Damir Dzumhur and Borna Coric will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Zadar Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.44
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Borna Coric
This will be the 5th time that Damir Dzumhur and Borna Coric face off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Coric won 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Tokyo back in 2024.
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 reached the semifinal after defeating Zdenek Kolar 7-6(6) 2-6 6-2, Luka Pavlovic 6-3 6-4 and Mili Poljicak 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, Damir had a good straight sets win against Poljicak (6-2 6-2). During the match, Dzumhur scored 65 points vs Poljicak’s 41. Damir was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dzumhur couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 63% of his first serves in, winning 61% (19/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Dzumhur broke Poljicak 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Damir has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Dzumhur has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (334-270). 7-4 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has an overall 139-100 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Damir’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Cap Cana Challenger.
The Bosnian has a compiled 17-9 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Borna Coric
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-4 | 1-2 | 5-0 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-27 | 8-13 | 3-7 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 10-10 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 10-5 | 10-9 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, Borna got to the semifinal after defeating Pedro Cachin 7-5 6-1, Luka Mikrut 6-2 6-3 and Filip Cristian Jianu 7-6(2) 6-3.
In the quarter, Coric had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (7-62 6-3). During the match Coric scored 81 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 65. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Coric fired 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Borna Coric lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Coric put 70% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Coric broke Cristian Jianu 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Coric hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Lugano Challenger where he overcame Raphael Collignon in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Thionville Challenger where he overcame Arthur Bouquier in the final 6-4 6-4.
Coric has an aggregate 14-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dzumhur | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 58 |
| Pts | 224-177 | 221-157 |
| Total Points | 401 | 378 |
| Winners | 77 | 84 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Both Dzumhur and Coric played 3 matches. At the moment, Damir Dzumhur lost 1 set while Borna Coric hasn’t conceded a set so far. Dzumhur has played 1 set more than Coric (7 vs 6). Therefore, Dzumhur played 6 games more than Coric. Damir scored 77 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Borna scored 84 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 123/196 | 109/169 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 77/123 | 84/109 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 46/73 | 36/60 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 60% |
Dzumhur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Coric recorded 5 aces (1.7 per match). Dzumhur won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Coric won 77% of the points behind 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 | Dzumhur | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 13 |
| Converted | 15/27 | 13/28 |
| % Converted | 56% | 46% |
| Conceded | 18 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 4 |
The Bosnian broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Damir dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Borna broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Coric conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dzumhur | |||||
| R1 Kolar |
R2 Pavlovic |
1/4 Poljicak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 2-6 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 | 16 | 64 | |
| pts | 97-86 | 62-50 | 65-41 | 224-177 | |
| Total points | 183 | 112 | 106 | 401 | |
| Winners | 34 | 24 | 19 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 29% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 37/59 | 31/49 | 123/196 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/55 | 24/37 | 19/31 | 77/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 65% | 61% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 14/22 | 12/18 | 46/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 64% | 67% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/8 | 6/11 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 55% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 4/6 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 67% | 50% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Coric | |||||
| R1 Cachin |
R2 Mikrut |
1/4 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 22 | 58 | |
| pts | 76-49 | 64-43 | 81-65 | 221-157 | |
| Total points | 125 | 107 | 146 | 378 | |
| Winners | 35 | 16 | 33 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 25% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 22/41 | 47/67 | 109/169 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 54% | 70% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 16/22 | 33/47 | 84/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 73% | 70% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 14/19 | 13/20 | 36/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 74% | 65% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/10 | 4/10 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 40% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 0% | 33% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Zadar Challenger
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Nerman FaticFatic (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-2 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Denys Molchanov/Mick VeldheerMolchanov/Mick Veldheer – Vit Kopriva/Daniel MichalskiKopriva/Daniel Michalski (3-6 6-3 10-5) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-2 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Nerman FaticFatic (7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Borna CoricCoric (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
