Kacper Zuk and Blaz Kavcic will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Split 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.86
Blaz Kavcic -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Blaz Kavcic
There is no head to head record between Kacper Zuk and Blaz Kavcic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 221, Kacper reached the semifinal after beating Pedro Sousa 1-2 ret., Nino Serdarusic 6-4 6-2 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-66 6-3.
In the quarter, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (7-66 6-3). During the match Zuk scored 73 points vs Kokkinakis’s 66. Kacper was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zuk struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Kacper Zuk was very effective on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kacper broke Kokkinakis 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zuk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Zuk has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (138-79). 3-0 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zuk has a 42-36 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Zuk’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger.
Zuk has a 16-5 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 1 Challenger
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Blaz Kavcic
Ranked no. 238, Kavcic reached the semifinal after beating Bozo Barun 6-4 6-3, Matteo Martineau 3-6 6-3 6-1, Mohamed Safwat 6-3 6-3, Elias Ymer 4-6 7-67 6-4 and Aleksandar Vukic 4-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Ymer, The Slovenian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-67 6-4). During the match Kavcic and Ymer scored the same amount of points (115). However, the world no. 221 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Kavcic was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Kavcic was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Blaz Kavcic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Kavcic put 72% of his first serves in, winning 56% (48/86) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the 2nd serve. Kavcic broke Ymer 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovenian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Slovenian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger.
The Slovenian has a 16-7 win-loss record in 2021, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zuk | Kavcic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 95 |
| Pts | 136-116 | 334-291 |
| Total Points | 252 | 625 |
| Winners | 67 | 147 |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% |
Zuk played 2 matches while Kavcic competed in 4 matches. Kavcic started his run from the qualifications while Zuk had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Blaz Kavcic conceded 2 sets while Kacper Zuk hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zuk has played 6 set(s) less than Kavcic (4 vs 10). Therefore, Zuk played 55 games less than Kavcic. Zuk scored 67 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Kavcic fired 147 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zuk | Kavcic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0.8 |
| 1st in | 89/131 | 245/316 |
| %1st in | 68% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 67/89 | 147/245 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 22/42 | 39/71 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Zuk recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Kavcic fired 3 aces (0.8 per match). Zuk won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kavcic won 60% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zuk | Kavcic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 22 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 22/41 |
| % Converted | 60% | 54% |
| Conceded | 8 | 38 |
| Saved | 7 | 24 |
| % Saved | 88% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 14 |
The Pole broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovenian broke his opponents 22 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Slovenian conceded his serve 14 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zuk | |||||
| R1 Sousa |
R2 Serdarusic |
1/4 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-2 ret. | 6-4 6-2 | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 3 | 18 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 10-11 | 63-50 | 73-66 | 146-127 | |
| Total points | 21 | 113 | 139 | 273 | |
| Winners | 5 | 34 | 33 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 54% | 45% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 7/14 | 45/61 | 44/70 | 96/145 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 74% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 5/7 | 34/45 | 33/44 | 72/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 76% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/7 | 8/16 | 14/26 | 24/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 50% | 54% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | – | 50% | 75% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 80% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kavcic | ||||||
| Q1 Barun |
Q3 Martineau |
R1 Safwat |
R2 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 4-6 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 18 | 33 | 95 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 95-80 | 59-45 | 115-115 | 334-291 | |
| Total points | 116 | 175 | 104 | 230 | 625 | |
| Winners | 36 | 40 | 23 | 48 | 147 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 42% | 39% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 55/66 | 65/79 | 39/51 | 86/120 | 245/316 | |
| % 1st in | 83% | 82% | 76% | 72% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 40/65 | 23/39 | 48/86 | 147/245 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 62% | 59% | 56% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/11 | 9/14 | 7/12 | 21/34 | 39/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 18% | 64% | 58% | 62% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/14 | 6/10 | 5/11 | 22/41 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 43% | 60% | 45% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 38 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 5/8 | 2/5 | 11/16 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 63% | 40% | 69% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Split 1 Challenger
- Blaz KavcicKavcic – Aleksandar VukicVukic (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Mirza BasicBasic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Blaz RolaRola (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Kacper ZukZuk – Blaz KavcicKavcic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
