Dalibor Svrcina and Filip Cristian Jianu will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dalibor Svrcina is the pick to win this match.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.31
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Filip Cristian Jianu
This will be the 2nd time that Dalibor Svrcina and Filip Cristian Jianu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svrcina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Svrcina won 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Tampere Challenger back in 2023.
Dalibor Svrcina
15 - 6win/loss
165
154
WLWWWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-7 | 14-5 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-27 | 29-13 | 9-12 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 7-10 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 8-9 | 18-14 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-17 | 8-3 | 25-13 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, Svrcina reached the 2nd round after beating Andrej Martin 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Dalibor had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-1 6-1). During the match, Svrcina scored 59 points vs Martin’s 31. Dalibor was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svrcina scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Dalibor Svrcina was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Svrcina broke Martin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Svrcina has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (175-126). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Svrcina has an overall85-68 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Pune Challenger where he overcame Brandon Holt in the final 7-6(3) 6-1.
Dalibor has an aggregate 15-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Filip Cristian Jianu
5 - 10win/loss
241
211
WLWWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-11 | 2-5 | 5-3 | 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, Cristian reached the 2nd round after defeating Mirza Basic 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Basic (6-4 6-4). During the match Cristian scored 74 points vs Basic’s 64. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Cristian bagged 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Filip Cristian Jianu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 10 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 88% of his first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the 2nd serve. Cristian broke Basic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The Romanian has an aggregate 5-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svrcina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 20 |
| Pts | 59-31 | 74-64 |
| Total Points | 90 | 138 |
| Winners | 24 | 42 |
| %Winners | 41% | 57% |
Both Svrcina and Cristian played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Svrcina and Cristian have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Svrcina played 6 games less than Cristian. Dalibor scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Cristian managed to score 42 winners (57%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svrcina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/38 | 61/69 |
| %1st in | 79% | 88% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 42/61 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 6/8 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 75% |
Svrcina managed to score 1 ace . Cristian also fired 2 aces . Svrcina won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svrcina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Svrcina broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Svrcina pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Romanian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Cristian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 10 break points.
| Svrcina | |||
| R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 59-31 | 59-31 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cristian | |||
| R1 Basic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 74-64 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 61/69 | 61/69 | |
| % 1st in | 88% | 88% | |
| 1st pts | 42/61 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 10/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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