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.

As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
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.

Cassis Challenger
Bonzi's Record

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).

Cassis Challenger
Zuk's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Bonzi
K.Zuk
5h:01
5h:01
Time on court​
3h:56
3h:56
1h:42
1h:42
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
3
3
Match played
3
3
72
72
Games Played​
62
62
7
7
Set played​​
6
6
251
251
Total points​
199
199
83.7
83.7
Avg point​
66.3
66.3
102
102
Winners
93
93
34
34
Avg Winners​
31
31
41%
41%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
33
33
Aces
14
14
!
11
11
Avg Aces
4.7
4.7
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
102/136
102/136
1st won total​
93/118
93/118
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
52/103
52/103
2nd won total​
29/55
29/55
50%
50%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
11/24
11/24
BP won
10/21
10/21
3.7/8
3.7/8
Avg BP won
3.3/7
3.3/7
46%
46%
Won
48%
48%
15
15
Conceded
9
9
5
5
Avg Conceded
3
3
6
6
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
9
9
Saved
5
5

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

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