Luka Pavlovic and Gonzalo Bueno will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luka Pavlovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luka Pavlovic is the pick to win this match.
Luka Pavlovic -> 1.83
Gonzalo Bueno -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Luka Pavlovic vs. Gonzalo Bueno

This will be the 2^nd time that Luka Pavlovic and Gonzalo Bueno square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bueno (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Bueno won 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in M15 Novi Sad back in 2022.

Luka Pavlovic

Ranked no. 238, Pavlovic reached the 2^nd round after beating Neil Oberleitner 7-6(5) 7-6(3) and Gauthier Onclin 1-6 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Onclin, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-4).During the match, Pavlovic scored less points (1) than Onclin. In fact, the world no. 238 won 80 points vs Onclin’s. That means that Pavlovic was more focused during the important points. Luka was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pavlovic struck 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luka Pavlovic lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Pavlovic put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Onclin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Pavlovic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (215-134). 17-8 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pavlovic has a compiled 197-110 match record in the last years on clay.

The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in the Mexico City Challenger.

Pavlovic has a compiled 17-8 win-loss record in 2025, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zagreb Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Gonzalo Bueno

Ranked no. 327, Bueno got to the 2^nd round after defeating Adrian Mannarino 6-2 6-7(9) 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Gonzalo defeated Mannarino (6-2 6-7⁹ 6-3). During the match Bueno scored 113 points vs Mannarino’s 97. The Peruvian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Bueno was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gonzalo Bueno lost the serve 4 times and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Bueno put 72% of his first serves in, winning 59% (44/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Mannarino 8 times after converting 53% of his break points (8/15).

Bueno’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Buenos Aires Challenger.

The Peruvian has a compiled 13-10 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pavlovic	Bueno
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	30
Pts	80-81	113-97
Total Points	161	210
Winners	32	44
%Winners	40%	39%

Both Pavlovic and Bueno played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Luka Pavlovic surrendered 1 set, while Gonzalo Bueno surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Pavlovic and Bueno have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Pavlovic played 5 games less than Bueno. The French player scored 32 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo struck 44 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pavlovic	Bueno
Aces	11	0
Avg per match	11	0
1st in	42/75	74/103
%1st in	56%	72%
1st pts	32/42	44/74
%1st pts	76%	59%
2nd pts	16/33	13/29
%2nd pts	48%	45%

Pavlovic fired 11 aces . Bueno didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pavlovic won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Bueno won 59% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pavlovic	Bueno
Won	3	8
Converted	3/7	8/15
% Converted	43%	53%
Conceded	6	18
Saved	4	14
% Saved	67%	78%
Times Broken	2	4

Luka broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Luka conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Peruvian broke his opponent 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Gonzalo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Pavlovic
	Q3 Oberleitner	R1 Onclin	Total
Score	7-65 7-63	1-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	26	25	51
pts	–	80-81	80-81
Total points	0	161	161
Winners		32	32
%Winners	0%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	0	11	11
Double Faults		3	3
1st in	/	42/75	42/75
% 1st in	0%	56%	56%
1st pts	/	32/42	32/42
% 1st pts	0%	76%	76%
2nd pts	/	16/33	16/33
% 2nd pts	0%	48%	48%
Breaks
Won		3	3
Converted	/	3/7	3/7
Converted %	0%	43%	43%
Conceded		6	6
Saved	0/	4/6	4
Saved %	–	67%	34%
Times Broken		2	2

Bueno
	R1 Mannarino	Total
Score	6-2 6-79 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	113-97	113-97
Total points	210	210
Winners	44	44
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	74/103	74/103
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	44/74	44/74
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	13/29	13/29
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/15	8/15
Converted %	53%	53%
Conceded	18	18
Saved	14/18	14
Saved %	78%	39%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger

• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Milos KarolKarol – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Nerman FaticFatic (4-6 6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-2 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Mirza BasicBasic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-5 6-7³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Max HoukesHoukes (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-7⁹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (7-6³ 6-0) – See score progression
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Nerman FaticFatic (4-6 6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos KarolKarol – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Mirza BasicBasic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-2 4-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Facundo MenaMena – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Filip MisolicMisolic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction