Tomas Machac and Dominic Stephan Stricker will fight against each other in the quarter of the Eckental Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER 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 Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.69
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Dominic Stephan Stricker
There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Dominic Stephan Stricker since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tomas Machac
Ranked no. 134 (career-high), the Czech got to the quarter after defeating Jack Draper 7-65 4-6 6-4 and Henri Squire 6-2 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Tomas had a good straight sets win against Squire (6-2 7-64). During the match, Machac scored 84 points vs Squire’s 67. Tomas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Machac bagged 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Machac was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tomas broke Squire twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Machac started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Machac has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 67% of his matches (118-59). 3-1 on carpet in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Machac has an overall15-6 record in the last 5 years on carpet.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Nur-Sultan 2 Challenger where he beat Sebastian Ofner in the final 4-6 6-4 6-4.
Tomas has an aggregate 25-17 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Eckental Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
Ranked no. 258 (career-high), Stephan reached the quarter after beating Jurij Rodionov 5-7 7-65 6-4 and Marius Copil 7-63 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Stephan had a good straight sets win against Copil (7-63 6-2). During the match Stephan scored 71 points vs Copil’s 56. Dominic was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Stephan managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Dominic Stephan Stricker was very effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Stephan broke Copil 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dominic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Vitaliy Sachko in the final 6-4 6-2.
Dominic has a composed 24-15 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Eckental Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 56 |
| Pts | 185-160 | 182-167 |
| Total Points | 345 | 349 |
| Winners | 79 | 76 |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% |
Both Machac and Stephan played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tomas Machac dropped 1 set, while Dominic Stephan Stricker surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Machac and Stephan have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Machac played 2 games less than Stephan. Tomas scored 79 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss fired 76 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 99/161 | 96/173 |
| %1st in | 61% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 79/99 | 76/96 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 35/62 | 40/77 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 52% |
Machac blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Stephan made 21 aces (10.5 per match). Machac won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Stephan won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Machac | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 40% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Tomas broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Tomas surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Stephan broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Stephan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | ||||
| R1 Draper |
R2 Squire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-4 | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 21 | 54 | |
| pts | 101-93 | 84-67 | 185-160 | |
| Total points | 194 | 151 | 345 | |
| Winners | 47 | 32 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 60/94 | 39/67 | 99/161 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 32/39 | 79/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 17/28 | 35/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 61% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/9 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 22% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Stephan | ||||
| R1 Rodionov |
R2 Copil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-65 6-4 | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 21 | 56 | |
| pts | 111-111 | 71-56 | 182-167 | |
| Total points | 222 | 127 | 349 | |
| Winners | 47 | 29 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 6 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 59/109 | 37/64 | 96/173 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 58% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 29/37 | 76/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/50 | 14/27 | 40/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/6 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 2/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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