Hubert Hurkacz and Dominic Stephan Stricker will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mercedes Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.51
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 2.63
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Dominic Stephan Stricker
There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and Dominic Stephan Stricker since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Hubert Hurkacz
Ranked no. 20, the Pole will start his run in Stuttgart after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-7(5) 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2 6-4 to Van De Zandschulp in the 1st round on the 30th of May.
Hurkacz has an aggregate 15-9 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Delray Beach where he defeated Sebastian Korda in the final 6-3 6-3 and in in Miami where he overcame Jannik Sinner in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Hurkacz has an overall 246-161 record. He has a negative 6-8 record on grass.
Previously in Stuttgart
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
Ranked no. 335, Stephan got to the 2nd round after beating Radu Albot 7-64 7-65.
In the 1st round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Albot (7-64 7-65). During the match Stephan scored 87 points vs Albot’s 78. Dominic was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Stephan struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dominic Stephan Stricker lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Stephan put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Albot twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The Swiss’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Lugano Challenger.
The Swiss has a compiled 14-6 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Guido PellaPella (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-64 7-65) – See score progression
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Dustin BrownBrown (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jordan ThompsonThompson (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (1-0) – H2H and prediction
