Damir Dzumhur and Luka Pavlovic will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Zadar Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.44
Luka Pavlovic -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Luka Pavlovic

There is no head to head record

between Damir Dzumhur and Luka Pavlovic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 70, Dzumhur got to the 2^nd round after beating Zdenek Kolar 7-6(6) 2-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Damir defeated Kolar (7-6⁶ 2-6 6-2). During the match, Dzumhur scored 97 points vs Kolar’s 86. Dzumhur was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dzumhur wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (34/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Damir broke Kolar 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Dzumhur has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (332-270). 5-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dzumhur has an aggregate 137-100 match record in the last years on clay.

Damir’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Cap Cana Challenger.

Damir has an overall 15-9 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Luka Pavlovic

Ranked no. 312 (career-high), the French player got to the 2^nd round after defeating Antonio Voljavec 6-3 6-2, Josip Simundza 6-2 6-2 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Luka had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-1 7-5). During the match Pavlovic scored 70 points vs Blancaneaux’s 57. Pavlovic was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Pavlovic bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luka Pavlovic lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Pavlovic put 50% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Blancaneaux 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

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

Luka has a composed 12-3 win-loss record in 2025, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dzumhur	Pavlovic
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	29	52
Pts	97-86	194-136
Total Points	183	330
Winners	34	73
%Winners	35%	38%

Dzumhur played 1 match while Pavlovic competed in 3 matches. Pavlovic started his run from the qualifications while Dzumhur had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Damir Dzumhur conceded 1 set while Luka Pavlovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Dzumhur has played 3 set(s) less than Pavlovic (3 vs 6). Therefore, Dzumhur played 23 games less than Pavlovic. Damir scored 34 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Luka managed to score 73 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dzumhur	Pavlovic
Aces	0	18
Avg per match	0	6
1st in	55/88	93/162
%1st in	63%	57%
1st pts	34/55	73/93
%1st pts	62%	78%
2nd pts	20/33	38/69
%2nd pts	61%	55%

Dzumhur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pavlovic scored 18 aces (6 per match). Dzumhur won 62% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Pavlovic won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dzumhur	Pavlovic
Won	5	13
Converted	5/8	13/24
% Converted	63%	54%
Conceded	8	12
Saved	3	10
% Saved	38%	83%
Times Broken	5	2

Damir broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Dzumhur lost his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Pavlovic broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Dzumhur
	R1 Kolar	Total
Score	7-66 2-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	97-86	97-86
Total points	183	183
Winners	34	34
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	55/88	55/88
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	34/55	34/55
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	20/33	20/33
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	3/8	3
Saved %	38%	38%
Times Broken	5	5

Pavlovic
	Q1 Voljavec	Q3 Simundza	R1 Blancaneaux	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-2 6-2	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	16	19	52
pts	64-44	60-35	70-57	194-136
Total points	108	95	127	330
Winners	25	23	25	73
%Winners	39%	38%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	10	4	18
Double Faults	1	2	2	5
1st in	33/54	27/42	33/66	93/162
% 1st in	61%	64%	50%	57%
1st pts	25/33	23/27	25/33	73/93
% 1st pts	76%	85%	76%	78%
2nd pts	12/21	10/15	16/33	38/69
% 2nd pts	57%	67%	48%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	13
Converted	4/4	4/10	5/10	13/24
Converted %	100%	40%	50%	54%
Conceded	5	0	7	12
Saved	4/5	0/0	6/7	10
Saved %	80%	–	86%	166%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2

Tennis Scores in Zadar Challenger

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• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nerman FaticFatic – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Valentin RoyerValentin – Dino PrizmicDino (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Borna CoricCoric – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Nerman FaticFatic (1-0) – H2H and prediction