H2H, PREDICTION Henri Laaksonen vs Kacper Zuk | Sultan 1 Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Kacper Zuk

Henri Laaksonen and Kacper Zuk will fight against each other in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.64
Henri Laaksonen -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Kacper Zuk

There is no head to head record between Henri Laaksonen and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Henri Laaksonen

Ranked no. 134, Laaksonen reached the quarter after beating Roberto Quiroz 6-4 6-2 and Borna Gojo 1-6 7-5 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Gojo, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Laaksonen scored 94 points vs Gojo’s 90. Henri was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Laaksonen couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Henri Laaksonen was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Henri broke Gojo 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss has dropped 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Laaksonen has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (339-268). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Laaksonen has a 95-64 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Laaksonen has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sultan 1 Challenger

Henri has never competed in this tournament before.

Laaksonen
Sultan 1 Challenger
Laaksonen's Record

Kacper Zuk

Ranked no. 241 (career high), Kacper got to the quarter after defeating Bogdan Bobrov 6-2 6-1 and Tung-Lin Wu 6-3 4-2 ret..

In the 2nd round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-3 4-2 ret.). During the match Zuk scored 51 points vs Wu’s 29. The Pole was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Zuk blasted 11 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Kacper Zuk was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kacper broke Wu 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

The Pole has a 8-3 win-loss record in 2021, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Zuk
Sultan 1 Challenger
Zuk's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Laaksonen Zuk
Match played 2 1
Tot Set 5 2
Tot Games 45 15
Pts 155-130 57-36
Total Points 285 93
Winners 50 21
%Winners 32% 37%

Laaksonen played 2 matches while Zuk competed in 1 match. At the moment, Henri Laaksonen dropped 1 set while Kacper Zuk hasn’t lost a set so far. Laaksonen has played 3 sets more than Zuk (5 vs 2). Therefore, Laaksonen played 30 games more than Zuk. Laaksonen scored 50 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole managed to score 21 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Laaksonen Zuk
Aces 7 7
Avg per match 3.5 7
1st in 63/128 27/44
%1st in 49% 61%
1st pts 50/63 21/27
%1st pts 79% 78%
2nd pts 39/65 9/17
%2nd pts 60% 53%

Laaksonen scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Zuk fired 7 aces . Laaksonen won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Laaksonen Zuk
Won 7 5
Converted 7/19 5/5
% Converted 37% 100%
Conceded 11 3
Saved 8 2
% Saved 73% 67%
Times Broken 3 1

Laaksonen broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Swiss surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Pole broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Zuk conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Laaksonen
R1
Quiroz
R2
Gojo
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 1-6 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 18 27 45
pts 61-40 94-90 155-130
Total points 101 184 285
Winners 20 30 50
%Winners 33% 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 7 0 7
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 22/47 41/81 63/128
% 1st in 47% 51% 49%
1st pts 20/22 30/41 50/63
% 1st pts 91% 73% 79%
2nd pts 18/25 21/40 39/65
% 2nd pts 72% 53% 60%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/6 4/13 7/19
Converted % 50% 31% 37%
Conceded 3 8 11
Saved 3/3 5/8 8
Saved % 100% 63% 82%
Times Broken 0 3 3
Zuk
R1
Bobrov
R2
Wu
Total
Score 6-2 6-1 6-3 4-2 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 15 30
pts 57-36 51-29 108-65
Total points 93 80 173
Winners 21 18 39
%Winners 37% 35% 36%
SERVE
Aces 7 11 18
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 27/44 21/40 48/84
% 1st in 61% 53% 57%
1st pts 21/27 18/21 39/48
% 1st pts 78% 86% 81%
2nd pts 9/17 13/19 22/36
% 2nd pts 53% 68% 61%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8
Converted 5/5 3/5 8/10
Converted % 100% 60% 80%
Conceded 3 4 7
Saved 2/3 3/4 5
Saved % 67% 75% 71%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Laaksonen
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Zuk
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2024 2023 2022
5 - 5
8 - 11
0-0
I Hard
3-3
5-5
Clay
5-6
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