Chris Rodesch and Luka Mikrut will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.65
Chris Rodesch -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Chris Rodesch vs. Luka Mikrut
There is no head to head record between Chris Rodesch and Luka Mikrut since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Chris Rodesch
19 - 9win/loss
153
137
WWWWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-13 | 11-4 | 3-6 | 10-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-23 | 10-5 | 11-5 | 14-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-11 | 19-2 | 18-4 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-11 | 5-1 | 12-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 166, Rodesch reached the 2nd round after beating Stefan Dostanic 5-7 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Dostanic, Rodesch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-2). During the match, Rodesch scored 109 points vs Dostanic’s 98. The Luxembourger was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodesch made 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Chris Rodesch lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rodesch put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Chris broke Dostanic 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Rodesch has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 70% of his matches (142-61). 2-4 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Rodesch has a compiled59-24 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he beat Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 4-6 6-2 and the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he overcame Daniil Glinka in the final 6-3 7-5.
Chris has an aggregate 18-8 win-loss record in 2026, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
The Luxembourger 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, Luka reached the 2nd round after beating Justin Engel 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Mikrut defeated Engel (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match Mikrut scored 81 points vs Engel’s 68. Luka was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Mikrut fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Luka Mikrut lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mikrut put 59% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Luka broke Engel 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Mikrut has an aggregate 4-5 win-loss record in 2026, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodesch | Mikrut |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 27 |
| Pts | 109-98 | 81-68 |
| Total Points | 207 | 149 |
| Winners | 44 | 36 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Rodesch and Mikrut played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Chris Rodesch conceded 1 set, while Luka Mikrut conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rodesch and Mikrut have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Rodesch played 3 games more than Mikrut. The Luxembourger scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian blasted 36 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodesch | Mikrut |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 64/101 | 44/74 |
| %1st in | 63% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 44/64 | 36/44 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 14/30 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 47% |
Rodesch struck 6 aces . Mikrut struck 4 aces . Rodesch won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Mikrut won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodesch | Mikrut |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 83% |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 70% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Chris broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rodesch dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Mikrut broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Luka conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodesch | |||
| R1 Dostanic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 109-98 | 109-98 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 64/101 | 64/101 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Mikrut | |||
| R1 Engel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 81-68 | 81-68 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 44/74 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 36/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yannick Theodor AlexandrescouTheodor Alexandrescou – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (w/o) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Matej DodigDodig (7-68 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (4-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Stefan DostanicDostanic (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Elmer MollerMoller – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (7-65 6-72 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Diego DeduraDedura – Emanuel IvanisevicIvanisevic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Harry WendelkenWendelken (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Josip SimundzaSimundza – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-2 3-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Andres AndradeAndrade (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
