Mili Poljicak and Cezar Cretu will face off in the quarter of the Targu Mures 1 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Cezar Cretu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cezar Cretu is the pick to win this match.
Cezar Cretu -> 1.727
Mili Poljicak -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Mili Poljicak vs. Cezar Cretu

This will be the 2^nd time that Mili Poljicak and Cezar Cretu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cretu (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cretu won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio back in February 2025.

Mili Poljicak

Ranked no. 406, the Croatian got to the quarter after defeating Nicholas David Ionel 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Gabi Adrian Boitan 6-7(4) 6-2 6-1.

In the 2^nd round against Adrian Boitan, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-1). During the match, Poljicak scored 103 points vs Adrian Boitan’s 83. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Poljicak made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mili Poljicak lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Poljicak put 61% of his first serves in, winning 77% (41/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Adrian Boitan 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Poljicak has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (134-100). 22-19 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Poljicak has an overall97-69 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

Poljicak’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Porec and the Skopje Challenger.

The Croatian has an overall 28-25 win-loss record in 2025, 22-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger

Poljicak has never competed in this tournament before.

Cezar Cretu

Ranked no. 426, Cezar reached the quarter after defeating Matei Varbanciu 6-3 6-2, Nikita Mashtakov 6-4 5-7 6-1, Mihai Alexandru Coman 6-3 6-2 and Emilien Demanet 3-6 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Demanet, Cezar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Cretu scored 93 points vs Demanet’s 85. Cezar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Cretu fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 59% of his first serves in, winning 60% (33/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. Cezar broke Demanet 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Cretu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Bistrita,M15 Targu Jiu,M15 Arad and M15 Bucharest.

Cretu has a composed 40-18 win-loss record in 2025, 34-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Poljicak	Cretu
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	6	10
Tot Games	57	90
Pts	197-163	307-252
Total Points	360	559
Winners	78	132
%Winners	40%	43%

Poljicak played 2 matches while Cretu competed in 4 matches. Cretu started his run from the qualifications while Poljicak had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mili Poljicak dropped 2 sets, while Cezar Cretu surrendered 2 sets. Poljicak has played 4 set(s) less than Cretu (6 vs 10). Therefore, Poljicak played 33 games less than Cretu. Poljicak scored 78 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Cezar bagged 132 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Poljicak	Cretu
Aces	12	8
Avg per match	6	2
1st in	106/172	193/283
%1st in	62%	68%
1st pts	78/106	132/193
%1st pts	74%	68%
2nd pts	39/66	45/90
%2nd pts	59%	50%

Poljicak struck 12 aces (6 per match). Cretu struck 8 aces (2 per match). Poljicak won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Poljicak	Cretu
Won	9	19
Converted	9/23	19/24
% Converted	39%	79%
Conceded	10	21
Saved	7	12
% Saved	70%	57%
Times Broken	3	9

Mili broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Poljicak surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Cretu broke his opponents 19 times with a 79% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Poljicak
	R1 David	R2 Adrian	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4	6-74 6-2 6-1
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	28	57
pts	94-80	103-83	197-163
Total points	174	186	360
Winners	37	41	78
%Winners	39%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	8	12
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	53/85	53/87	106/172
% 1st in	62%	61%	62%
1st pts	37/53	41/53	78/106
% 1st pts	70%	77%	74%
2nd pts	22/32	17/34	39/66
% 2nd pts	69%	50%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	6	9
Converted	3/11	6/12	9/23
Converted %	27%	50%	39%
Conceded	4	6	10
Saved	2/4	5/6	7
Saved %	50%	83%	67%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Cretu
	Q1 Varbanciu	Q3 Mashtakov	R1 Alexandru	R2 Demanet	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-4 5-7 6-1	6-3 6-2	3-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	17	29	17	27	90
pts	60-49	96-82	58-36	93-85	307-252
Total points	109	178	94	178	559
Winners	25	42	32	33	132
%Winners	42%	44%	55%	35%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	2	3	8
Double Faults	3	0	0	4	7
1st in	38/57	61/83	39/50	55/93	193/283
% 1st in	67%	73%	78%	59%	68%
1st pts	25/38	42/61	32/39	33/55	132/193
% 1st pts	66%	69%	82%	60%	68%
2nd pts	10/19	11/22	4/11	20/38	45/90
% 2nd pts	53%	50%	36%	53%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	6	4	5	19
Converted	4/6	6/7	4/4	5/7	19/24
Converted %	67%	86%	100%	71%	79%
Conceded	3	5	3	10	21
Saved	2/3	2/5	2/3	6/10	12
Saved %	67%	40%	67%	60%	117%
Times Broken	1	3	1	4	9

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