Borna Coric and Milos Karol will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.25
Milos Karol -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Milos Karol

There is no head to head record between Borna Coric and Milos Karol since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Borna Coric

Borna Coric

21 - 25win/loss

Hard
8-13
I Hard
9-4
Clay
3-7
Grass
1-1
Rank
97
High
12
WLWLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-25 8-13 3-7 9-4 1-1 0-0
2023 22-19 10-10 9-5 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 27-17 10-5 10-9 7-3 0-0 0-0
2021 6-3 3-2 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0
2020 16-12 6-5 4-4 6-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 97, Coric got to the 2nd round after defeating August Holmgren 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round against Holmgren, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 6-3 6-4). During the match, Coric scored 106 points vs Holmgren’s 99. Coric was exceptionally aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Talking about the service games, Coric recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Borna Coric conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 10 break points. Furthermore, Coric put 61% of his first serves in, winning 87% (54/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Borna broke Holmgren twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Coric has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (245-202). 9-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Coric has an aggregate 45-35 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Coric’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Neuve Challenger and Montpellier.

Borna has a compiled 21-25 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Coric has never competed in this tournament before.

Lyon Challenger
Coric's Record

Milos Karol

Milos Karol

52 - 28win/loss

Hard
8-5
I Hard
23-5
Clay
21-17
Carpet
0-1
Rank
439
High
439
WWWLWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 52-28 8-5 21-17 23-5 0-0 0-1
2023 28-27 3-2 11-13 13-11 0-0 1-1
2022 6-24 3-5 1-15 2-4 0-0 0-0
2021 22-18 0-0 10-11 10-6 0-0 2-1
2020 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 439 (career-high), Karol reached the 2nd round after beating Ricardas Berankis 6-4 6-4, Kilian Feldbausch 5-7 7-6(2) 6-3 and Stefano Travaglia 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round, Karol had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (7-5 6-3). During the match Karol scored 79 points vs Travaglia’s 65. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Karol struck 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Milos Karol lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Karol put 63% of his first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Milos broke Travaglia 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Milos’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Vienna,M15 Pardubice,M15 Trnava and M25 Trnava.

The Slovakian has an overall 52-28 win-loss record in 2024, 23-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Lyon Challenger
Karol's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Coric
M.Karol
2h:29
2h:29
Time on court​
!
4h:57
4h:57
!
2h:29
2h:29
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
32
32
Games Played​
75
75
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
106
106
Total points​
265
265
106
106
Avg point​
88.3
88.3
54
54
Winners
121
121
54
54
Avg Winners​
40.3
40.3
51%
51%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
28
28
6
6
Avg Aces
9.3
9.3
3
3
Double Faults
12
12
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4
4
54/62
54/62
1st won total​
121/158
121/158
!
87%
87%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
19/39
19/39
2nd won total​
35/79
35/79
49%
49%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
2/10
2/10
BP won
12/33
12/33
2/10
2/10
Avg BP won
4/11
4/11
!
20%
20%
Won
36%
36%
10
10
Conceded
24
24
10
10
Avg Conceded
8
8
0
0
Broken
7
7
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
10
10
Saved
17
17

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Coric Karol
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 7
Tot Games 32 75
Pts 106-99 265-225
Total Points 205 490
Winners 54 121
%Winners 51% 46%

Coric played 1 match while Karol competed in 3 matches. Karol started his run from the qualifications while Coric had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Borna Coric surrendered 1 set, while Milos Karol conceded 1 set. Coric has played 4 set(s) less than Karol (3 vs 7). Therefore, Coric played 43 games less than Karol. The Croatian scored 54 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Milos managed to score 121 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Coric Karol
Aces 6 28
Avg per match 6 9.3
1st in 62/101 158/237
%1st in 61% 67%
1st pts 54/62 121/158
%1st pts 87% 77%
2nd pts 19/39 35/79
%2nd pts 49% 44%

Coric struck 6 aces . Karol recorded 28 aces (9.3 per match). Coric won 87% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Karol won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Coric Karol
Won 2 12
Converted 2/10 12/33
% Converted 20% 36%
Conceded 10 24
Saved 10 17
% Saved 100% 71%
Times Broken 0 7

The Croatian broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Coric quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 10 break points. The Slovakian broke his opponents 12 times with a 36% conversion rate. Karol conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Coric
R1
Holmgren
Total
Score 6-71 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 106-99 106-99
Total points 205 205
Winners 54 54
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 62/101 62/101
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 54/62 54/62
% 1st pts 87% 87%
2nd pts 19/39 19/39
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/10 2/10
Converted % 20% 20%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 10/10 10
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Karol
Q1
Berankis
Q3
Feldbausch
R1
Travaglia
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 5-7 7-62 6-3 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 20 34 21 75
pts 62-44 124-116 79-65 265-225
Total points 106 240 144 490
Winners 31 56 34 121
%Winners 50% 45% 43% 46%
SERVE
Aces 10 8 10 28
Double Faults 2 6 4 12
1st in 36/48 80/122 42/67 158/237
% 1st in 75% 66% 63% 67%
1st pts 31/36 56/80 34/42 121/158
% 1st pts 86% 70% 81% 77%
2nd pts 10/12 15/42 10/25 35/79
% 2nd pts 83% 36% 40% 44%
Breaks
Won 2 6 4 12
Converted 2/4 6/17 4/12 12/33
Converted % 50% 35% 33% 36%
Conceded 2 14 8 24
Saved 2/2 9/14 6/8 17
Saved % 100% 64% 75% 239%
Times Broken 0 5 2 7

Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger

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