Zizou Bergs and Evan Furness will play each other in the 2nd round of the Mallorca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on PISTA 3. 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 -> 1.72
Evan Furness -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Evan Furness
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Evan Furness since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-17 | 3-4 | 17-5 | 7-4 | 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 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 154, the Belgian got to the 2nd round after beating Daniel Rincon 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Zizou had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-3 6-2). During the match, Bergs scored 67 points vs Rincon’s 48. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bergs recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zizou Bergs was very effective on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zizou broke Rincon 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Bergs has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (208-116). 4-4 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bergs has a composed58-30 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Zizou’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the St. Brieuc Challenger,the Troisdorf Challenger and the Ilkley Challenger.
Bergs has an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mallorca Challenger
Zizou has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Furness
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-17 | 3-2 | 9-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 16-12 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-27 | 14-1 | 26-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 37-10 | 34-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 224, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Kacper Zuk 4-6 6-3 7-67.
In the 1st round against Zuk, Evan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-67). During the match Furness and Zuk scored the same amount of points (97). However, the world no. 154 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Evan was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Furness managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Evan Furness lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 58% of his first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (27/42) on the 2nd serve. Evan broke Zuk twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in the Ostrava Challenger.
Furness has an aggregate 31-23 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 |
| Pts | 67-48 | 97-97 |
| Total Points | 115 | 194 |
| Winners | 31 | 40 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Bergs and Furness played 1 match. At the moment, Evan Furness lost 1 set while Zizou Bergs hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Bergs has played 1 set(s) less than Furness (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bergs played 15 games less than Furness. Bergs scored 31 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Furness bagged 40 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6 |
| 1st in | 40/53 | 59/101 |
| %1st in | 75% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 40/59 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 27/42 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 64% |
Bergs bagged 8 aces . Furness scored 6 aces . Bergs won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Furness won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bergs | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 27% | 33% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Belgian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Belgian extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The French player broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Furness conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | |||
| R1 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 67-48 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/53 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Furness | |||
| R1 Zuk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 97-97 | 97-97 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 59/101 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 40/59 | 40/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLLWWLLLWL Tennis Scores in Mallorca Challenger
- Zizou BergsBergs – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Leandro RiediRiedi – Albano OlivettiOlivetti (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Jesper De JongDe Jong (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Marek GengelGengel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Kaichi UchidaUchida (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine BellierBellier – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Daniel MasurMasur (3-6 7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Laurent LokoliLokoli (1-6 6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (1-6 7-66 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Jerzy JanowiczJanowicz – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- David Pel/Szymon WalkowPel/Szymon Walkow – Albano Olivetti/Leandro RiediOlivetti/Leandro Riedi (7-63 2-6 10-4) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Kacper ZukZuk (4-6 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Vlad Victor Cornea/Bart StevensVictor Cornea/Bart Stevens – Altug Celikbilek/Kacper ZukCelikbilek/Kacper Zuk (7-64 6-72 10-8) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jerzy JanowiczJanowicz – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine BellierBellier – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Evan FurnessFurness (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
