Zsombor Piros and Tim Handel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Zsombor Piros who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.3
Tim Handel -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Tim Handel
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Tim Handel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 1-4 | 8-10 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 113, Piros reached the 2nd round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-5 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (7-5 7-65). During the match, Piros scored 89 points vs Blancaneaux’s 86. Piros was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros recorded 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 61% of his first serves in, winning 63% (40/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (16/41) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Blancaneaux 5 times.
Piros has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (216-123). 22-10 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has an overall139-65 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Split Challenger where he overcame Norbert Gombos in the final 7-6(2) 7-6(9) and the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-4.
Piros has a composed 32-18 win-loss record in 2023, 22-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Zsombor has never competed in this tournament before.
Tim Handel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-12 | 2-2 | 8-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-30 | 2-3 | 41-19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 5-2 | 22-15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 9-9 | 31-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-5 | 7-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 512 (career-high), the German reached the 2nd round after beating Vladyslav Orlov 6-4 6-4, Peter Gojowczyk w/o and Dali Blanch 5-7 7-5 6-0.
In the 1st round against Blanch, Tim recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-0). During the match Handel scored 97 points vs Blanch’s 82. Handel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Handel scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Tim Handel was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The German broke Blanch 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Tim’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Warmbad Villach and M25 Jablonec nad Nisou.
Handel has an aggregate 24-15 win-loss record in 2023, 19-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Handel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 50 |
| Pts | 89-86 | 154-130 |
| Total Points | 175 | 284 |
| Winners | 40 | 68 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Piros played 1 match while Handel competed in 2 matches. Handel started his run from the qualifications while Piros had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tim Handel conceded 1 set while Zsombor Piros hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Piros has played 3 set(s) less than Handel (2 vs 5). Therefore, Piros played 25 games less than Handel. Zsombor scored 40 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The German made 68 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Handel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 63/104 | 91/144 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 40/63 | 68/91 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 33/53 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 62% |
Piros managed to score 3 aces . Handel blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Piros won 63% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Handel won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Handel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 100% | 53% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Zsombor broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Hungarian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Tim broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Tim conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 89-86 | 89-86 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/104 | 63/104 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 40/63 | 40/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 16/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Handel | |||||
| Q1 Orlov |
Q3 Gojowczyk |
R1 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | w/o | 5-7 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | – | 30 | 50 | |
| pts | 57-48 | – | 97-82 | 154-130 | |
| Total points | 105 | – | 179 | 284 | |
| Winners | 29 | – | 39 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 51% | – | 40% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | – | 54/88 | 91/144 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | – | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | – | 39/54 | 68/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | – | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | – | 21/34 | 33/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | – | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | – | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | – | 5/12 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 100% | – | 42% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | – | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | – | 3/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 60% | 135% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | |
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