Giulio Zeppieri and Aldin Setkic will square off in the qualifications of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giulio Zeppieri is the pick to win this match.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.149
Aldin Setkic -> 4.95
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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Aldin Setkic
This will be the 2nd time that Giulio Zeppieri and Aldin Setkic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zeppieri (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Zeppieri won 6-4 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Manerbio Challenger back in 2019.
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-26 | 7-5 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-2 | 25-22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 0-0 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 123, Giulio reached the qualifications after beating Ivan Liutarevich 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Liutarevich (6-2 6-2). During the match, Zeppieri scored 64 points vs Liutarevich’s 46. Giulio was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zeppieri scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Giulio Zeppieri was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zeppieri broke Liutarevich 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Zeppieri has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (109-88). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zeppieri has a composed90-65 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he beat Titouan Droguet in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
The Italian has a composed 11-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Aldin Setkic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-16 | 9-8 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-24 | 4-3 | 16-17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 1-2 | 14-16 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2021 | 39-28 | 11-8 | 23-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2020 | 16-12 | 9-5 | 4-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 517, Aldin reached the qualifications after beating Frane Nincevic 6-2 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Bosnian defeated Nincevic (6-2 3-6 6-4). During the match Setkic scored 99 points vs Nincevic’s 87. The Bosnian was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Setkic managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aldin Setkic lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Setkic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (48/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (12/33) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Nincevic 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Setkic has an aggregate 4-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Aldin has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zeppieri | Setkic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 27 |
| Pts | 64-46 | 99-87 |
| Total Points | 110 | 186 |
| Winners | 23 | 48 |
| %Winners | 36% | 48% |
Both Zeppieri and Setkic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aldin Setkic lost 1 set while Giulio Zeppieri hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zeppieri has played 1 set(s) less than Setkic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zeppieri played 11 games less than Setkic. Giulio scored 23 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Setkic blasted 48 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zeppieri | Setkic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 62/95 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 48/62 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 12/33 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 36% |
Zeppieri struck 1 ace . Setkic also made 5 aces . Zeppieri won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Setkic won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zeppieri | Setkic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 44% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Zeppieri had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Bosnian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Aldin conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zeppieri | |||
| Q1 Liutarevich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 64-46 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Setkic | |||
| Q1 Nincevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 99-87 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/95 | 62/95 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 48/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/33 | 12/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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