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.
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 -> 1.61
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.
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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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
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WWLLWLWLLW Tennis Scores in Split 2 Challenger
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Mirza BasicBasic (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Quentin HalysHalys – Mathias BourgueBourgue (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Kacper ZukZuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
