Matteo Arnaldi and Borna Coric will square off in the 1st round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 6. 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 Matteo Arnaldi who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Matteo Arnaldi is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Arnaldi -> 1.56
Borna Coric -> 2.43

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Arnaldi vs. Borna Coric

There is no head to head record between Matteo Arnaldi and Borna Coric since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Matteo Arnaldi

Matteo Arnaldi

8 - 9win/loss

Hard
6-6
I Hard
2-1
Clay
0-2
Rank
44
High
30
LLLWLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-9 6-6 0-2 2-1 0-0 0-0
2024 29-26 17-13 10-9 1-2 1-2 0-0
2023 51-26 21-15 23-7 4-3 3-1 0-0
2022 50-35 9-3 37-20 4-11 0-1 0-0
2021 56-24 2-1 51-18 3-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 44, Arnaldi will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Barcelona where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-2 to Korda in the 1st round on the 14th of April.

Matteo has a compiled 8-9 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Matteo’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 224-143 record. He has a positive 125-66 record on clay.

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.

Madrid
Arnaldi's Record

Borna Coric

Borna Coric

21 - 7win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
10-2
Clay
10-3
Rank
104
High
12
WWLWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-7 1-2 10-3 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. 104, Borna got to the 1st round after beating Otto Virtanen 6-7(1) 7-5 6-2 and Gabriel Diallo 6-3 7-6(6).

In the qualifications, Borna had a good straight sets win against Diallo (6-3 7-66). During the match Coric scored 74 points vs Diallo’s 69. Coric was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Coric made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Borna Coric was very effective on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Borna broke Diallo twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Raphael Collignon in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Thionville Challenger where he defeated Arthur Bouquier in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Zadar Challenger where he beat Valentin Royer in the final 3-6 6-2 6-3.

The Croatian has an overall 21-7 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

Madrid
Coric's Record

Tennis Scores in Madrid

  • Harold MayotMayotCorentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Christopher O ConnellO ConnellCamilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Federico CinaCinaChak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-65 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Laslo DjereDjereFabio FogniniFognini (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Sebastian OfnerOfnerHugo GastonGaston (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Benjamin BonziBonziMarin CilicCilic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Arthur RinderknechRinderknechRoman SafiullinSafiullin (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Ethan QuinnQuinnDusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Mariano NavoneNavoneGiovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Nuno BorgesBorgesPablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-77 7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Roberto Bautista AgutRobertoJaume Antoni Munar ClarJaume (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
  • Francisco ComesanaFranciscoPedro Martinez PorteroPedro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

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