Damir Dzumhur and Yanki Erel will face off in the 2^nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on GRAND TARABYA COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 2 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.22
Yanki Erel -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Yanki Erel

There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Yanki Erel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 211, the Bosnian reached the 2^nd round after beating Tuncay Duran 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Duran (6-4 6-1). During the match, Dzumhur scored 63 points vs Duran’s 48. Damir was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dzumhur couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 69% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Duran 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Dzumhur has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (343-279). 11-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dzumhur has a composed 94-89 record in the last years on hard.

The Bosnian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Vilnius Challenger and the Mallorca Challenger.

The Bosnian has an overall 28-25 win-loss record in 2023, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Dzumhur has never competed in this tournament before.

Yanki Erel

Ranked no. 349, the Turk reached the 2^nd round after beating Daniel Cukierman 6-2 1-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Cukierman, Erel had a free pass after Cukierman retired on a 6-2 1-0 . scoreline.

The Turk’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Jakarta.

Yanki has a composed 38-18 win-loss record in 2023, 34-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Dzumhur and Erel played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Dzumhur has played 1 set(s) less than Erel (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Dzumhur played 8 games more than Erel. Dzumhur scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Erel bagged 15 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Dzumhur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Erel also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Dzumhur won 64% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Erel won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 83% of the points.

How they played the important points

Dzumhur broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Dzumhur surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Erel broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Turk was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.