Dominic Stricker and Marius Copil will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Stricker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stricker -> 1.33
Marius Copil -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stricker vs. Marius Copil
This will be the 2nd time that Dominic Stricker and Marius Copil fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Stricker (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Stricker won 7-6(3) 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Eckental Challenger back in 2021.
Dominic Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-25 | 8-3 | 8-5 | 14-13 | 6-3 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 37-25 | 2-5 | 8-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-19 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 14-7 | 2-2 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Dominic reached the 2nd round after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 7-62 7-65.
In the 1st round, Stricker had a good straight sets win against Zhukayev (7-62 7-65). During the match, Stricker scored 94 points vs Zhukayev’s 84. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Stricker recorded 16 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Dominic Stricker lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Stricker put 66% of his first serves in, winning 86% (49/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Stricker broke Zhukayev once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Stricker has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (83-54). 11-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stricker has a composed48-21 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Rovereto Challenger where he beat Giulio Zeppieri in the final 7-6(8) 6-2.
The Swiss has an overall 13-4 win-loss record in 2023, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Marius Copil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 17-11 | 9-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 28-27 | 5-0 | 9-13 | 11-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 1-3 | 3-7 | 9-4 | 8-3 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 422, Copil got to the 2nd round after defeating Noah Lopez 7-64 6-0, Saba Purtseladze 6-71 7-65 7-64 and Marek Gengel 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Copil had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-4 6-3). During the match Copil scored 63 points vs Gengel’s 50. Copil was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Copil bagged 9 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marius Copil was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gengel 3 times.
Copil has an overall 11-4 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stricker | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 77 |
| Pts | 94-84 | 256-224 |
| Total Points | 178 | 480 |
| Winners | 49 | 114 |
| %Winners | 52% | 45% |
Stricker played 1 match while Copil competed in 3 matches. Copil started his run from the qualifications while Stricker had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marius Copil dropped 1 set while Dominic Stricker hasn’t conceded a set so far. Stricker has played 5 set(s) less than Copil (2 vs 7). Therefore, Stricker played 51 games less than Copil. The Swiss scored 49 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Marius scored 114 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stricker | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 9 |
| 1st in | 57/86 | 142/235 |
| %1st in | 66% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 49/57 | 114/142 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 55/93 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 59% |
Stricker struck 16 aces . Copil blasted 27 aces (9 per match). Stricker won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Copil won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stricker | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 8 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 33% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 21 |
| Saved | 2 | 19 |
| % Saved | 67% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Swiss broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. The Swiss surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Copil conceded his serve twice and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stricker | |||
| R1 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 94-84 | 94-84 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 57/86 | 57/86 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 49/57 | 49/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Copil | |||||
| Q1 Lopez |
Q3 Purtseladze |
R1 Gengel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-0 | 6-71 7-65 7-64 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 39 | 19 | 77 | |
| pts | 72-51 | 121-123 | 63-50 | 256-224 | |
| Total points | 123 | 244 | 113 | 480 | |
| Winners | 28 | 61 | 25 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 7 | 9 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 77/124 | 31/56 | 142/235 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 55% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 61/77 | 25/31 | 114/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 81% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 25/47 | 15/25 | 55/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 53% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/5 | 3/3 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 | 4 | 21 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 9/11 | 4/4 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 82% | 100% | 282% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLLLLW Tennis Scores in Biel Challenger
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Dylan DietrichDietrich (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-4 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Omar JasikaJasika (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-62 7-65) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (4-6 6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Jakub PaulPaul (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-63 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 3-6 7-68) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-4 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Dylan DietrichDietrich (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Norbert GombosGombos (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco FortiForti – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (1-0) – H2H and prediction
