Tomas Barrios Vera and Zizou Bergs will play each other in the quarter of the Poznan Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.61
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Zizou Bergs

This will be the 2^nd time that Tomas Barrios Vera and Zizou Bergs clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Bergs won 2-6 7-6(9) 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Almaty 1 Challenger back in 2021.

Tomas Barrios Vera

Ranked no. 138, Tomas Barrios Vera reached the quarter after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi 6-2 2-6 6-3 and Elmar Ejupovic 6-2 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Marcelo had a good straight sets win against Ejupovic (6-2 7-5). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 67 points vs Ejupovic’s 55. Marcelo was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Marcelo broke Ejupovic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marcelo has lost 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (269-148). 17-12 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tomas Barrios Vera has an aggregate196-106 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Marcelo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Salvador De Bahia Challenger.

Marcelo has a compiled 20-13 win-loss record in 2022, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Poznan Challenger

Tomas Barrios Vera has never competed in this tournament before.

Zizou Bergs

Ranked no. 200, Bergs got to the quarter after beating Facundo Mena 6-4 6-2 and Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Elahi Galan Riveros (6-4 6-2). During the match Bergs scored 63 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 47. Bergs was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Bergs scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Zizou Bergs was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 85% (11/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zizou broke Elahi Galan Riveros 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Zizou’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the St. Brieuc Challenger and the Troisdorf Challenger.

The Belgian has an overall 19-14 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomas Barrios Vera	Bergs
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	45	36
Pts	144-126	129-96
Total Points	270	225
Winners	50	52
%Winners	35%	40%

Both Tomas Barrios Vera and Bergs played 2 matches. At the moment, Tomas Barrios Vera surrendered 1 set while Zizou Bergs hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 1 set more than Bergs (5 vs 4). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 9 games more than Bergs. The Chilean scored 50 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian fired 52 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomas Barrios Vera	Bergs
Aces	3	5
Avg per match	1.5	2.5
1st in	76/129	74/108
%1st in	59%	69%
1st pts	50/76	52/74
%1st pts	66%	70%
2nd pts	30/53	24/34
%2nd pts	57%	71%

Tomas Barrios Vera bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Bergs scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomas Barrios Vera	Bergs
Won	10	8
Converted	10/20	8/16
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	8	3
Saved	3	1
% Saved	38%	33%
Times Broken	5	2

The Chilean broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Tomas Barrios Vera lost his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Zizou broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zizou conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Tomas Barrios Vera
	R1 Arnaboldi	R2 Ejupovic	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 6-3	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	25	20	45
pts	77-71	67-55	144-126
Total points	148	122	270
Winners	27	23	50
%Winners	35%	34%	35%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	40/68	36/61	76/129
% 1st in	59%	59%	59%
1st pts	27/40	23/36	50/76
% 1st pts	68%	64%	66%
2nd pts	15/28	15/25	30/53
% 2nd pts	54%	60%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/9	10/20
Converted %	45%	56%	50%
Conceded	4	4	8
Saved	1/4	2/4	3
Saved %	25%	50%	38%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Bergs
	R1 Mena	R2 Elahi Galan Riveros	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	18	36
pts	66-49	63-47	129-96
Total points	115	110	225
Winners	26	26	52
%Winners	39%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	1	5
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	40/61	34/47	74/108
% 1st in	66%	72%	69%
1st pts	26/40	26/34	52/74
% 1st pts	65%	76%	70%
2nd pts	13/21	11/13	24/34
% 2nd pts	62%	85%	71%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/9	3/7	8/16
Converted %	56%	43%	50%
Conceded	3	0	3
Saved	1/3	0/0	1
Saved %	33%	–	17%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Tennis Scores in Poznan Challenger

• Georgii Kravchenko/Filip PeliwoKravchenko/Filip Peliwo – Karol Drzewiecki/Alex LawsonDrzewiecki/Alex Lawson (7-6⁴ 2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

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