Luca Nardi and Viktor Durasovic will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.4
Viktor Durasovic -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Viktor Durasovic

This will be the 2^nd time that Luca Nardi and Viktor Durasovic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Durasovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Durasovic won 7-5 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Bergamo Challenger back in 2020.

Luca Nardi

Ranked no. 81, the Italian reached the 2^nd round after beating Edas Butvilas 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Butvilas (6-4 6-2). During the match, Nardi scored 56 points vs Butvilas’s 43. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nardi fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Luca Nardi was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nardi broke Butvilas 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Nardi has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (182-149). 7-5 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nardi has a compiled50-42 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Luca’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Koblenz Challenger.

Nardi has a composed 29-29 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

Viktor Durasovic

Ranked no. 247, the Norwegian reached the 2^nd round after beating Rudolf Molleker 6-2 4-6 6-1, Matteo Martineau 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Federico Cina 7-6(6) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Cina (7-6⁶ 6-4). During the match Durasovic scored 73 points vs Cina’s 65. The Norwegian was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Durasovic blasted 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Viktor Durasovic lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Durasovic put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Durasovic broke Cina 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Nottingham Challenger where he beat Henry Searle in the final 7-6(6) 3-6 6-1.

Durasovic has a compiled 30-30 win-loss record in 2025, 17-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nardi	Durasovic
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	18	76
Pts	56-43	258-227
Total Points	99	485
Winners	28	93
%Winners	50%	36%

Nardi played 1 match while Durasovic competed in 3 matches. Durasovic started his run from the qualifications while Nardi had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Viktor Durasovic surrendered 2 sets while Luca Nardi hasn’t lost a set so far. Nardi has played 6 set(s) less than Durasovic (2 vs 8). Therefore, Nardi played 58 games less than Durasovic. The Italian scored 28 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Viktor managed to score 93 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nardi	Durasovic
Aces	2	12
Avg per match	2	4
1st in	35/52	120/236
%1st in	67%	51%
1st pts	28/35	93/120
%1st pts	80%	78%
2nd pts	10/17	57/116
%2nd pts	59%	49%

Nardi blasted 2 aces . Durasovic made 12 aces (4 per match). Nardi won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Durasovic won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nardi	Durasovic
Won	3	13
Converted	3/5	13/26
% Converted	60%	50%
Conceded	2	19
Saved	2	11
% Saved	100%	58%
Times Broken	0	8

Nardi broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Luca pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Durasovic broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Viktor conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Nardi
	R1 Butvilas	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	56-43	56-43
Total points	99	99
Winners	28	28
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	35/52	35/52
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	28/35	28/35
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	10/17	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Durasovic
	Q1 Molleker	Q3 Martineau	R1 Cina	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 6-1	3-6 6-3 6-4	7-66 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	25	28	23	76
pts	90-72	95-90	73-65	258-227
Total points	162	185	138	485
Winners	27	36	30	93
%Winners	30%	38%	41%	36%
SERVE
Aces	6	1	5	12
Double Faults	6	4	4	14
1st in	32/86	50/86	38/64	120/236
% 1st in	37%	58%	59%	51%
1st pts	27/32	36/50	30/38	93/120
% 1st pts	84%	72%	79%	78%
2nd pts	28/54	16/36	13/26	57/116
% 2nd pts	52%	44%	50%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5	3	13
Converted	5/9	5/11	3/6	13/26
Converted %	56%	45%	50%	50%
Conceded	9	8	2	19
Saved	7/9	4/8	0/2	11
Saved %	78%	50%	0%	128%
Times Broken	2	4	2	8

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