Aleksandar Vukic and Kacper Zuk will square off in the quarter of the Split 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.36
Aleksandar Vukic -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Kacper Zuk
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Vukic
Ranked no. 200, Aleksandar reached the quarter after beating Duje Kekez 6-2 7-64 and Zdenek Kolar 7-65 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Vukic had a good straight sets win against Kolar (7-65 6-4). During the match Vukic scored 76 points vs Kolar’s 74. Vukic was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vukic blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandar Vukic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vukic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Vukic broke Kolar 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aleksandar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Vukic has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (171-123). 4-1 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has a 69-41 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Vukic has a 5-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 212 (career high), Kacper got to the quarter after beating Mili Poljicak 6-3 6-2, Tristan Lamasine 7-64 6-4, Lukas Rosol 6-4 7-64 and Maximilian Marterer 6-4 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Marterer (6-4 7-64). During the match Zuk scored 75 points vs Marterer’s 62. Kacper was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Zuk scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Kacper Zuk was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zuk broke Marterer once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zuk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
The Pole’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger.
Zuk has a 20-6 win-loss record in 2021, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 86 |
| Pts | 153-134 | 306-247 |
| Total Points | 287 | 553 |
| Winners | 57 | 120 |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% |
Vukic played 2 matches while Zuk competed in 4 matches. Zuk started his run from the qualifications while Vukic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Vukic has played 4 set(s) less than Zuk (4 vs 8). Therefore, Vukic played 42 games less than Zuk. Aleksandar scored 57 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole scored 120 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.8 |
| 1st in | 74/137 | 160/260 |
| %1st in | 54% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 57/74 | 120/160 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 35/63 | 62/100 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 62% |
Vukic fired 4 aces (2 per match). Zuk scored 11 aces (2.8 per match). Vukic won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 11 |
| Converted | 6/19 | 11/28 |
| % Converted | 32% | 39% |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Aleksandar broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Aleksandar lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Kacper broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | ||||
| R1 Kekez |
R2 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 23 | 44 | |
| pts | 77-60 | 76-74 | 153-134 | |
| Total points | 137 | 150 | 287 | |
| Winners | 27 | 30 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/65 | 41/72 | 74/137 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 30/41 | 57/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 73% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/32 | 14/31 | 35/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 45% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/13 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 31% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Zuk | ||||||
| Q1 Poljicak |
Q3 Lamasine |
R1 Rosol |
R2 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 7-64 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 86 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 83-73 | 80-65 | 75-62 | 306-247 | |
| Total points | 115 | 156 | 145 | 137 | 553 | |
| Winners | 21 | 28 | 35 | 36 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 44% | 48% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 28/54 | 40/66 | 46/69 | 46/71 | 160/260 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 61% | 67% | 65% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 28/40 | 35/46 | 36/46 | 120/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 76% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 15/26 | 13/23 | 17/25 | 62/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 58% | 57% | 68% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 1/3 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 33% | 60% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 60% | 100% | 155% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
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