Hubert Hurkacz and Jan-Lennard Struff will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Boss Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm 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 Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 3 sets.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.87
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
This will be the 2nd time that Hubert Hurkacz and Jan-Lennard Struff clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Struff (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Struff won 7-6(4) 6-4 6-1 in the Rubber 5 in 2 back in 2016.
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-11 | 4-5 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-19 | 17-10 | 14-4 | 4-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, Hubert reached the semifinal after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 4-6 7-65 7-65 and Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Hubert had a good straight sets win against O Connell (6-4 6-4). During the match, Hurkacz scored 70 points vs O Connell’s 56. Hurkacz was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hurkacz bagged 16 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Hubert Hurkacz was very effective on serve to win 91% (31/34) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hurkacz broke O Connell twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hubert has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Hurkacz has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (328-202). 2-0 on grass in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hurkacz has a compiled 18-11 match record in the last years on grass.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Marseille where he overcame Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
The Pole has an aggregate 21-12 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Jan-Lennard Struff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-30 | 7-11 | 5-8 | 12-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-21 | 4-8 | 15-5 | 5-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 21-9 | 14-7 | 5-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-22 | 3-10 | 7-4 | 12-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-30 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24 (career-high), Struff got to the semifinal after defeating Zhizhen Zhang 6-1 6-4, Tommy Paul 7-64 7-65 and Richard Gasquet 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, Struff had a good straight sets win against Gasquet (6-4 7-5). During the match Struff scored 67 points vs Gasquet’s 56. Jan-Lennard was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Struff blasted 18 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jan-Lennard Struff was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 91% (32/35) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jan-Lennard broke Gasquet twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Struff’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Madrid.
Jan-Lennard has a composed 39-15 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hurkacz | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 65 |
| Pts | 184-171 | 209-165 |
| Total Points | 355 | 374 |
| Winners | 87 | 98 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Hurkacz played 2 matches while Struff competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Hubert Hurkacz dropped 1 set while Jan-Lennard Struff hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hurkacz has played 1 set(s) less than Struff (5 vs 6). Therefore, Hurkacz played 9 games less than Struff. Hubert scored 87 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Jan-Lennard struck 98 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hurkacz | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 37 | 46 |
| Avg per match | 18.5 | 15.3 |
| 1st in | 102/164 | 111/174 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 87/102 | 98/111 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 36/62 | 36/63 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 57% |
Hurkacz blasted 37 aces (18.5 per match). Struff blasted 46 aces (15.3 per match). Hurkacz won 85% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Struff won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hurkacz | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 7 |
| Converted | 2/13 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 15% | 39% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Hubert broke his opponents twice with a 15% conversion rate. Hubert dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Jan-Lennard broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Jan-Lennard conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hurkacz | ||||
| R2 Watanuki | 1/4 O | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 7-65 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 20 | 56 | |
| pts | 114-115 | 70-56 | 184-171 | |
| Total points | 229 | 126 | 355 | |
| Winners | 56 | 31 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 21 | 16 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 68/111 | 34/53 | 102/164 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 56/68 | 31/34 | 87/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 91% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 10/19 | 36/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 53% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 0/5 | 2/8 | 2/13 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 25% | 15% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Struff | |||||
| R1 Zhang | R2 Paul | 1/4 Gasquet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-64 7-65 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 22 | 65 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 83-70 | 67-56 | 209-165 | |
| Total points | 98 | 153 | 123 | 374 | |
| Winners | 21 | 45 | 32 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 54% | 48% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 21 | 18 | 46 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 26/45 | 50/70 | 35/59 | 111/174 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 71% | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 45/50 | 32/35 | 98/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 90% | 91% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 10/20 | 14/24 | 36/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 50% | 58% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 1/7 | 2/5 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 14% | 40% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic – Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-2) – H2H and prediction