Luka Mikrut and Marcello Serafini will face off in the qualifications of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on SERENA MANIVA CENTER. 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 Marcello Serafini who should win in 3 sets.
Marcello Serafini -> 1.85
Luka Mikrut -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Luka Mikrut vs. Marcello Serafini
There is no head to head record between Luka Mikrut and Marcello Serafini since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Luka Mikrut
29 - 18win/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. 351, Mikrut got to the qualifications after defeating Neil Oberleitner 5-7 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Oberleitner, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match, Mikrut scored 94 points vs Oberleitner’s 87. Luka was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mikrut scored 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Luka Mikrut lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mikrut put 46% of his first serves in, winning 83% (34/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. Mikrut broke Oberleitner 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Mikrut has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 57% of his matches (77-57). 24-14 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mikrut has an aggregate59-47 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Mikrut’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Manacor,M15 Split,M15 Bol and the Zagreb Challenger.
The Croatian has a composed 28-18 win-loss record in 2024, 24-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Mikrut has never competed in this tournament before.
Marcello Serafini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-31 | 0-0 | 19-22 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 0-2 | 30-21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 14-6 | 20-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-21 | 12-6 | 15-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 443, Marcello got to the qualifications after defeating Andrea Guerrieri 4-6 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications against Guerrieri, Marcello recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-4). During the match Serafini scored 106 points vs Guerrieri’s 97. Serafini was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Serafini made 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Marcello Serafini lost the serve 7 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Serafini put 54% of his first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (20/46) on the 2nd serve. Marcello broke Guerrieri 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Marcello has a compiled 27-23 win-loss record in 2024, 16-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mikrut | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 32 |
| Pts | 94-87 | 106-97 |
| Total Points | 181 | 203 |
| Winners | 34 | 34 |
| %Winners | 36% | 32% |
Both Mikrut and Serafini played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Luka Mikrut surrendered 1 set, while Marcello Serafini conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mikrut and Serafini have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Mikrut played 2 games less than Serafini. Mikrut scored 34 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Marcello blasted 34 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mikrut | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 41/89 | 54/100 |
| %1st in | 46% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 34/54 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 24/48 | 20/46 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 43% |
Mikrut struck 4 aces . Serafini fired 4 aces . Mikrut won 83% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Serafini won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mikrut | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 63% | 30% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The Croatian broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Croatian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Serafini broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marcello conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 30% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mikrut | |||
| Q1 Oberleitner | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 94-87 | 94-87 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 41/89 | 41/89 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 34/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/48 | 24/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Serafini | |||
| Q1 Guerrieri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 106-97 | 106-97 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 54/100 | 54/100 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/46 | 20/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/10 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 30% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
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