Matej Dodig and Maxim Mrva will fight against each other in the quarter of the Barletta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 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 Matej Dodig who should win in 3 sets.
Matej Dodig -> 1.84
Maxim Mrva -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Maxim Mrva
There is no head to head record between Matej Dodig and Maxim Mrva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Matej Dodig
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-26 | 14-5 | 30-20 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 320, Matej got to the quarter after beating Marco Cecchinato 6-1 1-6 6-3 and Khumoun Sultanov 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Dodig had a good straight sets win against Sultanov (6-4 6-3). During the match, Dodig scored 58 points vs Sultanov’s 48. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dodig scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Matej Dodig lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Sultanov 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dodig has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Dodig has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 65% of his matches (93-49). 4-3 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dodig has an overall72-35 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.
Dodig has a compiled 4-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Maxim Mrva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-3 | 8-3 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-8 | 2-3 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 758 (career-high), Mrva reached the quarter after beating Ergi Kirkin 7-5 2-6 7-5 and Mili Poljicak 6-0 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Mrva had a good straight sets win against Poljicak (6-0 7-5). During the match Mrva scored 71 points vs Poljicak’s 51. Maxim was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.
About the serving games, Mrva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Maxim Mrva lost the serve once. Furthermore, Mrva put 42% of his first serves in, winning 60% (15/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the 2nd serve. Mrva broke Poljicak 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Czech’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
The Czech has a compiled 11-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dodig | Mrva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 50 |
| Pts | 125-109 | 185-161 |
| Total Points | 234 | 346 |
| Winners | 52 | 56 |
| %Winners | 42% | 30% |
Both Dodig and Mrva played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Matej Dodig lost 1 set, while Maxim Mrva lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Dodig and Mrva have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Dodig played 8 games less than Mrva. Dodig scored 52 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech managed to score 56 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dodig | Mrva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 76/123 | 91/172 |
| %1st in | 62% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 52/76 | 56/91 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 27/47 | 47/81 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 58% |
Dodig recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Mrva made 6 aces (3 per match). Dodig won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% 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 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dodig | Mrva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/12 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 75% | 48% |
| Conceded | 10 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Dodig broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mrva broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Mrva conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dodig | ||||
| R1 Cecchinato | R2 Sultanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 67-61 | 58-48 | 125-109 | |
| Total points | 128 | 106 | 234 | |
| Winners | 29 | 23 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 40/74 | 36/49 | 76/123 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 73% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 23/36 | 52/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 64% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 9/13 | 27/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 69% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/7 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 71% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 60% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mrva | ||||
| R1 Kirkin | R2 Poljicak | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 7-5 | 6-0 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 18 | 50 | |
| pts | 114-110 | 71-51 | 185-161 | |
| Total points | 224 | 122 | 346 | |
| Winners | 41 | 15 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 21% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 66/112 | 25/60 | 91/172 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 42% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 41/66 | 15/25 | 56/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 60% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/46 | 23/35 | 47/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 66% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/11 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 0% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
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