Dominik Palan and Robert Strombachs will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Zhuhai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Dominik Palan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dominik Palan is the pick to win this match.
Dominik Palan -> 1.615
Robert Strombachs -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Dominik Palan vs. Robert Strombachs

There is no head to head record between Dominik Palan and Robert Strombachs since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Dominik Palan

Ranked no. 313, Dominik reached the 2^nd round after defeating Shuichi Sekiguchi 7-6⁰ 5-7 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Dominik defeated Sekiguchi (7-6⁰ 5-7 6-2). During the match, Palan scored 111 points vs Sekiguchi’s 98. Dominik was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about the service games, Palan overpowered his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Dominik Palan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (50/64) of his 1st serve and 60% (28/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Palan broke Sekiguchi twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Palan has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (140-109). 30-20 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Palan has a composed127-88 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Palan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Jakarta.

Palan has a compiled 30-20 win-loss record in 2023, 30-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhuhai Challenger

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Robert Strombachs

Ranked no. 403, Robert got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tao Mu 6-4 3-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Robert defeated Mu (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Strombachs scored 95 points vs Mu’s 91. Strombachs was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Strombachs recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Robert Strombachs was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (44/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Strombachs broke Mu twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

The German’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sanxenxo.

Robert has a compiled 34-22 win-loss record in 2023, 24-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Palan	Strombachs
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	29
Pts	111-98	95-91
Total Points	209	186
Winners	50	44
%Winners	45%	46%

Both Palan and Strombachs played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Dominik Palan conceded 1 set, while Robert Strombachs dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Palan and Strombachs have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Palan played 4 games more than Strombachs. Dominik scored 50 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The German fired 44 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Palan	Strombachs
Aces	21	5
Avg per match	21	5
1st in	64/111	57/83
%1st in	58%	69%
1st pts	50/64	44/57
%1st pts	78%	77%
2nd pts	28/47	14/26
%2nd pts	60%	54%

Palan blasted 21 aces . Strombachs scored 5 aces . Palan won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Strombachs won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Palan	Strombachs
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/11
% Converted	29%	18%
Conceded	9	5
Saved	8	4
% Saved	89%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Dominik broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Palan dropped his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Robert broke his opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. Strombachs conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Palan
	R1 Sekiguchi	Total
Score	7-60 5-7 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	111-98	111-98
Total points	209	209
Winners	50	50
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	21	21
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	64/111	64/111
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	50/64	50/64
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	28/47	28/47
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8/9	8
Saved %	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

Strombachs
	R1 Mu	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	95-91	95-91
Total points	186	186
Winners	44	44
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	57/83	57/83
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	44/57	44/57
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	14/26	14/26
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/11	2/11
Converted %	18%	18%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Zhuhai Challenger

• Colin SinclairSinclair – Leo BorgBorg (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Dominik PalanPalan – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (7-6⁰ 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Aliaksandr LiaonenkaLiaonenka – Luke SavilleSaville (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Sergey FominFomin (3-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Jose StathamStatham (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Zhe LiLi – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Ajeet RaiRai (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Xiaofei WangWang (7-6⁴ 6-0) – See score progression
• Jason JungJung – Yan BaiBai (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Hanwen LiLi – James McCabeMcCabe (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Evan ZhuZhu (6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (7-6⁴ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Arthur WeberWeber – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Rigele TeTe (6-3 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZgirovskyZgirovsky – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Tao MuMu (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jason JungJung – Yan BaiBai (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

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