Giulio Zeppieri and Flavio Cobolli will square off in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.53
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Flavio Cobolli
This will be the 4th time that Giulio Zeppieri and Flavio Cobolli fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zeppieri (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Zeppieri won 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the final in the Barletta Challenger back in 2021.
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 124, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Ivan Liutarevich 6-2 6-2, Aldin Setkic 6-0 7-63, David Pichler 6-1 6-4 and Chun Hsin Tseng 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Hsin Tseng, Giulio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Zeppieri scored 89 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 74. Zeppieri was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zeppieri managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Giulio Zeppieri lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Zeppieri put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the 2nd serve. Zeppieri broke Hsin Tseng 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zeppieri started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Zeppieri has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (112-88). 4-0 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zeppieri has an overall93-65 record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Titouan Droguet in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
Zeppieri has an overall 14-3 win-loss record in 2023, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Flavio Cobolli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-29 | 26-13 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 39-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 177, Cobolli got to the quarter after defeating Mili Poljicak 6-1 6-3 and Damir Dzumhur 3-6 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Dzumhur, Cobolli recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Cobolli scored 91 points vs Dzumhur’s 81. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Cobolli scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Flavio broke Dzumhur 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cobolli has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Cobolli has an aggregate 9-6 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zeppieri | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 79 | 45 |
| Pts | 285-213 | 148-118 |
| Total Points | 498 | 266 |
| Winners | 100 | 49 |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% |
Zeppieri played 4 matches while Cobolli competed in 2 matches. Zeppieri started his run from the qualifications while Cobolli had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Giulio Zeppieri conceded 1 set, while Flavio Cobolli lost 1 set. Zeppieri has played 4 sets more than Cobolli (9 vs 5). Therefore, Zeppieri played 34 games more than Cobolli. The Italian scored 100 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 49 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zeppieri | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3.8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 139/237 | 75/126 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 100/139 | 49/75 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 61/98 | 26/51 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 51% |
Zeppieri bagged 15 aces (3.8 per match). Cobolli made 4 aces (2 per match). Zeppieri won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zeppieri | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 13 |
| Converted | 17/33 | 13/21 |
| % Converted | 52% | 62% |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 30% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Giulio broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Zeppieri lost his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Flavio broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 30% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zeppieri | ||||||
| Q1 Liutarevich |
Q3 Setkic |
R1 Pichler |
R2 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-0 7-63 | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 17 | 27 | 79 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 71-47 | 61-46 | 89-74 | 285-213 | |
| Total points | 110 | 118 | 107 | 163 | 498 | |
| Winners | 23 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% | 38% | 31% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 33/50 | 33/65 | 44/75 | 139/237 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 51% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 26/33 | 23/33 | 28/44 | 100/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | 70% | 64% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 13/17 | 18/32 | 20/31 | 61/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 76% | 56% | 65% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 5/10 | 17/33 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 67% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 0/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 80% | 0% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Cobolli | ||||||
| R1 Poljicak |
R2 Dzumhur |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 3-6 6-2 7-5 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 45 | |||
| pts | 57-37 | 91-81 | 148-118 | |||
| Total points | 94 | 172 | 266 | |||
| Winners | 17 | 32 | 49 | |||
| %Winners | 30% | 35% | 33% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 1st in | 28/46 | 47/80 | 75/126 | |||
| % 1st in | 61% | 59% | 60% | |||
| 1st pts | 17/28 | 32/47 | 49/75 | |||
| % 1st pts | 61% | 68% | 65% | |||
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 16/33 | 26/51 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 48% | 51% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| Converted | 6/7 | 7/14 | 13/21 | |||
| Converted % | 86% | 50% | 62% | |||
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Saved | 0/2 | 3/8 | 3 | |||
| Saved % | 0% | 38% | 10% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
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