H2H, prediction of Dmitry Popko vs Mili Poljicak in Zagreb Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 14th May 2025

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Mili Poljicak

Dmitry Popko and Mili Poljicak will play each other in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.76
Mili Poljicak -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Mili Poljicak

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Mili Poljicak since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Dmitry Popko

Dmitry Popko
Dmitry Popko

16 - 14win/loss

Hard
10-6
I Hard
1-1
Clay
5-7
Rank
176
High
155
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-17 10-6 6-9 1-1 0-1 0-0
2024 64-33 7-2 57-28 0-3 0-0 0-0
2023 40-20 1-1 38-18 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 18-30 11-11 7-18 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 34-34 0-4 27-19 7-10 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 163, Popko reached the 2nd round after defeating Matej Dodig 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Dodig (6-4 6-4). During the match, Popko scored 72 points vs Dodig’s 61. Popko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Popko couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Dmitry Popko was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Dodig twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Popko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (381-242). 5-7 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has a compiled 253-145 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Morelia Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 1-6 6-2 6-4.

Popko has an aggregate 16-14 win-loss record in 2025, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zagreb Challenger

Popko
Zagreb Challenger
Popko's Record

Mili Poljicak

Mili Poljicak
Mili Poljicak

18 - 13win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
1-3
Clay
12-7
Rank
257
High
257
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-19 5-3 19-13 1-3 0-0 0-0
2024 63-23 12-7 48-14 3-2 0-0 0-0
2023 24-26 13-8 11-14 0-2 0-1 0-1
2022 14-18 0-1 11-14 3-3 0-0 0-0
2021 5-8 0-0 5-8 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 270, Poljicak got to the 2nd round after beating Nerman Fatic 4-6 6-3 7-6(2).

In the 1st round against Fatic, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-62). During the match Poljicak scored 109 points vs Fatic’s 100. Poljicak was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Poljicak made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mili Poljicak lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Poljicak put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (44/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (26/47) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Fatic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

The Croatian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Porec.

Poljicak has a compiled 18-13 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zagreb Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.

Poljicak
Zagreb Challenger
Poljicak's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Popko
M.Poljicak
1h:57
1h:57
Time on court​
2h:43
2h:43
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
!
2h:43
2h:43
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
32
32
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
72
72
Total points​
109
109
72
72
Avg point​
109
109
28
28
Winners
44
44
28
28
Avg Winners​
44
44
39%
39%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
5
5
0
0
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
28/35
28/35
1st won total​
44/63
44/63
!
80%
80%
1st won %
70%
70%
16/28
16/28
2nd won total​
26/47
26/47
57%
57%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
2/9
2/9
BP won
3/8
3/8
2/9
2/9
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
!
22%
22%
Won
38%
38%
5
5
Conceded
7
7
5
5
Avg Conceded
7
7
0
0
Broken
3
3
!
0
0
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Popko Poljicak
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 20 32
Pts 72-61 109-100
Total Points 133 209
Winners 28 44
%Winners 39% 40%

Both Popko and Poljicak played 1 match. At the moment, Mili Poljicak conceded 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t lost a set so far. Popko has played 1 set(s) less than Poljicak (2 vs 3). Therefore, Popko played 12 games less than Poljicak. Popko scored 28 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Poljicak struck 44 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Popko Poljicak
Aces 0 5
Avg per match 0 5
1st in 35/63 63/110
%1st in 56% 57%
1st pts 28/35 44/63
%1st pts 80% 70%
2nd pts 16/28 26/47
%2nd pts 57% 55%

Popko didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Poljicak bagged 5 aces . Popko won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Poljicak won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Popko Poljicak
Won 2 3
Converted 2/9 3/8
% Converted 22% 38%
Conceded 5 7
Saved 5 4
% Saved 100% 57%
Times Broken 0 3

The Kazakhstani broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Poljicak broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Poljicak conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Popko
R1
Dodig
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 72-61 72-61
Total points 133 133
Winners 28 28
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 35/63 35/63
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 28/35 28/35
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 16/28 16/28
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/9 2/9
Converted % 22% 22%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 5/5 5
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Poljicak
R1
Fatic
Total
Score 4-6 6-3 7-62
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 109-100 109-100
Total points 209 209
Winners 44 44
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 63/110 63/110
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 44/63 44/63
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 26/47 26/47
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 4/7 4
Saved % 57% 57%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Popko
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Poljicak
LLWLLWWLWW
2025 2024 2023
17 - 17
25 - 19
10-6
Hard
5-3
1-1
I Hard
1-3
6-9
Clay
19-13

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