Luka Pavlovic

and Josip Simundza will face off in the qualifications of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luka Pavlovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luka Pavlovic is the pick to win this match.
Luka Pavlovic -> 1.19
Josip Simundza -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Luka Pavlovic vs. Josip Simundza

This will be the 2nd time that Luka Pavlovic and Josip Simundza face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pavlovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Pavlovic won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in M15 Rovinj back in 2024.

Luka Pavlovic

Luka Pavlovic

10 - 3win/loss

Clay
10-3
Rank
220
High
184
LLWLWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-23 1-2 30-19 0-1 2-1 0-0
2024 44-18 0-0 42-16 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 39-12 0-1 38-10 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 11-12 3-2 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 16-14 1-1 15-13 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 346 (career-high), Pavlovic reached the qualifications after beating Antonio Voljavec 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Voljavec (6-3 6-2). During the match, Pavlovic scored 64 points vs Voljavec’s 44. Pavlovic was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pavlovic fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Luka Pavlovic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Voljavec 4 times.

Pavlovic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (208-129). 10-3 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pavlovic has a compiled 190-105 record in the last years on clay.

Pavlovic’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Kigali 2 Challenger.

Pavlovic has a composed 10-3 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Pavlovic has never competed in this tournament before.

Zadar Challenger
Pavlovic's Record

Josip Simundza

Josip Simundza

9 - 8win/loss

Clay
9-8
Rank
732
High
725
LWLWLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-26 3-3 26-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 24-23 4-5 19-16 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 18-19 3-3 15-16 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 8-13 0-0 8-13 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 896 (career-high), Simundza reached the qualifications after beating Marco Cecchinato 4-6 7-5 6-1.

In the qualifications against Cecchinato, Simundza recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match Simundza scored 108 points vs Cecchinato’s 81. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Simundza made 6 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Josip Simundza was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Croatian broke Cecchinato 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Josip has an aggregate 9-8 win-loss record in 2025, 9-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2024. See his history.

Zadar Challenger
Simundza's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Pavlovic
J.Simundza
1h:09
1h:09
Time on court​
!
2h:08
2h:08
1h:09
1h:09
Last match​
!
2h:08
2h:08
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
29
29
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
64
64
Total points​
108
108
64
64
Avg point​
108
108
25
25
Winners
37
37
25
25
Avg Winners​
37
37
39%
39%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
6
6
4
4
Avg Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0
0
25/33
25/33
1st won total​
37/52
37/52
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
12/21
12/21
2nd won total​
20/34
20/34
57%
57%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
4/4
4/4
BP won
6/13
6/13
4/4
4/4
Avg BP won
6/13
6/13
!
100%
100%
Won
46%
46%
5
5
Conceded
9
9
5
5
Avg Conceded
9
9
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
4
4
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pavlovic Simundza
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 17 29
Pts 64-44 108-81
Total Points 108 189
Winners 25 37
%Winners 39% 34%

Both Pavlovic and Simundza played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Josip Simundza conceded 1 set while Luka Pavlovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pavlovic has played 1 set(s) less than Simundza (2 vs 3). Therefore, Pavlovic played 12 games less than Simundza. Luka scored 25 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian blasted 37 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pavlovic Simundza
Aces 4 6
Avg per match 4 6
1st in 33/54 52/86
%1st in 61% 60%
1st pts 25/33 37/52
%1st pts 76% 71%
2nd pts 12/21 20/34
%2nd pts 57% 59%

Pavlovic bagged 4 aces . Simundza made 6 aces . Pavlovic won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Simundza won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pavlovic Simundza
Won 4 6
Converted 4/4 6/13
% Converted 100% 46%
Conceded 5 9
Saved 4 6
% Saved 80% 67%
Times Broken 1 3

Luka broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Simundza broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Simundza conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Pavlovic
Q1
Voljavec
Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 64-44 64-44
Total points 108 108
Winners 25 25
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 33/54 33/54
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 25/33 25/33
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 12/21 12/21
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 4/4
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Simundza
Q1
Cecchinato
Total
Score 4-6 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 108-81 108-81
Total points 189 189
Winners 37 37
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 52/86 52/86
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 37/52 37/52
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 20/34 20/34
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/13 6/13
Converted % 46% 46%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 6/9 6
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 3 3

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