Giulio Zeppieri and Jelle Sels will square off in the quarter of the Tulln Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 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 Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giulio Zeppieri is the pick to win this match.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.50
Jelle Sels -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Jelle Sels
There is no head to head record between Giulio Zeppieri and Jelle Sels since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-26 | 7-5 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-2 | 25-22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 0-0 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 178, Zeppieri got to the quarter after defeating Joel Josef Schwarzler 6-1 6-2 and Elmar Ejupovic 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Ejupovic (6-4 6-4). During the match, Zeppieri and Ejupovic scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 178 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Italian was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Zeppieri couldn’t to score even 1 ace and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Giulio Zeppieri conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giulio hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 63% of the points he played.
Zeppieri has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 55% of his matches (93-77). 23-18 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zeppieri has a composed87-61 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Giulio’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Umag.
Giulio has an aggregate 25-23 win-loss record in 2022, 23-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tulln Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-22 | 13-6 | 28-15 | 4-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 18-10 | 0-1 | 14-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 255, the Dutch got to the quarter after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 4-6 6-0, Giovanni Oradini 6-1 6-3, Maxime Janvier 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Federico Coria 4-6 7-65 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Coria, Sels recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-3).During the match Sels scored less points (1) than Coria. In fact, the world no. 178 won 99 points vs Coria’s. That means that Sels was more focused during the important points. Sels was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Sels made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jelle Sels lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (44/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the 2nd serve. Sels was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Coria 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jelle started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Sels’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Den Haag.
The Dutch has an overall 26-26 win-loss record in 2022, 17-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zeppieri | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 102 |
| Pts | 49-29 | 352-316 |
| Total Points | 78 | 668 |
| Winners | 20 | 145 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Zeppieri played 2 matches while Sels competed in 4 matches. Sels started his run from the qualifications while Zeppieri had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jelle Sels conceded 3 sets while Giulio Zeppieri hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zeppieri has played 7 set(s) less than Sels (4 vs 11). Therefore, Zeppieri played 67 games less than Sels. Zeppieri scored 20 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Sels made 145 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zeppieri | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 217/351 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 145/217 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 72/134 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 54% |
Zeppieri scored 4 aces (2 per match). Sels bagged 16 aces (4 per match). Zeppieri won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zeppieri | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 18 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 18/35 |
| % Converted | 57% | 51% |
| Conceded | 0 | 33 |
| Saved | 0 | 25 |
| % Saved | 0% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 8 |
The Italian broke his opponents 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Giulio pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Sels broke his opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. Sels conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zeppieri | ||||
| R1 Josef |
R2 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 | 35 | |
| pts | 49-29 | – | 49-29 | |
| Total points | 78 | 0 | 78 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | 0% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 24/41 | / | 24/41 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 0% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | / | 20/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 0% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | / | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 0% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 4/7 | / | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 0% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sels | ||||||
| Q1 Kirkin |
Q3 Oradini |
R1 Janvier |
R2 Coria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-0 | 6-1 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | 4-6 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 16 | 29 | 32 | 102 | |
| pts | 91-79 | 71-53 | 91-84 | 99-100 | 352-316 | |
| Total points | 170 | 124 | 175 | 199 | 668 | |
| Winners | 35 | 30 | 36 | 44 | 145 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 40% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 58/91 | 41/74 | 49/76 | 69/110 | 217/351 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 55% | 64% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/58 | 30/41 | 36/49 | 44/69 | 145/217 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 73% | 73% | 64% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 16/33 | 14/27 | 21/41 | 72/134 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 48% | 52% | 51% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/6 | 5/15 | 4/4 | 18/35 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 33% | 100% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 33 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 14/14 | 0/3 | 6/10 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 0% | 60% | 122% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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