Zsombor Piros and Giulio Zeppieri will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.66
Zsombor Piros -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Giulio Zeppieri
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 1-4 | 10-11 | 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, Zsombor got to the semifinal after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-5 7-65, Tim Handel 7-67 6-3 and Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3 2-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Piros defeated Seyboth Wild (6-3 2-6 6-3). During the match, Piros scored 75 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 72. The Hungarian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Piros put 51% of his first serves in, winning 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (12/33) on the 2nd serve. Zsombor broke Seyboth Wild 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zsombor has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Piros has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (218-123). 24-10 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has an overall141-65 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Split Challenger where he defeated 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.
Zsombor has a composed 34-18 win-loss record in 2023, 24-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Zsombor has never competed in this tournament before.
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 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 reached the semifinal after defeating Akira Santillan 6-3 7-5, Benoit Paire 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Ivan Gakhov 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-1 6-4). During the match Zeppieri scored 62 points vs Gakhov’s 39. Zeppieri was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Zeppieri scored 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Giulio Zeppieri was very effective on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Gakhov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zeppieri has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Titouan Droguet in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
Zeppieri has an aggregate 29-16 win-loss record in 2023, 18-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 67 |
| Pts | 239-220 | 236-184 |
| Total Points | 459 | 420 |
| Winners | 98 | 113 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Both Piros and Zeppieri played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zsombor Piros lost 1 set, while Giulio Zeppieri surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Piros and Zeppieri have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Piros played 6 games more than Zeppieri. The Hungarian scored 98 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 113 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 134/238 | 142/220 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 98/134 | 113/142 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 51/104 | 44/78 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 56% |
Piros bagged 7 aces (2.3 per match). Zeppieri blasted 20 aces (6.7 per match). Piros won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 7 |
| Converted | 11/19 | 7/20 |
| % Converted | 58% | 35% |
| Conceded | 17 | 8 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 53% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 |
The Hungarian broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Zsombor conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Giulio broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Zeppieri conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Handel |
1/4 Seyboth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | 7-67 6-3 | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 | 26 | 73 | |
| pts | 89-86 | 75-62 | 75-72 | 239-220 | |
| Total points | 175 | 137 | 147 | 459 | |
| Winners | 40 | 29 | 29 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 63/104 | 37/67 | 34/67 | 134/238 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 55% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 40/63 | 29/37 | 29/34 | 98/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 78% | 85% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 23/30 | 12/33 | 51/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 77% | 36% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 1/5 | 5/9 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 20% | 56% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 3/3 | 0/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 0% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| Zeppieri | |||||
| R1 Santillan |
R2 Paire |
1/4 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 29 | 17 | 67 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 100-85 | 62-39 | 236-184 | |
| Total points | 134 | 185 | 101 | 420 | |
| Winners | 37 | 46 | 30 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 46% | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 49/72 | 58/96 | 35/52 | 142/220 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 60% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 46/58 | 30/35 | 113/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 21/38 | 9/17 | 44/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 55% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/8 | 3/5 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 25% | 60% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/5 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 100% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Karlsruhe Challenger
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Leandro RiediRiedi (6-1 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Hady HabibHabib (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
