Mili Poljicak and Maxim Mrva will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Barletta Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mili Poljicak who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mili Poljicak is the pick to win this match.
Mili Poljicak -> 1.36
Maxim Mrva -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Mili Poljicak vs. Maxim Mrva

There is no head to head record between Mili Poljicak and Maxim Mrva since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mili Poljicak

Ranked no. 280 (career-high), Poljicak reached the 2^nd round after defeating Gregoire Barrere 2-6 6-0 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Barrere, Mili recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-0 6-3). During the match, Poljicak scored 82 points vs Barrere’s 64. Mili was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Poljicak recorded 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mili Poljicak lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Poljicak put 54% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Poljicak broke Barrere 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Poljicak has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (118-83). 6-2 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Poljicak has an overall81-52 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

Poljicak’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Porec.

The Croatian has an overall 12-8 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barletta Challenger

Mili has never competed in this tournament before.

Maxim Mrva

Ranked no. 758 (career-high), Maxim got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 7-5 2-6 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Mrva defeated Kirkin (7-5 2-6 7-5). During the match Mrva scored 114 points vs Kirkin’s 110. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Mrva scored 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Maxim Mrva lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Mrva put 59% of his first serves in, winning 62% (41/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Kirkin 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Mrva’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

Maxim has an overall 10-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Poljicak	Mrva
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	23	32
Pts	82-64	114-110
Total Points	146	224
Winners	35	41
%Winners	43%	36%

Both Poljicak and Mrva played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Mili Poljicak dropped 1 set, while Maxim Mrva surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Poljicak and Mrva have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Poljicak played 9 games less than Mrva. The Croatian scored 35 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech recorded 41 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Poljicak	Mrva
Aces	11	5
Avg per match	11	5
1st in	44/81	66/112
%1st in	54%	59%
1st pts	35/44	41/66
%1st pts	80%	62%
2nd pts	18/37	24/46
%2nd pts	49%	52%

Poljicak fired 11 aces . Mrva struck 5 aces . Poljicak won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Mrva won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Poljicak	Mrva
Won	4	5
Converted	4/9	5/10
% Converted	44%	50%
Conceded	11	12
Saved	9	7
% Saved	82%	58%
Times Broken	2	5

The Croatian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Poljicak dropped his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Mrva broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mrva conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Poljicak
	R1 Barrere	Total
Score	2-6 6-0 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	23	23
pts	82-64	82-64
Total points	146	146
Winners	35	35
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	44/81	44/81
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	35/44	35/44
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	18/37	18/37
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	9/11	9
Saved %	82%	82%
Times Broken	2	2

Mrva
	R1 Kirkin	Total
Score	7-5 2-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	114-110	114-110
Total points	224	224
Winners	41	41
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	66/112	66/112
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	41/66	41/66
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	24/46	24/46
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	7/12	7
Saved %	58%	58%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger

• Alexander Merino/Christoph NegrituMerino/Christoph Negritu – Franco Agamenone/Mircea-Alexandru JecanAgamenone/Mircea-Alexandru Jecan (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Lilian MarmousezMarmousez – Pierluigi BasileBasile (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Tiago PereiraPereira – Mees RottgeringRottgering (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Jacopo VasamiVasami (6-3 1-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko (2-6 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Maxim MrvaMrva – Ergi KirkinKirkin (7-5 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (2-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Robin BertrandBertrand – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (2-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-1 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Simone Agostini/Gianluca CadenassoAgostini/Gianluca Cadenasso – Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov (0-6 6-4 10-8) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Paul JubbJubb (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lilian MarmousezMarmousez – Pierluigi BasileBasile (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniel EvansEvans – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Khumoun SultanovSultanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Lilian MarmousezMarmousez (0-0) – H2H and prediction