Giulio Zeppieri and Michael Geerts will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on TOURLAVILLE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.82
Michael Geerts -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Michael Geerts

There is no head to head record between Giulio Zeppieri and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Giulio Zeppieri

Ranked no. 166, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after beating Mili Poljicak 6-3 7-6⁵.

In the 1^st round, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Poljicak (6-3 7-6⁵). During the match, Zeppieri scored 79 points vs Poljicak’s 66. Zeppieri was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zeppieri bagged 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Giulio Zeppieri conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Zeppieri put 73% of his first serves in, winning 88% (45/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Giulio broke Poljicak once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

Zeppieri has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 53% of his matches (100-87). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zeppieri has a composed8-16 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

The Italian has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

Zeppieri has never competed in this tournament before.

Michael Geerts

Ranked no. 250, Michael got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ivan Gakhov 6-4 7-6⁶.

In the 1^st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-4 7-6⁶). During the match Geerts and Gakhov scored the same amount of points (77). However, the world no. 166 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Michael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Geerts made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Geerts was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Geerts broke Gakhov once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

Geerts has a compiled 4-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zeppieri	Geerts
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	23
Pts	79-66	77-77
Total Points	145	154
Winners	45	33
%Winners	57%	43%

Both Zeppieri and Geerts played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zeppieri and Geerts have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zeppieri played 1 game less than Geerts. Zeppieri scored 45 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian bagged 33 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zeppieri	Geerts
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	51/70	46/81
%1st in	73%	57%
1st pts	45/51	33/46
%1st pts	88%	72%
2nd pts	7/19	22/35
%2nd pts	37%	63%

Zeppieri blasted 6 aces . Geerts fired 5 aces . Zeppieri won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zeppieri	Geerts
Won	1	1
Converted	1/5	1/5
% Converted	20%	20%
Conceded	6	4
Saved	6	4
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Giulio broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Giulio very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Geerts broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Geerts was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Zeppieri
	R1 Poljicak	Total
Score	6-3 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	79-66	79-66
Total points	145	145
Winners	45	45
%Winners	57%	57%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	51/70	51/70
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	45/51	45/51
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	7/19	7/19
% 2nd pts	37%	37%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/5	1/5
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Geerts
	R1 Gakhov	Total
Score	6-4 7-66
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	77-77	77-77
Total points	154	154
Winners	33	33
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	46/81	46/81
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	33/46	33/46
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	22/35	22/35
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/5	1/5
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Cherbourg Challenger

• Titouan DroguetDroguet – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Mats MoraingMoraing – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Clement ChidekhChidekh (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Kacper ZukZuk – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Gabriel DebruDebru – Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Karl FribergFriberg (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Dan AddedAdded (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-7³ 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Raphael CollignonCollignon (7-6¹ 6-1) – See score progression
• Antoine BellierBellier – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (7-6⁶ 7-5) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

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