Carlos Alcaraz and Giulio Zeppieri will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:30 pm on GORAN IVANISEVIC STADION. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.077
Giulio Zeppieri -> 9.7

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Giulio Zeppieri

There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Carlos Alcaraz

Ranked no. 5 (career-high), Alcaraz reached the semifinal after defeating Norbert Gombos 6-2 6-3 and Facundo Bagnis 6-0 6-4.

In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Bagnis (6-0 6-4). During the match, Alcaraz scored 64 points vs Bagnis’s 44. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alcaraz struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Alcaraz conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Alcaraz put 62% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Bagnis 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Carlos hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Alcaraz has a fantastic record in the last 5 years having won 78% of his matches (152-44). 26-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Alcaraz has an aggregate98-27 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title in in Rio de Janeiro where he overcame Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 6-4 6-2 and in in Miami where he defeated Casper Ruud in the final 7-5 6-4 and in in Barcelona where he overcame Pablo Carreno-Busta in the final 6-3 6-2 and in in Madrid where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 6-1.

Alcaraz has a composed 41-6 win-loss record in 2022, 26-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Umag

Giulio Zeppieri

Ranked no. 168, Giulio reached the semifinal after defeating Gilles Simon 4-6 6-3 7-5, Elias Ymer 4-6 6-1 6-4, Pedro Cachin 3-6 6-1 6-4, Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 3-6 6-1 and Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-5 6-4.

In the quarter, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (7-5 6-4). During the match Zeppieri scored 76 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 68. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Zeppieri made 6 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Giulio Zeppieri was very efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Giulio broke Zapata Miralles 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Giulio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Giulio has an overall 22-19 win-loss record in 2022, 20-15 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Umag

Zeppieri has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alcaraz	Zeppieri
Match played	2	5
Tot Set	4	14
Tot Games	33	132
Pts	133-98	440-385
Total Points	231	825
Winners	53	188
%Winners	40%	43%

Alcaraz played 2 matches while Zeppieri competed in 5 matches. Zeppieri started his run from the qualifications while Alcaraz had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Giulio Zeppieri conceded 4 sets while Carlos Alcaraz hasn’t dropped a set so far. Alcaraz has played 10 set(s) less than Zeppieri (4 vs 14). Therefore, Alcaraz played 99 games less than Zeppieri. The Spaniard scored 53 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Giulio managed to score 188 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alcaraz	Zeppieri
Aces	4	23
Avg per match	2	4.6
1st in	70/113	247/395
%1st in	62%	63%
1st pts	53/70	188/247
%1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	23/43	83/148
%2nd pts	53%	56%

Alcaraz made 4 aces (2 per match). Zeppieri blasted 23 aces (4.6 per match). Alcaraz won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alcaraz	Zeppieri
Won	8	17
Converted	8/22	17/45
% Converted	36%	38%
Conceded	8	23
Saved	8	15
% Saved	100%	65%
Times Broken	0	8

Carlos broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Alcaraz had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points. Zeppieri broke his opponents 17 times with a 38% conversion rate. Giulio conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Alcaraz
	R2 Gombos	1/4 Bagnis	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	16	33
pts	69-54	64-44	133-98
Total points	123	108	231
Winners	27	26	53
%Winners	39%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	1	3	4
1st in	38/61	32/52	70/113
% 1st in	62%	62%	62%
1st pts	27/38	26/32	53/70
% 1st pts	71%	81%	76%
2nd pts	14/23	9/20	23/43
% 2nd pts	61%	45%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/12	4/10	8/22
Converted %	33%	40%	36%
Conceded	7	1	8
Saved	7/7	1/1	8
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Zeppieri
	Q1 Simon	Q3 Ymer	R1 Cachin	R2 Elahi Galan Riveros	1/4 Zapata Miralles	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5	4-6 6-1 6-4	3-6 6-1 6-4	6-4 3-6 6-1	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	2	14
Tot Games	31	27	26	26	22	132
pts	98-91	93-75	79-69	94-82	76-68	440-385
Total points	189	168	148	176	144	825
Winners	39	42	42	35	30	188
%Winners	40%	45%	53%	37%	39%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	5	4	6	23
Double Faults	3	2	1	4	0	10
1st in	57/97	54/85	50/68	45/74	41/71	247/395
% 1st in	59%	64%	74%	61%	58%	63%
1st pts	39/57	42/54	42/50	35/45	30/41	188/247
% 1st pts	68%	78%	84%	78%	73%	76%
2nd pts	20/40	19/31	9/18	17/29	18/30	83/148
% 2nd pts	50%	61%	50%	59%	60%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	3	3	3	3	17
Converted	5/12	3/5	3/8	3/11	3/9	17/45
Converted %	42%	60%	38%	27%	33%	38%
Conceded	8	5	2	2	6	23
Saved	4/8	4/5	1/2	1/2	5/6	15
Saved %	50%	80%	50%	50%	83%	157%
Times Broken	4	1	1	1	1	8

Tennis Scores in Umag

• Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Rafael Matos/David Vega HernandezMatos/David Vega Hernandez (6-1 5-7 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Simone Bolelli/Fabio FogniniBolelli/Fabio Fognini – Tomislav Brkic/Francisco CabralBrkic/Francisco Cabral (6-0 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction