Kacper Zuk and Maxime Hamou will square off in the qualifications of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1 pm on Court 2. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.45
Maxime Hamou -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Maxime Hamou
There is no head to head record between Kacper Zuk and Maxime Hamou since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 306, Zuk reached the qualifications after defeating Rafael Matos 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Matos (6-3 6-3). During the match Zuk scored 66 points vs Matos’s 43. Kacper was pretty aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zuk made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Kacper Zuk was quite efficent on serve to win 75% (15/20) of his 1st serve and 88% (22/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zuk broke Matos 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Zuk has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (109-72). 7-1 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zuk has a 36-33 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Zuk’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Barnstaple and M25 Poznan.
The Pole has a 18-6 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Iasi Challenger
Kacper didn’t play in the Iasi Challenger in 2019.
Maxime Hamou
Ranked no. 351, the French player reached the qualifications after beating Mircea-Alexandru Jecan 6-4 4-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Hamou defeated Jecan (6-4 4-6 6-1). During the match Hamou scored 81 points vs Jecan’s 73. Maxime was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Hamou wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Maxime Hamou lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hamou put 62% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. the French player broke Jecan 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in M15 Antalya.
Hamou has a 13-9 win-loss record in 2020, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Iasi Challenger
Maxime didn’t play in the Iasi Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zuk | Hamou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 |
| Pts | 66-43 | 81-73 |
| Total Points | 109 | 154 |
| Winners | 15 | 33 |
| %Winners | 23% | 41% |
Both Zuk and Hamou played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Maxime Hamou dropped 1 set while Kacper Zuk hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zuk has played 1 set(s) less than Hamou (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zuk played 9 games less than Hamou. Kacper scored 15 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, Hamou bagged 33 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zuk | Hamou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 20/45 | 52/84 |
| %1st in | 44% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 15/20 | 33/52 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 22/25 | 14/32 |
| %2nd pts | 88% | 44% |
Zuk managed to score 2 aces . Hamou didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zuk won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 88% of the points. On the other side, Hamou won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zuk | Hamou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 64% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Zuk broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kacper had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. the French player broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Hamou conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zuk | |||
| Q1 Matos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-43 | 66-43 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 20/45 | 20/45 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 15/20 | 15/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/25 | 22/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 88% | 88% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hamou | |||
| Q1 Jecan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 81-73 | 81-73 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 52/84 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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