Damir Dzumhur and Mili Poljicak will play each other in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.45
Mili Poljicak -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Mili Poljicak
There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Mili Poljicak since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-10 | 8-5 | 7-5 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-30 | 11-13 | 28-7 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 70, the Bosnian got to the quarter after defeating Zdenek Kolar 7-6(6) 2-6 6-2 and Luka Pavlovic 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Damir had a good straight sets win against Pavlovic (6-3 6-4). During the match, Dzumhur scored 62 points vs Pavlovic’s 50. Damir was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dzumhur was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Pavlovic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Damir has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Dzumhur has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (333-270). 6-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has a composed 138-100 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Bosnian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Cap Cana Challenger.
Damir has a composed 16-9 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 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, the Croatian reached the quarter after beating Marko Topo 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-0 6-7(4) 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Mili defeated Kuzmanov (6-0 6-74 7-5). During the match Poljicak scored 110 points vs Kuzmanov’s 85. Poljicak was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Poljicak recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mili Poljicak lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Poljicak put 53% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (28/40) on the 2nd serve. Poljicak broke Kuzmanov 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mili has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Croatian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Porec.
Poljicak has an aggregate 11-7 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dzumhur | Poljicak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 63 |
| Pts | 159-136 | 212-177 |
| Total Points | 295 | 389 |
| Winners | 58 | 62 |
| %Winners | 36% | 29% |
Both Dzumhur and Poljicak played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Damir Dzumhur surrendered 1 set, while Mili Poljicak dropped 2 sets. Dzumhur has played 1 set(s) less than Poljicak (5 vs 6). Therefore, Dzumhur played 15 games less than Poljicak. Damir scored 58 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian managed to score 62 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | Poljicak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 92/147 | 94/174 |
| %1st in | 63% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 58/92 | 62/94 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 34/55 | 52/80 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 65% |
Dzumhur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Poljicak struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Dzumhur won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Poljicak won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dzumhur | Poljicak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 12 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 56% | 43% |
| Conceded | 14 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 36% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Dzumhur broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Dzumhur conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mili broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dzumhur | ||||
| R1 Kolar |
R2 Pavlovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 2-6 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 | 48 | |
| pts | 97-86 | 62-50 | 159-136 | |
| Total points | 183 | 112 | 295 | |
| Winners | 34 | 24 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 37/59 | 92/147 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/55 | 24/37 | 58/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 65% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 14/22 | 34/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 64% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/8 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 67% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Poljicak | ||||
| R1 Topo |
R2 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | 6-0 6-74 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
| pts | 102-92 | 110-85 | 212-177 | |
| Total points | 194 | 195 | 389 | |
| Winners | 33 | 29 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 26% | 29% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/89 | 45/85 | 94/174 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 29/45 | 62/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 64% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 28/40 | 52/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 70% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 7/17 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 41% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 40% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
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