Kacper Zuk and Ramkumar Ramanathan will play each other in the qualifications of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan
There is no head to head record between Kacper Zuk and Ramkumar Ramanathan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 173, the Pole reached the qualifications after defeating Lui Maxted 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Maxted (6-2 6-1). During the match, Zuk scored 57 points vs Maxted’s 28. Zuk was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zuk made 7 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Kacper Zuk was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 88% (7/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zuk broke Maxted 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Zuk has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (152-84). 1-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zuk has an aggregate1-1 win-loss record in the last 6 years on grass.
The Pole’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger and the Split 2 Challenger.
The Pole has a compiled 30-10 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
Kacper has never competed in this tournament before.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranked no. 216, the Indian reached the qualifications after defeating Luke Johnson 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Johnson, The Indian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Ramanathan scored 89 points vs Johnson’s 80. Ramanathan was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Ramanathan managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ramkumar Ramanathan lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ramanathan put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Johnson 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Indian has a composed 14-12 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zuk | Ramanathan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 26 |
| Pts | 57-28 | 89-80 |
| Total Points | 85 | 169 |
| Winners | 23 | 39 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Zuk and Ramanathan played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ramkumar Ramanathan conceded 1 set while Kacper Zuk hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zuk has played 1 set(s) less than Ramanathan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zuk played 11 games less than Ramanathan. Zuk scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ramanathan recorded 39 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zuk | Ramanathan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 12 |
| 1st in | 30/38 | 51/79 |
| %1st in | 79% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 39/51 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 7/8 | 13/28 |
| %2nd pts | 88% | 46% |
Zuk blasted 7 aces . Ramanathan struck 12 aces . Zuk won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 88% of the points. On the other side, Ramanathan won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zuk | Ramanathan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 56% | 36% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Pole broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kacper quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Ramanathan broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zuk | |||
| Q1 Maxted |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-28 | 57-28 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 88% | 88% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ramanathan | |||
| Q1 Johnson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-80 | 89-80 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/79 | 51/79 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 39/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 13/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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