Benjamin Bonzi and Kacper Zuk will play each other in the semifinal of the Cassis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTRAL CABESTO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.54
Kacper Zuk -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Kacper Zuk
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 94 (career-high), Benjamin reached the semifinal after beating Thomas Fabbiano 7-5 6-3, Alexis Galarneau 7-5 7-64 and Luca Van Assche 6-3 3-6 6-2.
In the quarter, Benjamin defeated Van Assche (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match, Bonzi scored 88 points vs Van Assche’s 74. Benjamin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bonzi scored 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Bonzi lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bonzi put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Van Assche 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Bonzi has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (247-142). 21-5 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bonzi has an overall78-28 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger where he beat Liam Broady in the final 7-5 6-4 and in the Ostrava Challenger where he beat Renzo Olivo in the final 6-4 6-4 and in the Segovia Challenger where he overcame Tim Van Rijthoven in the final 7-6(10) 3-6 6-4 and in the St. Tropez Challenger where he defeated Christopher O Connell in the final 6-7(10) 6-1 0-0 ret..
The French player has an overall 49-21 win-loss record in 2021, 21-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cassis Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 173, Kacper reached the semifinal after defeating Jurij Rodionov 6-3 6-3, Tatsuma Ito 7-5 6-3 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 7-63.
In the quarter, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (6-4 7-63). During the match Zuk scored 72 points vs Kokkinakis’s 65. Kacper was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Zuk struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kacper Zuk lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 74% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Kokkinakis 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zuk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Split 2 Challenger where he defeated Mathias Bourgue in the final 6-4 6-2.
Kacper has a compiled 36-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 72 | 62 |
| Pts | 251-215 | 199-156 |
| Total Points | 466 | 355 |
| Winners | 102 | 93 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Both Bonzi and Zuk played 3 matches. At the moment, Benjamin Bonzi surrendered 1 set while Kacper Zuk hasn’t lost a set so far. Bonzi has played 1 set more than Zuk (7 vs 6). Therefore, Bonzi played 10 games more than Zuk. Benjamin scored 102 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Zuk bagged 93 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 33 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 136/239 | 118/173 |
| %1st in | 57% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 102/136 | 93/118 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 52/103 | 29/55 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
Bonzi managed to score 33 aces (11 per match). Zuk blasted 14 aces (4.7 per match). Bonzi won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/24 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 46% | 48% |
| Conceded | 15 | 9 |
| Saved | 9 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Bonzi broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Benjamin dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Pole broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kacper conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonzi | |||||
| R1 Fabbiano | R2 Galarneau | 1/4 Van | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 7-64 | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 | 26 | 72 | |
| pts | 80-68 | 83-73 | 88-74 | 251-215 | |
| Total points | 148 | 156 | 162 | 466 | |
| Winners | 29 | 35 | 38 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 12 | 11 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/88 | 45/72 | 49/79 | 136/239 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 63% | 62% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 35/45 | 38/49 | 102/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 78% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/46 | 13/27 | 15/30 | 52/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 48% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/8 | 4/7 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 38% | 57% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/3 | 5/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 33% | 71% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Zuk | |||||
| R1 Rodionov | R2 Ito | 1/4 Kokkinakis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 | 23 | 62 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 60-46 | 72-65 | 199-156 | |
| Total points | 112 | 106 | 137 | 355 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 38 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% | 53% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 37/59 | 49/66 | 118/173 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 74% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 28/37 | 38/49 | 93/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 76% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 15/22 | 5/17 | 29/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 68% | 29% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 100% | 60% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 50% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Cassis Challenger
- Kacper ZukZuk – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Clement ChidekhChidekh (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Ernesto Escobedo/Fernando RomboliEscobedo/Fernando Romboli – Romain Arneodo/Albano OlivettiArneodo/Albano Olivetti (7-67 7-613) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Kacper ZukZuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Lucas PouillePouille (0-1) – H2H and prediction