Luka Mikrut and Christoph Negritu will play each other in the quarter of the Valencia Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luka Mikrut is the pick to win this match.
Luka Mikrut -> 1.48
Christoph Negritu -> 2.52

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Prediction and head to head Luka Mikrut vs. Christoph Negritu

This will be the 2^nd time that Luka Mikrut and Christoph Negritu fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Negritu (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Negritu won 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in the qualifications in the Tenerife 1 Challenger back in February 2025.

Luka Mikrut

Ranked no. 239 (career-high), the Croatian reached the quarter after beating Alejandro Moro Canas 4-6 6-2 6-3 and Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Mikrut had a good straight sets win against Lopez Montagud (6-3 6-1). During the match, Mikrut scored 56 points vs Lopez Montagud’s 30. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mikrut managed to score 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Luka Mikrut was quite efficient on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Lopez Montagud 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Luka has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Mikrut has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (139-82). 50-14 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mikrut has a composed116-66 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Como Challenger where he overcame 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.

The Croatian has a composed 53-17 win-loss record in 2025, 50-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Mikrut has never competed in this tournament before.

Christoph Negritu

Ranked no. 318, Christoph got to the quarter after beating Ryan Nijboer 4-6 6-2 7-6(5), Henri Squire 4-6 6-4 6-1, Vit Kopriva 6-4 6-2 and Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Christoph had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (6-4 6-3). During the match Negritu scored 69 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 52. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Negritu blasted 6 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Christoph Negritu was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (33/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Christoph broke Cristian Jianu twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Negritu 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.

The German’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger and M15 Oegstgeest.

The German has an aggregate 31-29 win-loss record in 2025, 18-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mikrut	Negritu
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	5	7
Tot Games	43	68
Pts	141-108	233-192
Total Points	249	425
Winners	54	103
%Winners	38%	44%

Mikrut played 2 matches while Negritu competed in 3 matches. Negritu started his run from the qualifications while Mikrut had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luka Mikrut surrendered 1 set, while Christoph Negritu surrendered 1 set. Mikrut has played 2 set(s) less than Negritu (5 vs 7). Therefore, Mikrut played 25 games less than Negritu. The Croatian scored 54 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Negritu struck 103 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mikrut	Negritu
Aces	8	19
Avg per match	4	6.3
1st in	71/124	130/203
%1st in	57%	64%
1st pts	54/71	103/130
%1st pts	76%	79%
2nd pts	29/53	37/73
%2nd pts	55%	51%

Mikrut bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Negritu struck 19 aces (6.3 per match). Mikrut won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Negritu won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mikrut	Negritu
Won	9	11
Converted	9/14	11/31
% Converted	64%	35%
Conceded	5	17
Saved	2	12
% Saved	40%	71%
Times Broken	3	5

Mikrut broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Mikrut conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Christoph broke his opponents 11 times with a 35% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Mikrut
	R1 Moro	R2 Lopez	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-3	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	27	16	43
pts	85-78	56-30	141-108
Total points	163	86	249
Winners	34	20	54
%Winners	40%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	8
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	48/84	23/40	71/124
% 1st in	57%	58%	57%
1st pts	34/48	20/23	54/71
% 1st pts	71%	87%	76%
2nd pts	17/36	12/17	29/53
% 2nd pts	47%	71%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/8	4/6	9/14
Converted %	63%	67%	64%
Conceded	5	0	5
Saved	2/5	0/0	2
Saved %	40%	–	20%
Times Broken	3	0	3

Negritu
	Q1 Nijboer	Q3 Squire	R1 Kopriva	R2 Cristian	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 7-65	4-6 6-4 6-1	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	2	2	10
Tot Games	31	27	18	19	95
pts	101-88	–	63-52	69-52	233-192
Total points	189	0	115	121	425
Winners	44		26	33	103
%Winners	44%	0%	41%	48%	44%
SERVE
Aces	7	0	6	6	19
Double Faults	1		0	0	1
1st in	57/86	/	36/60	37/57	130/203
% 1st in	66%	0%	60%	65%	64%
1st pts	44/57	/	26/36	33/37	103/130
% 1st pts	77%	0%	72%	89%	79%
2nd pts	16/29	/	10/24	11/20	37/73
% 2nd pts	55%	0%	42%	55%	51%
Breaks
Won	4		5	2	11
Converted	4/16	/	5/10	2/5	11/31
Converted %	25%	0%	50%	40%	35%
Conceded	7		7	3	17
Saved	4/7	0/	5/7	3/3	12
Saved %	57%	–	71%	100%	114%
Times Broken	3		2	0	5

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• Henri SquireSquire – Sumit NagalNagal (7-6(5) 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henri SquireSquire – Sumit NagalNagal (7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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