Dalibor Svrcina and Bernard Tomic will play each other in the 1st round of the Jinan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dalibor Svrcina is the pick to win this match.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.58
Bernard Tomic -> 2.27

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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Bernard Tomic

This will be the 2nd time that Dalibor Svrcina and Bernard Tomic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Svrcina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Svrcina won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the New Delhi Challenger back in 2024.

Dalibor Svrcina

Dalibor Svrcina

47 - 27win/loss

Hard
28-13
I Hard
0-1
Clay
18-12
Grass
1-1
Rank
97
High
86
LLLWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 47-29 28-14 18-12 0-2 1-1 0-0
2024 40-27 29-13 9-12 2-1 0-1 0-0
2023 31-31 7-10 24-20 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 28-24 8-9 18-14 1-0 1-1 0-0
2021 36-17 8-3 25-13 3-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 91 (career-high), Dalibor will start his run in the Jinan Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Medvedev in the 2nd round on the 4th of October.

Svrcina has an overall 47-27 win-loss record in 2025, 28-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Pune Challenger where he beat Brandon Holt in the final 7-6(3) 6-1 and the Barletta Challenger where he defeated Vitaliy Sachko in the final 7-5 6-3 and the Cancun Challenger where he beat Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-4 5-7 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, The Czech has an overall 207-147 record. He has a positive 89-55 record on hard.

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

Dalibor has never competed in this tournament before.

Jinan Challenger
Svrcina's Record

Bernard Tomic

Bernard Tomic

36 - 29win/loss

Hard
25-20
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-7
Grass
5-2
Rank
183
High
17
LWLLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 43-34 30-24 6-7 2-1 5-2 0-0
2024 50-29 34-19 12-5 4-4 0-1 0-0
2023 41-27 35-19 4-4 2-4 0-0 0-0
2022 26-12 24-7 2-4 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 9-12 4-4 2-4 2-3 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 168, Tomic will start his run in the Jinan Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-1 to Basilashvili in the qualifications on the 29th of September.

Bernard has a composed 36-29 win-loss record in 2025, 25-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Lexington Challenger and the Barranquilla Challenger.

In terms of his career, Tomic has an overall 492-371 record. He has a positive 314-190 record on hard.

Jinan Challenger
Tomic's Record

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