Marco Cecchinato and Kacper Zuk will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.71
Kacper Zuk -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Kacper Zuk
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 0-2 | 22-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 166, Marco reached the 2nd round after beating Jozef Kovalik 7-63 5-7 7-5.
In the 1st round, Cecchinato defeated Kovalik (7-63 5-7 7-5). During the match, Cecchinato scored 110 points vs Kovalik’s 98. Marco was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato managed to score 9 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Marco Cecchinato was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (50/68) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 5 times. Marco broke Kovalik 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Cecchinato has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (362-258). 11-15 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cecchinato has an overall 322-177 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger.
Marco has a composed 11-18 win-loss record in 2022, 11-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Kacper Zuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 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. 278, the Pole got to the 2nd round after defeating Philip Florig 7-5 7-5, Alexey Vatutin 7-66 6-1 and Gastao Elias 7-65 6-3.
In the 1st round, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Elias (7-65 6-3). During the match Zuk scored 71 points vs Elias’s 63. Kacper was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Zuk recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Kacper Zuk was very efficient on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kacper broke Elias twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Zuk’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Biel Challenger.
Zuk has an overall 13-17 win-loss record in 2022, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 66 |
| Pts | 110-98 | 244-211 |
| Total Points | 208 | 455 |
| Winners | 50 | 100 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Cecchinato played 1 match while Zuk competed in 3 matches. Zuk started his run from the qualifications while Cecchinato had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marco Cecchinato surrendered 1 set while Kacper Zuk hasn’t lost a set so far. Cecchinato has played 3 set(s) less than Zuk (3 vs 6). Therefore, Cecchinato played 29 games less than Zuk. Marco scored 50 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Zuk struck 100 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 68/95 | 141/244 |
| %1st in | 72% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 50/68 | 100/141 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 55/103 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 53% |
Cecchinato scored 9 aces . Zuk scored 12 aces (4 per match). Cecchinato won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 71% of the points behind 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 | Cecchinato | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 10/26 |
| % Converted | 71% | 38% |
| Conceded | 8 | 19 |
| Saved | 3 | 14 |
| % Saved | 38% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Cecchinato broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Cecchinato surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Zuk broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | |||
| R1 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 37 | |
| pts | 110-98 | 110-98 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 68/95 | 68/95 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 50/68 | 50/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Zuk | |||||
| Q1 Florig |
Q3 Vatutin |
R1 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 7-66 6-1 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 20 | 22 | 66 | |
| pts | 97-86 | 76-62 | 71-63 | 244-211 | |
| Total points | 183 | 138 | 134 | 455 | |
| Winners | 38 | 29 | 33 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/105 | 38/68 | 45/71 | 141/244 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 63% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 38/58 | 29/38 | 33/45 | 100/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 76% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 16/30 | 15/26 | 55/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 53% | 58% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/8 | 2/6 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 38% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 2 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 80% | 205% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWLWLL Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Sumit NagalNagal (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-79 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Gastao EliasElias (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Oscar Jose GutierrezJose Gutierrez – Marko TopoTopo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-63 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Benjamin HassanHassan (7-66 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (6-75 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Oscar Jose GutierrezJose Gutierrez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Federico CoriaCoria (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Taro DanielDaniel (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Kacper ZukZuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Maxime JanvierJanvier (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
