Dominic Stricker and Sebastian Ofner will face off in the final of the Prague 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.87
Dominic Stricker -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stricker vs. Sebastian Ofner
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stricker and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dominic Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-15 | 7-6 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 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. 129, the Swiss reached the final after defeating Kalin Ivanovski 6-2 6-2, Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-75 6-2 6-4, Dalibor Svrcina 4-6 6-1 6-3 and Filip Krajinovic 7-5 5-7 6-3.
In the semifinal, Stricker defeated Krajinovic (7-5 5-7 6-3). During the match, Stricker scored 112 points vs Krajinovic’s 95. Stricker was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stricker managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Dominic Stricker was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (30/50) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Swiss broke Krajinovic 4 times after converting 20% of his break points (4/20).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stricker has lost 3 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Stricker has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (87-55). 4-0 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stricker has an overall23-17 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Rovereto Challenger where he defeated Giulio Zeppieri in the final 7-6(8) 6-2.
The Swiss has a compiled 17-5 win-loss record in 2023, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 1 Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 130, Sebastian got to the final after defeating Yaroslav Demin 6-4 6-75 6-1, Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-4 6-2, Tomas Barrios Vera 6-2 7-5 and Lukas Klein 7-64 0-6 6-3.
In the semifinal, Sebastian defeated Klein (7-64 0-6 6-3).During the match Ofner scored less points (4) than Klein. In fact, the world no. 129 won 95 points vs Klein’s. That means that Ofner was more focused during the important points. Ofner was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Ofner bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 60% of his first serves in, winning 61% (38/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (24/42) on the 2nd serve. Sebastian broke Klein twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ofner has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Sebastian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger,the Antalya Challenger and the Zadar Challenger.
The Austrian has a compiled 29-13 win-loss record in 2023, 21-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 1 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 | Stricker | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 106 | 96 |
| Pts | 384-320 | 325-281 |
| Total Points | 704 | 606 |
| Winners | 117 | 114 |
| %Winners | 30% | 35% |
Both Stricker and Ofner played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dominic Stricker conceded 3 sets, while Sebastian Ofner surrendered 2 sets. Stricker has played 1 set more than Ofner (11 vs 10). Therefore, Stricker played 10 games more than Ofner. The Swiss scored 117 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian recorded 114 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stricker | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 166/319 | 160/306 |
| %1st in | 52% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 117/166 | 114/160 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 94/153 | 81/146 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 55% |
Stricker scored 20 aces (5 per match). Ofner fired 17 aces (4.3 per match). Stricker won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stricker | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 16 |
| Converted | 19/57 | 16/35 |
| % Converted | 33% | 46% |
| Conceded | 22 | 23 |
| Saved | 14 | 14 |
| % Saved | 64% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 9 |
The Swiss broke his opponents 19 times with a 33% conversion rate. Dominic surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Ofner broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stricker | ||||||
| R1 Ivanovski |
R2 Meligeni |
1/4 Svrcina |
1/2 Krajinovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-75 6-2 6-4 | 4-6 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 | 26 | 33 | 106 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 115-104 | 95-78 | 112-95 | 384-320 | |
| Total points | 105 | 219 | 173 | 207 | 704 | |
| Winners | 18 | 41 | 26 | 32 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 36% | 27% | 29% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 60/101 | 42/83 | 39/89 | 166/319 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 59% | 51% | 44% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 41/60 | 26/42 | 32/39 | 117/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 68% | 62% | 82% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 26/41 | 23/41 | 30/50 | 94/153 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 63% | 56% | 60% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/12 | 7/14 | 4/20 | 19/57 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 33% | 50% | 20% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 6/7 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 50% | 40% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Ofner | ||||||
| R1 Demin |
R2 Ugo |
1/4 Tomas Barrios Vera |
1/2 Klein |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | 7-64 0-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 96 | |
| pts | 106-92 | 58-39 | 66-51 | 95-99 | 325-281 | |
| Total points | 198 | 97 | 117 | 194 | 606 | |
| Winners | 32 | 20 | 24 | 38 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 34% | 36% | 40% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 43/96 | 24/47 | 31/59 | 62/104 | 160/306 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 51% | 53% | 60% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 20/24 | 24/31 | 38/62 | 114/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 83% | 77% | 61% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/53 | 13/23 | 14/28 | 24/42 | 81/146 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | 50% | 57% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/7 | 5/12 | 2/8 | 16/35 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 57% | 42% | 25% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 23 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 12/16 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 0% | 75% | 31% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
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