Zizou Bergs and Jelle Sels will fight against each other in the quarter of the Troisdorf Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:30 am on SATURN CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.84
Jelle Sels -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Jelle Sels
This will be the 2nd time that Zizou Bergs and Jelle Sels play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Bergs won 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in M15+H Bressuire back in 2021.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-28 | 20-16 | 2-5 | 7-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-29 | 9-9 | 17-7 | 15-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 200, Zizou got to the quarter after defeating Rudolf Molleker 3-6 7-66 7-65 and Dominic Stephan Stricker 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian defeated Stephan Stricker (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match, Bergs scored 81 points vs Stephan Stricker’s 62. Bergs was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bergs recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 70% of his first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Stephan Stricker 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zizou has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Bergs has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (192-107). 2-2 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bergs has a composed78-50 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Belgian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the St. Brieuc Challenger.
Bergs has a compiled 15-13 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Troisdorf Challenger
Zizou has never competed in this tournament before.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-35 | 7-7 | 21-18 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-30 | 13-6 | 28-16 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-27 | 5-4 | 3-14 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-33 | 0-0 | 26-17 | 22-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 14-13 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 260, Jelle got to the quarter after beating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Alexander Ritschard 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-3 6-4). During the match Sels scored 71 points vs Ritschard’s 57. Sels was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Sels managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jelle Sels lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Ritschard 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sels has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Jelle’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Turin Challenger.
The Dutch has a compiled 15-16 win-loss record in 2022, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 49 |
| Pts | 181-164 | 176-157 |
| Total Points | 345 | 333 |
| Winners | 82 | 73 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Bergs and Sels played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zizou Bergs lost 2 sets, while Jelle Sels conceded 1 set. Bergs has played 1 set more than Sels (6 vs 5). Therefore, Bergs played 9 games more than Sels. The Belgian scored 82 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch managed to score 73 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 112/169 | 114/172 |
| %1st in | 66% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 82/112 | 73/114 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 31/57 | 31/58 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Bergs made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Sels scored 4 aces (2 per match). Bergs won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 64% 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 | Bergs | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 9/21 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 17 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 17% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Bergs broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Belgian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded. Jelle broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | ||||
| R1 Molleker | R2 Stephan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-66 7-65 | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 23 | 58 | |
| pts | 100-102 | 81-62 | 181-164 | |
| Total points | 202 | 143 | 345 | |
| Winners | 43 | 39 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/98 | 50/71 | 112/169 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 70% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 43/62 | 39/50 | 82/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 78% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 10/21 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 48% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/9 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Sels | ||||
| R1 Pucinelli De Almeida | R2 Ritschard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 | 49 | |
| pts | 105-100 | 71-57 | 176-157 | |
| Total points | 205 | 128 | 333 | |
| Winners | 41 | 32 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 66/101 | 48/71 | 114/172 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 41/66 | 32/48 | 73/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 67% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 11/23 | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 48% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/8 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 3 | 17 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 1/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 33% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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