Yuichi Sugita and Dominic Stephan Stricker will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTRALE. 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 Dominic Stephan Stricker who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stephan Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.9
Yuichi Sugita -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Yuichi Sugita vs. Dominic Stephan Stricker
There is no head to head record between Yuichi Sugita and Dominic Stephan Stricker since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yuichi Sugita
Ranked no. 109, the Japanese reached the semifinal after beating Julian Lenz 6-2 7-5, Leandro Riedi 7-66 6-71 6-4 and Evgeny Karlovskiy 7-64 4-6 7-62.
In the quarter, Yuichi defeated Karlovskiy (7-64 4-6 7-62).-110) than Karlovskiy. In fact, the world no. 109 won 110 points vs Karlovskiy’s. That means that Sugita was more focused during the important points. Yuichi was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sugita scored 7 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Yuichi Sugita lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sugita put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (48/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (29/45) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Karlovskiy twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sugita started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Sugita has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (335-239). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sugita has a 49-36 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Yuichi has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
Ranked no. 874 (career high), Stephan got to the semifinal after defeating Jay Clarke 6-4 6-4, Tim Van Rijthoven 5-7 6-4 7-67 and Daniel Masur 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Masur (6-2 6-4). During the match Stephan scored 59 points vs Masur’s 48. Stephan was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Stephan bagged 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dominic Stephan Stricker conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Stephan put 69% of his first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Dominic broke Masur 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Stephan’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Grenoble.
The Swiss has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sugita | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 92 | 73 |
| Pts | 312-296 | 229-196 |
| Total Points | 608 | 425 |
| Winners | 150 | 121 |
| %Winners | 48% | 53% |
Both Sugita and Stephan played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yuichi Sugita lost 2 sets, while Dominic Stephan Stricker surrendered 1 set. Sugita has played 1 set more than Stephan (8 vs 7). Therefore, Sugita played 19 games more than Stephan. Yuichi scored 150 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss fired 121 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sugita | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 11.3 |
| 1st in | 209/307 | 141/210 |
| %1st in | 68% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 150/209 | 121/141 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 56/98 | 37/69 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Sugita fired 17 aces (5.7 per match). Stephan scored 34 aces (11.3 per match). Sugita won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Stephan won 86% 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 | Sugita | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/23 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 35% | 50% |
| Conceded | 26 | 8 |
| Saved | 21 | 7 |
| % Saved | 81% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve 5 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Stephan broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Stephan conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sugita | |||||
| R1 Lenz |
R2 Riedi |
1/4 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 7-66 6-71 6-4 | 7-64 4-6 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 36 | 36 | 92 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 127-122 | 110-114 | 312-296 | |
| Total points | 135 | 249 | 224 | 608 | |
| Winners | 32 | 70 | 48 | 150 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 55% | 44% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 99/131 | 71/116 | 209/307 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 76% | 61% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 70/99 | 48/71 | 150/209 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 71% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 17/32 | 29/45 | 56/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 53% | 64% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/8 | 2/5 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 25% | 40% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 7/8 | 8/11 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 88% | 73% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Stephan | |||||
| R1 Clarke |
R2 Van Rijthoven |
1/4 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 5-7 6-4 7-67 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 35 | 18 | 73 | |
| pts | 68-52 | 102-96 | 59-48 | 229-196 | |
| Total points | 120 | 198 | 107 | 425 | |
| Winners | 38 | 53 | 30 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 52% | 51% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 13 | 10 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 61/96 | 37/54 | 141/210 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 64% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/43 | 53/61 | 30/37 | 121/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 87% | 81% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 21/35 | 8/17 | 37/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 60% | 47% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 1/3 | 3/5 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Lugano Challenger
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Daniel MasurMasur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (7-64 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Hugo GrenierGrenier (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
