Zizou Bergs and Daniel Cox will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.51
Daniel Cox -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Daniel Cox
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Daniel Cox since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-24 | 9-8 | 17-7 | 9-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 207, Bergs reached the 2nd round after beating Ruben Bemelmans 7-65 6-4, Anton Matusevich 6-3 6-2 and Jurij Rodionov 5-7 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Rodionov, Bergs recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-2). During the match, Bergs scored 94 points vs Rodionov’s 86. Zizou was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bergs fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Zizou Bergs was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (45/62) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Belgian broke Rodionov 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Bergs has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (200-110). 4-1 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bergs has a compiled4-1 match record in the last 7 years on grass.
Bergs’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the St. Brieuc Challenger and the Troisdorf Challenger.
The Belgian has an overall 23-16 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
Daniel Cox
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-27 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 10-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-20 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 11-7 | 16-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-6 | 23-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 505, Cox got to the 2nd round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 3-6 6-6 ret., Antoine Bellier 6-4 4-6 6-2 and Charles Broom 7-61 7-61.
In the 1st round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Broom (7-61 7-61). During the match Cox scored 93 points vs Broom’s 74. Daniel was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Cox struck 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Daniel Cox lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cox put 75% of his first serves in, winning 59% (38/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Cox broke Broom 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Daniel’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Bath and M15 Torello.
Cox has a composed 19-9 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Cox |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 72 | 75 |
| Pts | 233-205 | 255-232 |
| Total Points | 438 | 487 |
| Winners | 114 | 113 |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% |
Both Bergs and Cox played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Zizou Bergs conceded 1 set, while Daniel Cox dropped 2 sets. Bergs has played 1 set(s) less than Cox (7 vs 8). Therefore, Bergs played 3 games less than Cox. Zizou scored 114 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit scored 113 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Cox |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 153/223 | 172/251 |
| %1st in | 69% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 114/153 | 113/172 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 42/70 | 39/79 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 49% |
Bergs struck 24 aces (8 per match). Cox recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Bergs won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Cox won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bergs | Cox |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 12 |
| Converted | 9/23 | 12/25 |
| % Converted | 39% | 48% |
| Conceded | 14 | 18 |
| Saved | 11 | 7 |
| % Saved | 79% | 39% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 11 |
Bergs broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Zizou conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 39% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | |||||
| Q1 Bemelmans |
Q3 Matusevich |
R1 Rodionov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 5-7 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 32 | 72 | |
| pts | 80-80 | 59-39 | 94-86 | 233-205 | |
| Total points | 160 | 98 | 180 | 438 | |
| Winners | 42 | 27 | 45 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 46% | 48% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 59/88 | 32/46 | 62/89 | 153/223 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 70% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 42/59 | 27/32 | 45/62 | 114/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 84% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 10/14 | 17/27 | 42/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 71% | 63% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/6 | 4/11 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 36% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 100% | 50% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Cox | |||||
| Q1 Blancaneaux |
Q3 Bellier |
R1 Broom |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-6 ret. | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | 7-61 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 | 26 | 75 | |
| pts | 70-77 | 92-81 | 93-74 | 255-232 | |
| Total points | 147 | 173 | 167 | 487 | |
| Winners | 34 | 41 | 38 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 54/78 | 54/88 | 64/85 | 172/251 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 61% | 75% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/54 | 41/54 | 38/64 | 113/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 76% | 59% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/24 | 19/34 | 13/21 | 39/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 56% | 62% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/9 | 5/6 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 83% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3/4 | 1/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 75% | 17% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
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