Dominic Stephan Stricker and Kacper Zuk will square off in the semifinal of the Biel Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Stephan Stricker who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stephan Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.56
Kacper Zuk -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Kacper Zuk
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stephan Stricker and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, Dominic reached the semifinal after defeating Yuichi Sugita 7-65 6-1, Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 7-63 and Tim Van Rijthoven 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Van Rijthoven (6-4 7-5). During the match, Stephan Stricker scored 72 points vs Van Rijthoven’s 59. Dominic was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stephan Stricker made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dominic Stephan Stricker was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (33/39) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dominic broke Van Rijthoven twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dominic hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Stephan Stricker has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (46-30). 11-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Stephan Stricker has an overall26-11 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Stephan Stricker’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Columbus Challenger and the Cleveland Challenger.
Dominic has a compiled 13-5 win-loss record in 2022, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Kacper Zuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 26-29 | 7-9 | 5-8 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 12-7 | 6-9 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 5-1 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 5-5 | 17-8 | 15-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 31-9 | 6-2 | 10-4 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 212, the Pole got to the semifinal after beating Go Soeda 6-3 6-2, Pavel Kotov 6-4 6-4 and Antoine Escoffier 7-62 6-2.
In the quarter, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (7-62 6-2). During the match Zuk scored 77 points vs Escoffier’s 57. The Pole was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Zuk scored 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Kacper Zuk was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Pole broke Escoffier 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Pole hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Zuk has an overall 6-7 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Kacper has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephan Stricker | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 58 |
| Pts | 219-181 | 219-170 |
| Total Points | 400 | 389 |
| Winners | 93 | 89 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Stephan Stricker and Zuk played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Stephan Stricker and Zuk have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Stephan Stricker played 7 games more than Zuk. Dominic scored 93 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole managed to score 89 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephan Stricker | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 124/196 | 115/189 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 93/124 | 89/115 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 46/72 | 37/74 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 50% |
Stephan Stricker managed to score 27 aces (9 per match). Zuk recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Stephan Stricker won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stephan Stricker | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 11 |
| Converted | 8/18 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 44% | 42% |
| Conceded | 10 | 16 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 70% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Dominic broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Stephan Stricker dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Zuk broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Zuk conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stephan Stricker | |||||
| R1 Sugita |
R2 Kovacevic |
1/4 Van Rijthoven |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | 6-4 7-63 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 22 | 65 | |
| pts | 76-60 | 71-62 | 72-59 | 219-181 | |
| Total points | 136 | 133 | 131 | 400 | |
| Winners | 31 | 29 | 33 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 11 | 6 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 40/68 | 39/54 | 124/196 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 59% | 72% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 29/40 | 33/39 | 93/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 73% | 85% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 17/28 | 11/15 | 46/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 61% | 73% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | 2/10 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | 20% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | – | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zuk | |||||
| R1 Soeda |
R2 Kotov |
1/4 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 21 | 58 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 78-67 | 77-57 | 219-170 | |
| Total points | 110 | 145 | 134 | 389 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | 31 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 39/71 | 42/67 | 115/189 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 55% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/39 | 31/42 | 89/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 15/32 | 14/25 | 37/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | 56% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/11 | 4/6 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 36% | 67% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/10 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 67% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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