Blaz Rola and Kacper Zuk will play each other in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.533
Blaz Rola -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Blaz Rola vs. Kacper Zuk
There is no head to head record between Blaz Rola and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Blaz Rola
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25-11 | 9-1 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-27 | 5-5 | 15-13 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 40-26 | 18-12 | 17-10 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 232, the Slovenian got to the 2nd round after beating Luka Mikrut 6-3 4-6 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Slovenian defeated Mikrut (6-3 4-6 7-66). During the match, Rola scored 112 points vs Mikrut’s 110. The Slovenian was pretty aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rola scored 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Blaz Rola was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (55/78) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Slovenian broke Mikrut twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Rola has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (301-227). 1-1 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rola has a composed 179-112 match record in the last years on clay.
Blaz has a composed 1-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Kacper Zuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 252, Kacper reached the 2nd round after defeating Mili Poljicak 5-7 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Poljicak, Zuk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-1). During the match Zuk scored 98 points vs Poljicak’s 76. The Pole was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Zuk recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kacper Zuk lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the 2nd serve. Zuk broke Poljicak 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Zuk’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Biel Challenger.
Zuk has a compiled 9-11 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rola | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 27 |
| Pts | 112-110 | 98-76 |
| Total Points | 222 | 174 |
| Winners | 55 | 35 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
Both Rola and Zuk played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Blaz Rola dropped 1 set, while Kacper Zuk lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rola and Zuk have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Rola played 5 games more than Zuk. Blaz scored 55 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Kacper recorded 35 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rola | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 78/119 | 51/78 |
| %1st in | 66% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 55/78 | 35/51 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 18/27 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 67% |
Rola managed to score 5 aces . Zuk fired 4 aces . Rola won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rola | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 6 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 29% | 46% |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 85% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Rola broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Blaz conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Zuk broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rola | |||
| R1 Mikrut |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 112-110 | 112-110 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 78/119 | 78/119 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 55/78 | 55/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 21/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zuk | |||
| R1 Poljicak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 98-76 | 98-76 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/78 | 51/78 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWL Tennis Scores in Split Challenger
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Antoine HoangHoang – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Johan NiklesNikles (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Miljan ZekicZekic (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Nerman FaticFatic (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-3 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (5-7 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Borna GojoGojo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Blaz RolaRola – Kacper ZukZuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Lukas KleinKlein (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Mirza BasicBasic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Antoine HoangHoang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
