Dalibor Svrcina and Michael Geerts will clash against each other in the quarter of the Barletta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dalibor Svrcina is the pick to win this match.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.39
Michael Geerts -> 2.81
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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Michael Geerts
This will be the 2nd time that Dalibor Svrcina and Michael Geerts square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Geerts (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Geerts won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 1st round in the Maspalomas Challenger back in 2022.
Dalibor Svrcina
19 - 8win/loss
128
128
LWWWWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-9 | 14-5 | 11-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-27 | 29-13 | 9-12 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 7-10 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 8-9 | 18-14 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-17 | 8-3 | 25-13 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 154 (career-high), Svrcina reached the quarter after beating Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 6-4 and Lilian Marmousez w/o.
In the 2nd round, Svrcina defeated Marmousez (w/o). During the match, Svrcina and Marmousez scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 154 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Dalibor was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Svrcina wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Dalibor Svrcina conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Svrcina has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (179-128). 5-2 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Svrcina has an overall89-70 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Pune Challenger where he overcame Brandon Holt in the final 7-6(3) 6-1.
The Czech has an overall 19-8 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Michael Geerts
13 - 10win/loss
290
212
LWWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-13 | 11-7 | 4-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-37 | 18-11 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 302, Michael got to the quarter after defeating Paul Jubb 6-2 6-1 and Robin Bertrand 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Bertrand (6-1 6-1). During the match Geerts scored 58 points vs Bertrand’s 32. Geerts was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Geerts wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Geerts was very efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Bertrand 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Michael hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 65% of the points he played.
The Belgian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Loule.
Michael has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svrcina | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 |
| Pts | 73-58 | 116-63 |
| Total Points | 131 | 179 |
| Winners | 26 | 40 |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% |
Svrcina played 1 match while Geerts competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Svrcina has played 2 set(s) less than Geerts (2 vs 4). Therefore, Svrcina played 10 games less than Geerts. The Czech scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian managed to score 40 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svrcina | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 49/84 |
| %1st in | 69% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | 40/49 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 24/35 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 69% |
Svrcina didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Geerts blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Svrcina won 65% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svrcina | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 56% | 64% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Dalibor broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Svrcina lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Michael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Svrcina | ||||
| R1 Giustino |
R2 Marmousez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | – | 19 | |
| pts | 73-58 | – | 73-58 | |
| Total points | 131 | – | 131 | |
| Winners | 26 | – | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | – | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | – | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | – | 40/58 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | – | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | – | 26/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | – | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | – | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | – | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | – | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | – | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | – | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | – | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Geerts | ||||
| R1 Jubb |
R2 Bertrand |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 14 | 29 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 58-32 | 116-63 | |
| Total points | 89 | 90 | 179 | |
| Winners | 17 | 23 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 40% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 20/40 | 29/44 | 49/84 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 66% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 23/29 | 40/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 79% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/20 | 8/15 | 24/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 53% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/6 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 83% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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