Luka Mikrut and Carlos Lopez Montagud will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luka Mikrut who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luka Mikrut is the pick to win this match.
Luka Mikrut -> 1.3
Carlos Lopez Montagud -> 3.3

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Prediction and head to head Luka Mikrut vs. Carlos Lopez Montagud

This will be the 2^nd time that Luka Mikrut and Carlos Lopez Montagud fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mikrut (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Mikrut won 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in M15 Dubrovnik back in April 2025.

Luka Mikrut

Ranked no. 239 (career-high), Mikrut got to the 2^nd round after beating Alejandro Moro Canas 4-6 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Moro Canas, Mikrut recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Mikrut scored 85 points vs Moro Canas’s 78. Mikrut was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mikrut struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luka Mikrut lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mikrut put 57% of his first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Luka broke Moro Canas 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Mikrut has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (138-82). 49-14 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mikrut has a compiled115-66 record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Como Challenger where he beat Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 7-5 and the Braga Challenger where he beat Vilius Gaubas in the final 6-3 6-4.

Mikrut has an overall 52-17 win-loss record in 2025, 49-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Luka has never competed in this tournament before.

Carlos Lopez Montagud

Ranked no. 568, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after beating Elmer Moller 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Moller (6-4 6-4). During the match Lopez scored 68 points vs Moller’s 55. Lopez was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Lopez scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Carlos Lopez Montagud was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lopez broke Moller 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Carlos’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Gandia.

Carlos has an aggregate 29-23 win-loss record in 2025, 29-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mikrut	Lopez
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	27	20
Pts	85-78	68-55
Total Points	163	123
Winners	34	31
%Winners	40%	46%

Both Mikrut and Lopez played 1 match. At the moment, Luka Mikrut dropped 1 set while Carlos Lopez Montagud hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mikrut has played 1 set more than Lopez (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mikrut played 7 games more than Lopez. Mikrut scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 31 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mikrut	Lopez
Aces	6	2
Avg per match	6	2
1st in	48/84	41/57
%1st in	57%	72%
1st pts	34/48	31/41
%1st pts	71%	76%
2nd pts	17/36	10/16
%2nd pts	47%	63%

Mikrut bagged 6 aces . Lopez blasted 2 aces . Mikrut won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Lopez won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mikrut	Lopez
Won	5	3
Converted	5/8	3/10
% Converted	63%	30%
Conceded	5	2
Saved	2	1
% Saved	40%	50%
Times Broken	3	1

Mikrut broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Croatian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Lopez broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Mikrut
	R1 Moro	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	85-78	85-78
Total points	163	163
Winners	34	34
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	48/84	48/84
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	34/48	34/48
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	17/36	17/36
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Lopez
	R1 Moller	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	68-55	68-55
Total points	123	123
Winners	31	31
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	41/57	41/57
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	31/41	31/41
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	10/16	10/16
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger

• Luka MikrutMikrut – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Cezar CretuCretu (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Diego DeduraDedura (3-6 6-4 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Daniel RinconRincon (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Miguel DamasDamas (6-7² 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Tiago PereiraPereira (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 1-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Elmer MollerMoller (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Cezar CretuCretu (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Ivan GakhovGakhov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Henri SquireSquire – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Christoph NegrituNegritu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Sumit NagalNagal (1-0) – H2H and prediction