Justin Engel and Luka Mikrut will square off in the 1st round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 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 Luka Mikrut who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luka Mikrut is the pick to win this match.
Luka Mikrut -> 1.34
Justin Engel -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Justin Engel vs. Luka Mikrut
There is no head to head record between Justin Engel and Luka Mikrut since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Justin Engel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6-14 | 1-2 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-36 | 8-9 | 11-14 | 10-9 | 3-3 | 8-1 |
| 2024 | 37-17 | 4-3 | 32-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 185, the German will start his run in the Zagreb Challenger after he played his last match in the Francavilla Challenger where he lost 6-7(2) 6-2 6-2 to Sanchez-Izquierdo in the 1st round on the 5th of May.
Engel has a composed 6-12 win-loss record in 2026, 2-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Engel has an overall 98-87 record. He has a positive 60-51 record on clay.
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
Luka Mikrut
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-10 | 3-5 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 57-20 | 4-3 | 52-15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-26 | 5-4 | 31-19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-18 | 5-3 | 28-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-14 | 9-2 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 198, Mikrut will start his run in the Zagreb Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he lost 1-6 7-6(5) 3-2 ret. to Napolitano in the 2nd round on the 4th of March.
Mikrut has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Mikrut has an overall 146-90 record. He has a positive 119-68 record on clay.
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Arthur FeryFery – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Harry WendelkenWendelken (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Josip SimundzaSimundza – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-2 3-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Zsombor PirosPiros – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (3-0) – H2H and prediction
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