Michael Vrbensky and Mirza Basic will play each other in the qualifications of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mirza Basic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mirza Basic is the pick to win this match.
Mirza Basic -> 1.68
Michael Vrbensky -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Michael Vrbensky vs. Mirza Basic
There is no head to head record between Michael Vrbensky and Mirza Basic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Michael Vrbensky
3 - 7win/loss
406
277
WLWLLLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 4-4 | 32-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-28 | 11-6 | 44-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-27 | 7-3 | 37-16 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 17-24 | 2-1 | 14-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 385, the Czech got to the qualifications after defeating Matteo Fondriest 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Michael had a good straight sets win against Fondriest (6-4 7-5). During the match, Vrbensky scored 76 points vs Fondriest’s 69. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vrbensky made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 62% of his first serves in, winning 57% (31/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. The Czech was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Fondriest 5 times.
Vrbensky has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (288-188). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vrbensky has a composed207-122 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Michael has a compiled 3-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Mirza Basic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-23 | 4-7 | 21-13 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-19 | 0-1 | 23-12 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 17-29 | 1-6 | 6-11 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 37-27 | 9-7 | 17-13 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 543, the Bosnian reached the qualifications after beating Martin Klizan 3-6 6-3 3-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Klizan, Mirza had a free pass after Klizan retired on a 3-6 6-3 3-0 . scoreline.
Basic’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
The Bosnian has a composed 12-5 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vrbensky | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 |
| Pts | 76-69 | 75-71 |
| Total Points | 145 | 146 |
| Winners | 31 | 28 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Vrbensky and Basic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mirza Basic lost 1 set while Michael Vrbensky hasn’t conceded a set so far. Vrbensky has played 2 set(s) less than Basic (2 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Vrbensky played 1 game more than Basic. The Czech scored 31 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Mirza blasted 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vrbensky | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 54/87 | 45/66 |
| %1st in | 62% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 31/54 | 28/45 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 9/21 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 43% |
Vrbensky managed to score 2 aces . Basic made 5 aces . Vrbensky won 57% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Basic won 62% 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 | Vrbensky | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Michael broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Michael lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Basic broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mirza conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vrbensky | |||
| Q1 Fondriest |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-69 | 76-69 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/87 | 54/87 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/54 | 31/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Basic | |||
| Q1 Klizan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-71 | 75-71 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/66 | 45/66 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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