H2H, prediction of Filip Cristian Jianu vs Mirza Basic in Zadar Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th March 2025

PREVIEW. Zadar Challenger. Cristian Jianu and Basic will face off in the 1st round of the Zadar Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Tuesday the 18th of March

Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Mirza Basic

Filip Cristian Jianu and Mirza Basic will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Cristian Jianu who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Filip Cristian Jianu is the pick to win this match.
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 1.64
Mirza Basic -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Mirza Basic

There is no head to head record between Filip Cristian Jianu and Mirza Basic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Filip Cristian Jianu

Filip Cristian Jianu
Filip Cristian Jianu

4 - 10win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
0-3
Clay
2-2
Rank
241
High
211
LWWLLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-11 2-5 4-3 0-3 0-0 0-0
2024 70-34 0-0 70-33 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 52-35 2-2 44-29 6-4 0-0 0-0
2022 32-38 3-9 22-20 7-9 0-0 0-0
2021 50-39 7-5 41-28 2-4 0-1 0-1

Ranked no. 241, the Romanian will start his run in the Zadar Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 2 Challenger where he lost 6-2 3-6 6-2 to Michalski in the 1st round on the 4th of March.

The Romanian has an overall 4-10 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Cristian Jianu has an overall 288-205 record. He has a positive 243-148 record on clay.

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Cristian Jianu
Zadar Challenger
Cristian Jianu's Record

Mirza Basic

Mirza Basic
Mirza Basic

13 - 5win/loss

Clay
13-4
Rank
518
High
74
LWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-6 0-0 13-5 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. 518, the Bosnian got to the 1st round after beating Martin Klizan 3-6 6-3 3-0 ret. and Michael Vrbensky 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Basic had a good straight sets win against Vrbensky (6-3 6-1). During the match Basic scored 58 points vs Vrbensky’s 40. Mirza was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Basic fired 4 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mirza Basic lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Basic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 63% (19/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. Mirza broke Vrbensky 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Mirza’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.

Mirza has a composed 13-5 win-loss record in 2025, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Basic
Zadar Challenger
Basic's Record
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Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Cristian Jianu
LWWLLWWLWL
Basic
LWWLWWLWWW
2025 2024 2023
6 - 9
13 - 5
2-5
Hard
0-0
4-3
Clay
13-5

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