Mariano Navone and Kacper Zuk will play each other in the 1st round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.87
Mariano Navone -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Mariano Navone vs. Kacper Zuk
There is no head to head record between Mariano Navone and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mariano Navone
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-14 | 0-1 | 25-11 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 0-1 | 44-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-8 | 4-2 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 228 (career-high), Mariano will start his run in the Split Challenger after he played his last match in the Barletta Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4 to David in the 2nd round on the 6th of April.
The Argentine has an overall 6-9 win-loss record in 2023, 6-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Mariano has an overall 156-90 record. He has a positive 152-87 record on clay.
Previously in the Split Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Kacper Zuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 26-29 | 7-9 | 5-8 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 12-7 | 6-9 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 5-1 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 5-5 | 17-8 | 15-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 31-9 | 6-2 | 10-4 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 268, Zuk got to the 1st round after beating Max Hans Rehberg 6-4 6-3 and Nino Serdarusic 2-6 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Serdarusic, Zuk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3).During the match Zuk scored less points (2) than Serdarusic. In fact, the world no. 228 won 87 points vs Serdarusic’s. That means that Zuk was more focused during the important points. Kacper was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Zuk scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kacper Zuk was quite effective on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Pole broke Serdarusic twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kacper started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Zuk’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Trimbach.
Kacper has an aggregate 11-10 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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