Kacper Zuk and Mathias Bourgue will face off in the final of the Split 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.56
Mathias Bourgue -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Mathias Bourgue
There is no head to head record between Kacper Zuk and Mathias Bourgue since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 212 (career high), the Pole got to the final after defeating Mili Poljicak 6-3 6-2, Tristan Lamasine 7-64 6-4, Lukas Rosol 6-4 7-64, Maximilian Marterer 6-4 7-64, Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 6-1 and Elias Ymer 6-75 6-0 6-1.
In the semifinal against Ymer, Kacper recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-0 6-1). During the match Zuk scored 92 points vs Ymer’s 66. Kacper was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zuk recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kacper Zuk lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 60% of his first serves in, winning 53% (26/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (23/33) on the 2nd serve. Kacper broke Ymer 8 times after converting 80% of his break points (8/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Pole started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Zuk has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (144-80). 9-1 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zuk has a 48-37 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Kacper’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger.
The Pole has a 22-6 win-loss record in 2021, 9-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
Mathias Bourgue
Ranked no. 217, Bourgue got to the final after beating Mohamed Safwat 3-6 6-2 6-4, Joao Domingues 6-3 6-4, Mirza Basic 6-4 1-6 7-5 and Quentin Halys 7-68 0-0 ret..
In the semifinal, Bourgue defeated Halys (7-68 0-0 ret.). During the match Bourgue and Halys scored the same amount of points (43). However, the world no. 212 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Bourgue was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Bourgue managed to score 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mathias Bourgue lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bourgue put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Halys once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mathias started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 1 Challenger and the Split 2 Challenger.
Bourgue has a 15-7 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Zuk | Bourgue |
---|---|---|
Match played | 6 | 4 |
Tot Set | 13 | 11 |
Tot Games | 129 | 88 |
Pts | 463-354 | 286-282 |
Total Points | 817 | 568 |
Winners | 169 | 138 |
%Winners | 37% | 48% |
Zuk played 6 matches while Bourgue competed in 4 matches. Zuk started his run from the qualifications while Bourgue had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Kacper Zuk dropped 1 set, while Mathias Bourgue conceded 2 sets. Zuk has played 2 sets more than Bourgue (13 vs 11). Therefore, Zuk played 41 games more than Bourgue. Zuk scored 169 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Bourgue blasted 138 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Zuk | Bourgue |
---|---|---|
Aces | 19 | 7 |
Avg per match | 3.2 | 1.8 |
1st in | 236/390 | 208/290 |
%1st in | 61% | 72% |
1st pts | 169/236 | 138/208 |
%1st pts | 72% | 66% |
2nd pts | 97/154 | 36/82 |
%2nd pts | 63% | 44% |
Zuk fired 19 aces (3.2 per match). Bourgue struck 7 aces (1.8 per match). Zuk won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Bourgue won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Zuk | Bourgue |
---|---|---|
Won | 23 | 13 |
Converted | 23/46 | 13/29 |
% Converted | 50% | 45% |
Conceded | 24 | 27 |
Saved | 16 | 16 |
% Saved | 67% | 59% |
Times Broken | 8 | 11 |
Zuk broke his opponents 23 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kacper surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Bourgue broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Mathias conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
Zuk | ||||||||
Q1 Poljicak |
Q3 Lamasine |
R1 Rosol |
R2 Marterer |
1/4 Vukic |
1/2 Ymer |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 7-64 | 6-4 7-64 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-75 6-0 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 129 | |
pts | 68-47 | 83-73 | 80-65 | 75-62 | 65-41 | 92-66 | 463-354 | |
Total points | 115 | 156 | 145 | 137 | 106 | 158 | 817 | |
Winners | 21 | 28 | 35 | 36 | 23 | 26 | 169 | |
%Winners | 31% | 34% | 44% | 48% | 35% | 28% | 37% | |
SERVE | ||||||||
Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |
1st in | 28/54 | 40/66 | 46/69 | 46/71 | 27/48 | 49/82 | 236/390 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 61% | 67% | 65% | 56% | 60% | 61% | |
1st pts | 21/28 | 28/40 | 35/46 | 36/46 | 23/27 | 26/49 | 169/236 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 76% | 78% | 85% | 53% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 17/26 | 15/26 | 13/23 | 17/25 | 12/21 | 23/33 | 97/154 | |
% 2nd pts | 65% | 58% | 57% | 68% | 57% | 70% | 63% | |
Breaks | ||||||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 23 | |
Converted | 4/11 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 1/3 | 4/8 | 8/10 | 23/46 | |
Converted % | 36% | 33% | 60% | 33% | 50% | 80% | 50% | |
Conceded | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 24 | |
Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 2/5 | 16 | |
Saved % | 100% | 50% | 60% | 100% | 75% | 40% | 71% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Bourgue | ||||||||
R1 Safwat |
R2 Domingues |
1/4 Basic |
1/2 Halys |
Total | ||||
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Score | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 1-6 7-5 | 7-68 0-0 ret. | ||||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||
Tot Games | 27 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 88 | |||
pts | 95-90 | 60-52 | 88-97 | 43-43 | 286-282 | |||
Total points | 185 | 112 | 185 | 86 | 568 | |||
Winners | 50 | 27 | 40 | 21 | 138 | |||
%Winners | 53% | 45% | 45% | 49% | 48% | |||
SERVE | ||||||||
Aces | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |||
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
1st in | 73/90 | 38/56 | 65/97 | 32/47 | 208/290 | |||
% 1st in | 81% | 68% | 67% | 68% | 72% | |||
1st pts | 50/73 | 27/38 | 40/65 | 21/32 | 138/208 | |||
% 1st pts | 68% | 71% | 62% | 66% | 66% | |||
2nd pts | 5/17 | 10/18 | 12/32 | 9/15 | 36/82 | |||
% 2nd pts | 29% | 56% | 38% | 60% | 44% | |||
Breaks | ||||||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |||
Converted | 4/11 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 1/3 | 13/29 | |||
Converted % | 36% | 60% | 50% | 33% | 45% | |||
Conceded | 11 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 27 | |||
Saved | 8/11 | 0/1 | 7/13 | 1/2 | 16 | |||
Saved % | 73% | 0% | 54% | 50% | 30% | |||
Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
Head 2 Head
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