Ricardas Berankis and Robert Strombachs will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.35
Robert Strombachs -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Ricardas Berankis vs. Robert Strombachs
There is no head to head record between Ricardas Berankis and Robert Strombachs since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-15 | 12-8 | 5-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 254, Richard got to the 2nd round after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Richard had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-4 7-5). During the match, Berankis scored 85 points vs Uchiyama’s 72. The Lithuanian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Berankis fired 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ricardas Berankis was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (35/44) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Lithuanian broke Uchiyama twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Berankis has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (306-216). 5-8 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Berankis has a composed 113-95 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the St. Brieuc Challenger where he beat Dan Added in the final 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(5).
Berankis has an aggregate 26-19 win-loss record in 2023, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Richard has never competed in this tournament before.
Robert Strombachs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-18 | 3-3 | 4-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-26 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 13-11 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 389, Strombachs reached the 2nd round after beating Hanyi Liu 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Strombachs defeated Liu (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Strombachs scored 95 points vs Liu’s 94. Strombachs was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Strombachs struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Robert Strombachs lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Strombachs put 64% of his first serves in, winning 78% (47/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Liu twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Robert’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sanxenxo.
Strombachs has a compiled 36-23 win-loss record in 2023, 26-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berankis | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 |
| Pts | 85-72 | 95-94 |
| Total Points | 157 | 189 |
| Winners | 35 | 47 |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% |
Both Berankis and Strombachs played 1 match. At the moment, Robert Strombachs dropped 1 set while Ricardas Berankis hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Berankis has played 1 set(s) less than Strombachs (2 vs 3). Therefore, Berankis played 6 games less than Strombachs. Berankis scored 35 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Robert blasted 47 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berankis | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 9 |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 60/94 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 47/60 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/34 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 44% |
Berankis fired 7 aces . Strombachs fired 9 aces . Berankis won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Strombachs won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berankis | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/10 |
| % Converted | 40% | 20% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Berankis broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Richard quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points. The German broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Robert conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berankis | |||
| R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 85-72 | 85-72 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 44/72 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 35/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Strombachs | |||
| R1 Liu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 95-94 | 95-94 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/94 | 60/94 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 47/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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- James McCabeMcCabe – Luke SavilleSaville (7-63 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Dominik PalanPalan (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikalai HaliakHaliak – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Rigele TeTe – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-77 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Linang XiaoXiao – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Fajing SunSun (4-6 7-61 7-69) – See score progression
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Nick ChappellChappell (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
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- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Arthur WeberWeber (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Hanyi LiuLiu (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jose StathamStatham – Hanwen LiLi (6-3 3-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Evan ZhuZhu (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Jose StathamStatham (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Colin SinclairSinclair (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rigele TeTe – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Linang XiaoXiao – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (0-1) – H2H and prediction
