H2H, PREDICTION Elias Ymer vs Kacper Zuk | Split 2 Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Kacper Zuk

Elias Ymer and Kacper Zuk will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Split 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.61
Elias Ymer -> 2.20

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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Kacper Zuk

There is no head to head record between Elias Ymer and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Elias Ymer

Ranked no. 207, Ymer got to the semifinal after beating Alexandre Muller 7-5 6-4, Nino Serdarusic 7-62 5-7 6-3 and Cem Ilkel 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, The Swede had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-3 6-4). During the match Ymer scored 70 points vs Ilkel’s 59. Ymer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ymer recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Elias Ymer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elias broke Ilkel twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swede started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Ymer has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (270-210). 5-2 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ymer has a 160-99 match record in the last years on clay.

Elias has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Split 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.

Ymer
Split 2 Challenger
Ymer's Record

Kacper Zuk

Ranked no. 212 (career high), the Pole reached the semifinal after beating Mili Poljicak 6-3 6-2, Tristan Lamasine 7-64 6-4, Lukas Rosol 6-4 7-64, Maximilian Marterer 6-4 7-64 and Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 6-1.

In the quarter, Kacper had a good straight sets win against Vukic (6-4 6-1). During the match Zuk scored 65 points vs Vukic’s 41. Zuk was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Zuk managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Kacper Zuk was very effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kacper broke Vukic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zuk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Zuk’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger.

The Pole has a 21-6 win-loss record in 2021, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Zuk
Split 2 Challenger
Zuk's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Ymer
K.Zuk
6h:11
6h:11
Time on court​
7h:02
7h:02
1h:38
1h:38
Last match​
1h:04
1h:04
3
3
Match played
!
5
5
75
75
Games Played​
103
103
7
7
Set played​​
10
10
263
263
Total points​
371
371
87.7
87.7
Avg point​
74.2
74.2
111
111
Winners
143
143
37
37
Avg Winners​
28.6
28.6
42%
42%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
15
15
3
3
Avg Aces
3
3
6
6
Double Faults
16
16
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3.2
3.2
111/163
111/163
1st won total​
143/187
143/187
68%
68%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
48/100
48/100
2nd won total​
74/121
74/121
48%
48%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
13/34
13/34
BP won
15/36
15/36
4.3/11.3
4.3/11.3
Avg BP won
3/7.2
3/7.2
38%
38%
Won
42%
42%
24
24
Conceded
19
19
8
8
Avg Conceded
3.8
3.8
9
9
Broken
5
5
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
15
15
Saved
14
14

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ymer Zuk
Match played 3 5
Tot Set 7 10
Tot Games 75 103
Pts 263-237 371-288
Total Points 500 659
Winners 111 143
%Winners 42% 39%

Ymer played 3 matches while Zuk competed in 5 matches. Zuk started his run from the qualifications while Ymer had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Elias Ymer dropped 1 set while Kacper Zuk hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ymer has played 3 set(s) less than Zuk (7 vs 10). Therefore, Ymer played 28 games less than Zuk. The Swede scored 111 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Zuk fired 143 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ymer Zuk
Aces 9 15
Avg per match 3 3
1st in 163/263 187/308
%1st in 62% 61%
1st pts 111/163 143/187
%1st pts 68% 76%
2nd pts 48/100 74/121
%2nd pts 48% 61%

Ymer recorded 9 aces (3 per match). Zuk struck 15 aces (3 per match). Ymer won 68% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ymer Zuk
Won 13 15
Converted 13/34 15/36
% Converted 38% 42%
Conceded 24 19
Saved 15 14
% Saved 63% 74%
Times Broken 9 5

Ymer broke his opponents 13 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Swede lost his serve 9 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Kacper broke his opponents 15 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kacper conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Ymer
R1
Muller
R2
Serdarusic
1/4
Ilkel
Total
Score 7-5 6-4 7-62 5-7 6-3 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 22 34 19 75
pts 82-74 111-104 70-59 263-237
Total points 156 215 129 500
Winners 33 48 30 111
%Winners 40% 43% 43% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 3 2 9
Double Faults 4 1 1 6
1st in 46/76 76/117 41/70 163/263
% 1st in 61% 65% 59% 62%
1st pts 33/46 48/76 30/41 111/163
% 1st pts 72% 63% 73% 68%
2nd pts 9/30 22/41 17/29 48/100
% 2nd pts 30% 54% 59% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 5 2 13
Converted 6/16 5/10 2/8 13/34
Converted % 38% 50% 25% 38%
Conceded 9 12 3 24
Saved 5/9 7/12 3/3 15
Saved % 56% 58% 100% 71%
Times Broken 4 5 0 9
Zuk
Q1
Poljicak
Q3
Lamasine
R1
Rosol
R2
Marterer
1/4
Vukic
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 7-64 6-4 6-4 7-64 6-4 7-64 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 2 10
Tot Games 17 23 23 23 17 103
pts 68-47 83-73 80-65 75-62 65-41 371-288
Total points 115 156 145 137 106 659
Winners 21 28 35 36 23 143
%Winners 31% 34% 44% 48% 35% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 5 1 4 15
Double Faults 4 2 3 4 3 16
1st in 28/54 40/66 46/69 46/71 27/48 187/308
% 1st in 52% 61% 67% 65% 56% 61%
1st pts 21/28 28/40 35/46 36/46 23/27 143/187
% 1st pts 75% 70% 76% 78% 85% 76%
2nd pts 17/26 15/26 13/23 17/25 12/21 74/121
% 2nd pts 65% 58% 57% 68% 57% 61%
Breaks
Won 4 3 3 1 4 15
Converted 4/11 3/9 3/5 1/3 4/8 15/36
Converted % 36% 33% 60% 33% 50% 42%
Conceded 3 4 5 3 4 19
Saved 3/3 2/4 3/5 3/3 3/4 14
Saved % 100% 50% 60% 100% 75% 128%
Times Broken 0 2 2 0 1 5

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ymer
LWLLLWWLWL
Zuk
LWWLLLWLWW
2024 2023 2022
17 - 28
8 - 11
5-13
Hard
0-1
3-5
I Hard
3-3
6-9
Clay
5-6
3-1
Grass
0-0

Tennis Scores in Split 2 Challenger

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