Michal Krajci and David Pichler will play each other in the qualifications of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michal Krajci who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michal Krajci is the pick to win this match.
Michal Krajci -> 1.6
David Pichler -> 2.23

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Prediction and head to head Michal Krajci vs. David Pichler

There is no head to head record between Michal Krajci and David Pichler since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Michal Krajci

Ranked no. 635 (career-high), Michal got to the qualifications after defeating Rei Sakamoto 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, Krajci had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-1 6-2). During the match, Krajci scored 55 points vs Sakamoto’s 32. Michal was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Krajci made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michal Krajci lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krajci put 64% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Sakamoto 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Krajci has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (115-74). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Krajci has a compiled12-14 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

The Slovakian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sharm ElSheikh.

The Slovakian has a compiled 46-25 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger

David Pichler

Ranked no. 873, Pichler got to the qualifications after beating Matej Dodig 7-6(3) 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Dodig (7-6³ 6-4). During the match Pichler scored 69 points vs Dodig’s 63. Pichler was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Pichler fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. David Pichler was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Austrian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Dodig once.

Pichler has a compiled 3-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krajci	Pichler
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	23
Pts	55-32	69-63
Total Points	87	132
Winners	24	37
%Winners	44%	54%

Both Krajci and Pichler played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krajci and Pichler have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Krajci played 8 games less than Pichler. Michal scored 24 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian blasted 37 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krajci	Pichler
Aces	8	6
Avg per match	8	6
1st in	28/44	48/72
%1st in	64%	67%
1st pts	24/28	37/48
%1st pts	86%	77%
2nd pts	8/16	15/24
%2nd pts	50%	63%

Krajci bagged 8 aces . Pichler managed to score 6 aces . Krajci won 86% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Pichler won 77% 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	Krajci	Pichler
Won	5	1
Converted	5/6	1/1
% Converted	83%	100%
Conceded	2	5
Saved	1	5
% Saved	50%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Michal broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Michal dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Pichler broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The Austrian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Krajci
	Q1 Sakamoto	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	55-32	55-32
Total points	87	87
Winners	24	24
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	28/44	28/44
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	24/28	24/28
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	8/16	8/16
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Pichler
	Q1 Dodig	Total
Score	7-63 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	69-63	69-63
Total points	132	132
Winners	37	37
%Winners	54%	54%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	48/72	48/72
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	37/48	37/48
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	15/24	15/24
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/1	1/1
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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