Botic Van De Zandschulp and Tomas Machac will play each other in the semifinal of the Liberec Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on SVIJANY. 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 Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.61
Tomas Machac -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Tomas Machac
This will be the 4th time that Botic Van De Zandschulp and Tomas Machac square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Van De Zandschulp (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Machac won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the final in the Koblenz Challenger back in 2020.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
Ranked no. 126 (career-high), the Dutch reached the semifinal after defeating Vitaliy Sachko 6-3 7-5, Lukas Klein 6-4 3-6 7-5 and Alexander Ritschard 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, Botic had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-2 6-3). During the match, Van De Zandschulp scored 57 points vs Ritschard’s 39. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van De Zandschulp managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 62% of his first serves in, win 92% (24/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Botic broke Ritschard 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Botic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Van De Zandschulp has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (227-113). 20-8 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Van De Zandschulp has a compiled125-67 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Botic’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Amersfoort Challenger.
Van De Zandschulp has a compiled 32-16 win-loss record in 2021, 20-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
Botic has never competed in this tournament before.
Tomas Machac
Ranked no. 150, Machac reached the semifinal after beating Enzo Couacaud 3-6 6-3 6-3, Nikola Milojevic 6-2 7-67 and Gerald Melzer 7-68 6-4.
In the quarter, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Melzer (7-68 6-4). During the match Machac scored 76 points vs Melzer’s 66. Machac was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Machac made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Tomas Machac was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Melzer twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tomas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Machac’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Sultan 2 Challenger.
Tomas has an aggregate 18-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van De Zandschulp | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 71 |
| Pts | 235-204 | 237-212 |
| Total Points | 439 | 449 |
| Winners | 85 | 92 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Van De Zandschulp and Machac played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Botic Van De Zandschulp lost 1 set, while Tomas Machac dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Van De Zandschulp and Machac have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Van De Zandschulp played 2 games less than Machac. The Dutch scored 85 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas scored 92 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van De Zandschulp | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 106/201 | 133/238 |
| %1st in | 53% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 85/106 | 92/133 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 50/95 | 59/105 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 56% |
Van De Zandschulp managed to score 8 aces (2.7 per match). Machac fired 6 aces (2 per match). Van De Zandschulp won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Machac won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van De Zandschulp | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/29 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 10 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 13 |
| % Saved | 60% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The Dutch broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van De Zandschulp | |||||
| R1 Sachko |
R2 Klein |
1/4 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 31 | 17 | 69 | |
| pts | 72-59 | 106-106 | 57-39 | 235-204 | |
| Total points | 131 | 212 | 96 | 439 | |
| Winners | 24 | 37 | 24 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% | 42% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 12 | 4 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 34/67 | 46/92 | 26/42 | 106/201 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 50% | 62% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 37/46 | 24/26 | 85/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 80% | 92% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/46 | 8/16 | 50/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 46% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/19 | 4/6 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 21% | 67% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/8 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 63% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Machac | |||||
| R1 Couacaud |
R2 Milojevic |
1/4 Melzer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 7-67 | 7-68 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 21 | 23 | 71 | |
| pts | 84-73 | 77-73 | 76-66 | 237-212 | |
| Total points | 157 | 150 | 142 | 449 | |
| Winners | 32 | 28 | 32 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/79 | 45/83 | 41/76 | 133/238 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 54% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 28/45 | 32/41 | 92/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 62% | 78% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 19/38 | 22/35 | 59/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 50% | 63% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/8 | 2/7 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 29% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 7/9 | 1/2 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 78% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLLWWWL Tennis Scores in Liberec Challenger
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Gerald MelzerMelzer (7-68 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-2) – H2H and prediction
