Kacper Zuk and Zizou Bergs will square off in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 3 sets.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.59
Zizou Bergs -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Zizou Bergs
There is no head to head record between Kacper Zuk and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 233, Kacper got to the 2nd round after beating Igor Sijsling 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Sijsling (6-4 6-3). During the match Zuk scored 63 points vs Sijsling’s 49. The Pole was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zuk bagged 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Kacper Zuk lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (25/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Zuk broke Sijsling 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Zuk has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (132-78). 10-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zuk has a 30-8 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Pole has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2021, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Zizou Bergs
Ranked no. 328 (career high), the Belgian got to the 2nd round after defeating Pedja Krstin 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Krstin (6-2 6-1). During the match Bergs scored 57 points vs Krstin’s 32. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Bergs struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zizou Bergs was quite effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bergs broke Krstin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Zizou’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger.
The Belgian has a 12-4 win-loss record in 2021, 11-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Zuk | Bergs |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 19 | 15 |
Pts | 63-49 | 57-32 |
Total Points | 112 | 89 |
Winners | 25 | 21 |
%Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Zuk and Bergs played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zuk and Bergs have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zuk played 4 games more than Bergs. Zuk scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian struck 21 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Zuk | Bergs |
---|---|---|
Aces | 12 | 9 |
Avg per match | 12 | 9 |
1st in | 32/52 | 23/35 |
%1st in | 62% | 66% |
1st pts | 25/32 | 21/23 |
%1st pts | 78% | 91% |
2nd pts | 10/20 | 8/12 |
%2nd pts | 50% | 67% |
Zuk recorded 12 aces . Bergs scored 9 aces . Zuk won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 91% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Zuk | Bergs |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 5 |
Converted | 4/5 | 5/9 |
% Converted | 80% | 56% |
Conceded | 2 | 0 |
Saved | 1 | 0 |
% Saved | 50% | NAN% |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Zuk broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Kacper dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Bergs broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Zizou was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
Zuk | |||
R1 Sijsling | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 63-49 | 63-49 | |
Total points | 112 | 112 | |
Winners | 25 | 25 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 12 | 12 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 32/52 | 32/52 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
1st pts | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Bergs | |||
R1 Krstin | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
pts | 57-32 | 57-32 | |
Total points | 89 | 89 | |
Winners | 21 | 21 | |
%Winners | 37% | 37% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 9 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
% 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
% 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
% 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
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