |
Both Mikrut and Berrettini played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mikrut and Berrettini have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mikrut played 4 games less than Berrettini. Mikrut scored 17 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 18 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mikrut | Berrettini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 20/38 | 25/51 |
| %1st in | 53% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 18/25 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 18/26 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 69% |
Mikrut fired 5 aces . Berrettini made 3 aces . Mikrut won 85% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Berrettini won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mikrut | Berrettini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 75% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Mikrut broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Mikrut surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mikrut | |||
| Q1 Vylegzhanin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-29 | 53-29 | |
| Total points | 82 | 82 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 17/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Berrettini | |||
| Q1 Pampanin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-41 | 59-41 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/51 | 25/51 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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