Dimitar Kuzmanov and Mili Poljicak will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.61
Mili Poljicak -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Mili Poljicak
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Mili Poljicak since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
13 - 6win/loss
279
158
LWWWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-7 | 10-3 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-24 | 12-7 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 279, Kuzmanov got to the 2nd round after defeating Henri Squire 7-6(7) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Squire (7-67 6-3). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 98 points vs Squire’s 83. Dimitar was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzmanov scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 87% of his first serves in, winning 67% (44/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Dimitar broke Squire 4 times after converting 19% of his break points (4/21).
Kuzmanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (346-206). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has a composed 216-124 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Hersonissos 2 Challenger where he defeated Federico Cina in the final 6-4 6-2.
Dimitar has an aggregate 13-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Mili Poljicak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-8 | 5-3 | 5-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 63-23 | 12-7 | 48-14 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-26 | 13-8 | 11-14 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 14-18 | 0-1 | 11-14 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 295, Poljicak got to the 2nd round after beating Marko Topo 6-4 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Mili defeated Topo (6-4 4-6 7-5). During the match Poljicak scored 102 points vs Topo’s 92. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Poljicak made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mili Poljicak lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Poljicak put 55% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the 2nd serve. Mili broke Topo 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Croatian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Porec.
Poljicak has an aggregate 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021, 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Poljicak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 32 |
| Pts | 98-83 | 102-92 |
| Total Points | 181 | 194 |
| Winners | 44 | 33 |
| %Winners | 45% | 32% |
Both Kuzmanov and Poljicak played 1 match. At the moment, Mili Poljicak conceded 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 1 set(s) less than Poljicak (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 10 games less than Poljicak. Dimitar scored 44 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Mili made 33 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Poljicak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 66/76 | 49/89 |
| %1st in | 87% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 44/66 | 33/49 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 24/40 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 60% |
Kuzmanov struck 1 ace . Poljicak also managed to score 5 aces . Kuzmanov won 67% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Poljicak won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Poljicak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/21 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 19% | 45% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponent 4 times with a 19% conversion rate. Kuzmanov surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Mili broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Mili conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Squire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 98-83 | 98-83 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 66/76 | 66/76 | |
| % 1st in | 87% | 87% | |
| 1st pts | 44/66 | 44/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/21 | 4/21 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 19% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Poljicak | |||
| R1 Topo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 102-92 | 102-92 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/89 | 49/89 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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