Stefano Travaglia and Mili Poljicak will clash against each other in the quarter of the Genova Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mili Poljicak who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mili Poljicak is the pick to win this match.
Mili Poljicak -> 1.7
Stefano Travaglia -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Stefano Travaglia vs. Mili Poljicak

There is no head to head record between Stefano Travaglia and Mili Poljicak since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Stefano Travaglia

Ranked no. 214, Stefano got to the quarter after beating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6-3 6-2 and Andrea Picchione 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Travaglia had a good straight sets win against Picchione (6-4 6-4). During the match, Travaglia scored 71 points vs Picchione’s 62. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Travaglia managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefano Travaglia was very efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Stefano broke Picchione twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Stefano hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Travaglia has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (362-243). 21-20 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Travaglia has an aggregate 247-142 record in the last years on clay.

Travaglia’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Tenerife 2 Challenger.

Travaglia has a composed 28-28 win-loss record in 2024, 21-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Mili Poljicak

Ranked no. 409 (career-high), Poljicak got to the quarter after defeating Vladimir Uzhylovsky 6-4 2-1 ret., Giovanni Oradini 6-3 6-4, Andrea Pellegrino 7-5 6-2 and Martin Klizan 4-6 6-2 6-1.

In the 2^nd round against Klizan, Poljicak recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Poljicak scored 96 points vs Klizan’s 80. Poljicak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Poljicak managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mili Poljicak lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Poljicak put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (36/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Mili broke Klizan 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Croatian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Osijek,M15 Doboj,M15 Monastir,M15 Umag and M25 Maribor.

The Croatian has an overall 58-18 win-loss record in 2024, 44-12 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Genova Challenger

Mili has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Travaglia	Poljicak
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	10
Tot Games	37	77
Pts	133-104	290-233
Total Points	237	523
Winners	46	109
%Winners	35%	38%

Travaglia played 2 matches while Poljicak competed in 4 matches. Poljicak started his run from the qualifications while Travaglia had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mili Poljicak surrendered 1 set while Stefano Travaglia hasn’t lost a set so far. Travaglia has played 6 set(s) less than Poljicak (4 vs 10). Therefore, Travaglia played 40 games less than Poljicak. The Italian scored 46 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Mili recorded 109 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Travaglia	Poljicak
Aces	5	39
Avg per match	2.5	9.8
1st in	60/105	124/226
%1st in	57%	55%
1st pts	46/60	109/124
%1st pts	77%	88%
2nd pts	26/45	52/102
%2nd pts	58%	51%

Travaglia blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Poljicak scored 39 aces (9.8 per match). Travaglia won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Poljicak won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Travaglia	Poljicak
Won	8	12
Converted	8/14	12/49
% Converted	57%	24%
Conceded	6	8
Saved	4	5
% Saved	67%	63%
Times Broken	2	3

Stefano broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Stefano conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Mili broke his opponents 12 times with a 24% conversion rate. Poljicak conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Travaglia
	R1 Vincent	R2 Picchione	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	20	37
pts	62-42	71-62	133-104
Total points	104	133	237
Winners	19	27	46
%Winners	31%	38%	35%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	5
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	25/47	35/58	60/105
% 1st in	53%	60%	57%
1st pts	19/25	27/35	46/60
% 1st pts	76%	77%	77%
2nd pts	11/22	15/23	26/45
% 2nd pts	50%	65%	58%
Breaks
Won	6	2	8
Converted	6/9	2/5	8/14
Converted %	67%	40%	57%
Conceded	3	3	6
Saved	1/3	3/3	4
Saved %	33%	100%	67%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Poljicak
	Q1 Uzhylovsky	Q3 Oradini	R1 Pellegrino	R2 Klizan	Total
Score	6-4 2-1 ret.	6-3 6-4	7-5 6-2	4-6 6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	13	19	20	25	77
pts	45-33	69-60	80-60	96-80	290-233
Total points	78	129	140	176	523
Winners	20	29	24	36	109
%Winners	44%	42%	30%	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	9	10	10	10	39
Double Faults	1	2	2	5	10
1st in	22/33	31/68	26/54	45/71	124/226
% 1st in	67%	46%	48%	63%	55%
1st pts	20/22	29/31	24/26	36/45	109/124
% 1st pts	91%	94%	92%	80%	88%
2nd pts	8/11	16/37	15/28	13/26	52/102
% 2nd pts	73%	43%	54%	50%	51%
Breaks
Won	1	3	4	4	12
Converted	1/7	3/10	4/15	4/17	12/49
Converted %	14%	30%	27%	24%	24%
Conceded	0	4	2	2	8
Saved	0/0	3/4	1/2	1/2	5
Saved %	–	75%	50%	50%	88%
Times Broken	0	1	1	1	3

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