Dominic Stricker tops Giulio Zeppieri 7-6(8) 6-2 in the final of the Rovereto Challenger on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Stricker added € 4,060 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 9,880 in total after conquering this tournament.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:27
At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 80 points vs. Giulio’s 68.
Stricker
Dominic Stephan served extremely well to win 79% of the points (31/39) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (15/27) on his second serve. Dominic Stephan won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Zeppieri
On the other side, the Italian was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Stricker and Zeppieri is 1-0 for Dominic Stephan.
At challenger level, this was the maiden title for the Swiss that won his first title at the first attempt. At challenger level, Zeppieri lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Stricker clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Dominic Stephan broke back in the 9th (4-5) game to win the set 7-6.
Dominic Stephan converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Giulio converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-1 30-40).
They contested 109 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Stricker won just 3 points more than Zeppieri (56-53). Stricker surrendered 22 points on serve (38-22). Regarding the other side of the net, Zeppieri conceded 18 points on serve (31-18).
Dominic Stephan in this set was more solid than the Italian and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Stricker converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Stricker didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. Dominic Stephan won 7 more points than Giulio (23-16). Dominic Stephan was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, Zeppieri conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
