Giulio Zeppieri and Ivan Gakhov will play each other in the quarter of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Ivan Gakhov
There is no head to head record between Giulio Zeppieri and Ivan Gakhov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-11 | 8-4 | 2-3 | 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 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 125, the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Akira Santillan 6-3 7-5 and Benoit Paire 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Santillan (6-3 7-5). During the match, Zeppieri scored 74 points vs Santillan’s 60. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zeppieri blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Giulio Zeppieri was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Santillan twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Zeppieri has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (125-101). 16-12 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zeppieri has an overall105-77 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Titouan Droguet in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
The Italian has a compiled 27-16 win-loss record in 2023, 16-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Giulio has never competed in this tournament before.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 144, Gakhov got to the quarter after beating Nerman Fatic 7-66 6-2 and Rudolf Molleker 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Gakhov defeated Molleker (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Gakhov scored 95 points vs Molleker’s 93. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Gakhov managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve once and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (45/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Molleker twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he beat Gastao Elias in the final 5-7 6-4 ret. and the Troisdorf Challenger where he defeated Frederico Ferreira Silva in the final 6-2 5-7 6-3.
The Russian has a compiled 23-16 win-loss record in 2023, 19-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zeppieri | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 49 |
| Pts | 174-145 | 182-173 |
| Total Points | 319 | 355 |
| Winners | 83 | 75 |
| %Winners | 48% | 41% |
Both Zeppieri and Gakhov played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Giulio Zeppieri surrendered 1 set, while Ivan Gakhov conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zeppieri and Gakhov have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Zeppieri played 1 game more than Gakhov. Giulio scored 83 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Gakhov scored 75 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zeppieri | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 107/168 | 103/172 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 83/107 | 75/103 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 35/61 | 32/69 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 46% |
Zeppieri scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Gakhov bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Zeppieri won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Gakhov won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zeppieri | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/15 | 6/19 |
| % Converted | 27% | 32% |
| Conceded | 7 | 18 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 86% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Italian broke his opponents 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Giulio lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Gakhov broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Gakhov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zeppieri | |||
| R1 Santillan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 74-60 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/72 | 49/72 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 37/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gakhov | ||||
| R1 Fatic |
R2 Molleker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 | 49 | |
| pts | 87-80 | 95-93 | 182-173 | |
| Total points | 167 | 188 | 355 | |
| Winners | 30 | 45 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 59/100 | 103/172 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 45/59 | 75/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 20/41 | 32/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 49% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 2/7 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 29% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 | 18 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 12/13 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 92% | 152% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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