Dominic Stephan Stricker and Benjamin Lock will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Columbus 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 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 Dominic Stephan Stricker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stephan Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.21
Benjamin Lock -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Benjamin Lock
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stephan Stricker and Benjamin Lock since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, Stephan Stricker got to the 2nd round after beating Patrick Kypson 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Kypson (6-2 6-4). During the match, Stephan Stricker scored 73 points vs Kypson’s 59. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stephan Stricker scored 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dominic Stephan Stricker conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Stephan Stricker put 54% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Stephan Stricker broke Kypson 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Stephan Stricker has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (60-44). 12-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Stephan Stricker has an aggregate27-13 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Stephan Stricker’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Columbus Challenger,the Cleveland Challenger and the Zug Challenger.
Dominic has an overall 27-19 win-loss record in 2022, 12-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus 2 Challenger
Stephan Stricker has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Lock
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-30 | 19-12 | 33-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 13-16 | 25-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 18-17 | 21-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-30 | 20-18 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 8-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 383, Lock reached the 2nd round after defeating Evan Zhu 3-6 6-1 7-67.
In the 1st round against Zhu, The recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-67). During the match Lock scored 108 points vs Zhu’s 95. Lock was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Lock managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Benjamin Lock was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (51/64) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Benjamin broke Zhu 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Benjamin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Medellin.
The has an aggregate 36-22 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephan Stricker | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 29 |
| Pts | 73-59 | 108-95 |
| Total Points | 132 | 203 |
| Winners | 32 | 51 |
| %Winners | 44% | 47% |
Both Stephan Stricker and Lock played 1 match. At the moment, Benjamin Lock conceded 1 set while Dominic Stephan Stricker hasn’t conceded a set so far. Stephan Stricker has played 1 set(s) less than Lock (2 vs 3). Therefore, Stephan Stricker played 11 games less than Lock. Dominic scored 32 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Lock recorded 51 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephan Stricker | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 6 |
| 1st in | 38/70 | 64/89 |
| %1st in | 54% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 51/64 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 52% |
Stephan Stricker fired 10 aces . Lock blasted 6 aces . Stephan Stricker won 84% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Lock won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stephan Stricker | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 27% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Dominic broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Stephan Stricker very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Benjamin broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Benjamin conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stephan Stricker | |||
| R1 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-59 | 73-59 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/70 | 38/70 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 32/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lock | |||
| R1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 108-95 | 108-95 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 64/89 | 64/89 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 51/64 | 51/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Columbus 2 Challenger
- Paul JubbJubb – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Nathan PonwithPonwith (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Ezekiel ClarkClark (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Justin BoulaisBoulais – James TracyTracy (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Omni KumarKumar (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Charles BroomBroom (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin LockLock – Evan ZhuZhu (3-6 6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Daniel CoxCox (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Charles BroomBroom (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Omni KumarKumar (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benjamin LockLock – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Justin BoulaisBoulais (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Robert CashCash – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
