
Sumit Nagal and Matej Dodig will face off in the semifinal of the Trieste Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.82
Matej Dodig -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Matej Dodig
There is no head to head record between Sumit Nagal and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sumit Nagal


16 - 18win/loss
299
68

Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 21-23 | 2-3 | 19-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2024 | 32-29 | 15-13 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 296, the Indian reached the semifinal after beating Luca Castagnola 6-2 6-1, Neil Oberleitner 6-4 6-2, Chun Hsin Tseng 6-1 2-6 7-6(5), Marco Cecchinato 6-2 6-4 and Maxim Mrva 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the quarter, Sumit defeated Mrva (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match, Nagal scored 74 points vs Mrva’s 55. The Indian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nagal scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Mrva 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Indian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Nagal has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (300-219). 14-13 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nagal has an aggregate 229-140 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Sumit has a composed 16-17 win-loss record in 2025, 14-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Trieste Challenger
The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.
Matej Dodig
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 22-21 | 0-0 | 22-17 | 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. 368, Matej got to the semifinal after beating Carlo Alberto Caniato 6-4 3-6 6-3, Pietro Pampanin 6-4 6-0, Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 6-2, Jurij Rodionov 6-4 6-3 and Lukas Neumayer 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the quarter, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Neumayer (7-65 6-2). During the match Dodig scored 78 points vs Neumayer’s 68. Dodig was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Dodig bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matej Dodig lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 54% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Neumayer 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dodig started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Dodig’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Bol.
Dodig has an aggregate 17-18 win-loss record in 2025, 17-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Nagal | Dodig |
---|---|---|
Match played | 5 | 5 |
Tot Set | 12 | 11 |
Tot Games | 102 | 102 |
Pts | 362-289 | 353-292 |
Total Points | 651 | 645 |
Winners | 139 | 125 |
%Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Nagal and Dodig played 5 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Sumit Nagal dropped 2 sets, while Matej Dodig dropped 1 set. Nagal has played 1 set more than Dodig (12 vs 11). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (102). Nagal scored 139 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian recorded 125 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Nagal | Dodig |
---|---|---|
Aces | 4 | 12 |
Avg per match | 0.8 | 2.4 |
1st in | 196/315 | 182/325 |
%1st in | 62% | 56% |
1st pts | 139/196 | 125/182 |
%1st pts | 71% | 69% |
2nd pts | 64/119 | 85/143 |
%2nd pts | 54% | 59% |
Nagal fired 4 aces (0.8 per match). Dodig fired 12 aces (2.4 per match). Nagal won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Nagal | Dodig |
---|---|---|
Won | 25 | 21 |
Converted | 25/47 | 21/42 |
% Converted | 53% | 50% |
Conceded | 23 | 29 |
Saved | 13 | 20 |
% Saved | 57% | 69% |
Times Broken | 10 | 9 |
Sumit broke his opponents 25 times with a 53% conversion rate. Nagal conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Dodig broke his opponents 21 times with a 50% conversion rate. Dodig conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
Nagal | |||||||
Q1 Castagnola |
Q3 Oberleitner |
R1 Hsin |
R2 Cecchinato |
1/4 Mrva |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 2-6 7-65 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 23 | 102 | |
pts | 56-37 | 74-56 | 91-90 | 67-51 | 74-55 | 362-289 | |
Total points | 93 | 130 | 181 | 118 | 129 | 651 | |
Winners | 22 | 21 | 37 | 31 | 28 | 139 | |
%Winners | 39% | 28% | 41% | 46% | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||||||
Aces | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
1st in | 27/42 | 30/53 | 55/96 | 42/55 | 42/69 | 196/315 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 57% | 57% | 76% | 61% | 62% | |
1st pts | 22/27 | 21/30 | 37/55 | 31/42 | 28/42 | 139/196 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 70% | 67% | 74% | 67% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 8/15 | 17/23 | 16/41 | 9/13 | 14/27 | 64/119 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 74% | 39% | 69% | 52% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||||||
Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | |
Converted | 5/10 | 4/15 | 6/7 | 3/7 | 7/8 | 25/47 | |
Converted % | 50% | 27% | 86% | 43% | 88% | 53% | |
Conceded | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 23 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 9/14 | 2/2 | 1/5 | 13 | |
Saved % | – | 50% | 64% | 100% | 20% | 47% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
Dodig | |||||||
Q1 Alberto |
Q3 Pampanin |
R1 Svrcina |
R2 Rodionov |
1/4 Neumayer |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 102 | |
pts | 77-73 | 63-40 | 69-55 | 66-56 | 78-68 | 353-292 | |
Total points | 150 | 103 | 124 | 122 | 146 | 645 | |
Winners | 28 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 125 | |
%Winners | 36% | 32% | 30% | 41% | 37% | 35% | |
SERVE | |||||||
Aces | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
1st in | 36/73 | 27/45 | 37/63 | 38/63 | 44/81 | 182/325 | |
% 1st in | 49% | 60% | 59% | 60% | 54% | 56% | |
1st pts | 28/36 | 20/27 | 21/37 | 27/38 | 29/44 | 125/182 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 57% | 71% | 66% | 69% | |
2nd pts | 20/37 | 10/18 | 17/26 | 14/25 | 24/37 | 85/143 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 56% | 65% | 56% | 65% | 59% | |
Breaks | |||||||
Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 6/10 | 5/10 | 3/9 | 3/4 | 21/42 | |
Converted % | 44% | 60% | 50% | 33% | 75% | 50% | |
Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | |
Saved | 0/3 | 3/5 | 6/8 | 2/3 | 9/10 | 20 | |
Saved % | 0% | 60% | 75% | 67% | 90% | 58% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Head 2 Head



Tennis Scores in Trieste Challenger
- Matej DodigDodig – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Maxim MrvaMrva (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- David Pichler/Lukas PokornyPichler/Lukas Pokorny – Federico Agustin Gomez/Luis David MartinezAgustin Gomez/Luis David Martinez (6-3 4-6 10-8) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sumit NagalNagal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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