Vit Kopriva and Zizou Bergs will fight against each other in the semifinal of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.42
Vit Kopriva -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Vit Kopriva vs. Zizou Bergs
There is no head to head record between Vit Kopriva and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Vit Kopriva
Ranked no. 305, Vit reached the semifinal after defeating Ivan Gakhov 7-5 1-6 7-67, Roberto Quiroz 6-2 6-4 and Cem Ilkel 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, Kopriva had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (7-5 6-2). During the match Kopriva scored 75 points vs Ilkel’s 62. Kopriva was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kopriva bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Vit Kopriva was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Ilkel 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Kopriva has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (201-134). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kopriva has a 12-10 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Czech has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
Vit has never competed in this tournament before.
Zizou Bergs
Ranked no. 435, Zizou got to the semifinal after defeating Nerman Fatic 6-4 6-2, Ivan Nedelko 6-2 6-1, Harry Bourchier 6-4 6-2, Pavel Kotov 6-0 7-5 and Lucas Catarina 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Bergs had a good straight sets win against Catarina (6-3 6-4). During the match Bergs scored 63 points vs Catarina’s 49. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Bergs scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Zizou Bergs lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Bergs put 72% of his first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Zizou broke Catarina 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zizou hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
The Belgian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15+H Bressuire.
Zizou has a 9-4 win-loss record in 2021, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kopriva | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 88 |
| Pts | 240-210 | 319-217 |
| Total Points | 450 | 536 |
| Winners | 104 | 133 |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% |
Kopriva played 3 matches while Bergs competed in 5 matches. Bergs started his run from the qualifications while Kopriva had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Vit Kopriva conceded 1 set while Zizou Bergs hasn’t lost a set so far. Kopriva has played 3 set(s) less than Bergs (7 vs 10). Therefore, Kopriva played 18 games less than Bergs. Vit scored 104 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Bergs blasted 133 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kopriva | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 1st in | 152/217 | 183/248 |
| %1st in | 70% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 104/152 | 133/183 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 29/65 | 35/65 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 54% |
Kopriva scored 7 aces (2.3 per match). Bergs struck 9 aces (1.8 per match). Kopriva won 68% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kopriva | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 24 |
| Converted | 14/31 | 24/54 |
| % Converted | 45% | 44% |
| Conceded | 21 | 16 |
| Saved | 11 | 8 |
| % Saved | 52% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 8 |
Vit broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Czech lost his serve 10 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 24 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kopriva | |||||
| R1 Gakhov |
R2 Quiroz |
1/4 Ilkel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-6 7-67 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 18 | 20 | 70 | |
| pts | 104-102 | 61-46 | 75-62 | 240-210 | |
| Total points | 206 | 107 | 137 | 450 | |
| Winners | 50 | 22 | 32 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 36% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 73/102 | 35/52 | 44/63 | 152/217 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 67% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 50/73 | 22/35 | 32/44 | 104/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 63% | 73% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 8/17 | 10/19 | 29/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 47% | 53% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/10 | 4/10 | 14/31 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 60% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 4/7 | 3/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 57% | 75% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Bergs | |||||||
| Q1 Fatic |
Q3 Nedelko |
R1 Bourchier |
R2 Kotov |
1/4 Catarina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-0 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 88 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 58-34 | 62-40 | 69-43 | 63-49 | 319-217 | |
| Total points | 118 | 92 | 102 | 112 | 112 | 536 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 133 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 40% | 41% | 48% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/52 | 29/43 | 32/45 | 42/50 | 42/58 | 183/248 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 67% | 71% | 84% | 72% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 24/29 | 25/32 | 28/42 | 30/42 | 133/183 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 83% | 78% | 67% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 6/14 | 9/13 | 5/8 | 8/16 | 35/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 43% | 69% | 63% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/10 | 4/7 | 6/11 | 4/13 | 24/54 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 57% | 55% | 31% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 3/5 | 0/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 0% | 60% | 0% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWLWLWLWW Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-67 6-0) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Cem IlkelIlkel (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-3 6-78 6-3) – See score progression
- Benjamin Hassan/Alexey VatutinHassan/Alexey Vatutin – Arjun Kadhe/Benjamin LockKadhe/Benjamin Lock (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
