Kacper Zuk and Maximilian Marterer will play each other in the 2nd round of the Split 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.74
Maximilian Marterer -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Maximilian Marterer
There is no head to head record between Kacper Zuk and Maximilian Marterer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 212 (career high), Zuk got to the 2nd round after defeating Mili Poljicak 6-3 6-2, Tristan Lamasine 7-64 6-4 and Lukas Rosol 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Rosol (6-4 7-64). During the match Zuk scored 80 points vs Rosol’s 65. The Pole was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zuk scored 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Kacper Zuk was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Pole broke Rosol 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Zuk has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (141-80). 6-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zuk has a 45-37 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Kacper’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger.
Zuk has a 19-6 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
Maximilian Marterer
Ranked no. 214, Marterer got to the 2nd round after beating Steven Diez 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Maximilian had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-3 7-5). During the match Marterer scored 67 points vs Diez’s 54. Marterer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Marterer fired 7 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Maximilian Marterer lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Marterer put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Maximilian broke Diez 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The German has a 7-7 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zuk | Marterer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 21 |
| Pts | 231-185 | 67-54 |
| Total Points | 416 | 121 |
| Winners | 84 | 31 |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% |
Zuk played 3 matches while Marterer competed in 1 match. Zuk started his run from the qualifications while Marterer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Zuk has played 4 sets more than Marterer (6 vs 2). Therefore, Zuk played 42 games more than Marterer. Zuk scored 84 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The German scored 31 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zuk | Marterer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 114/189 | 44/67 |
| %1st in | 60% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 84/114 | 31/44 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 45/75 | 12/23 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 52% |
Zuk fired 10 aces (3.3 per match). Marterer bagged 7 aces . Zuk won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Marterer won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zuk | Marterer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 4 |
| Converted | 10/25 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Zuk broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Maximilian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zuk | |||||
| Q1 Poljicak |
Q3 Lamasine |
R1 Rosol |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 23 | 63 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 83-73 | 80-65 | 231-185 | |
| Total points | 115 | 156 | 145 | 416 | |
| Winners | 21 | 28 | 35 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 44% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 28/54 | 40/66 | 46/69 | 114/189 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 61% | 67% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 28/40 | 35/46 | 84/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 76% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 15/26 | 13/23 | 45/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 58% | 57% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 33% | 60% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 60% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Marterer | |||||
| R1 Diez |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |||
| pts | 67-54 | 67-54 | |||
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |||
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |||
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |||
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1st in | 44/67 | 44/67 | |||
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |||
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |||
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |||
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |||
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |||
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |||
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |||
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |||
| Saved % | 71% | 24% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |||
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