Benjamin Thomas George and Zizou Bergs will play each other in the 2nd round of the Drummondville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 2 sets.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.042
Benjamin Thomas George -> 8.8
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Thomas George vs. Zizou Bergs
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Thomas George and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Benjamin Thomas George
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 5-8 | 5-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-5 | 4-3 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after defeating Gabriel Decamps 6-3 4-6 6-1, Junghee You 6-2 6-4 and Benjamin Lock 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Lock (6-1 7-5). During the match, Thomas George scored 71 points vs Lock’s 52. Thomas George was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Thomas George wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Thomas George lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Thomas George put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Lock 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Thomas George has a solid win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 69% of his matches (11-5). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Thomas George has an overall5-1 win-loss record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
Benjamin has an overall 9-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Drummondville Challenger
Benjamin has never competed in this tournament before.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-29 | 9-9 | 17-7 | 15-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after beating Luke Saville 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Bergs had a good straight sets win against Saville (6-1 6-1). During the match Bergs scored 53 points vs Saville’s 26. Bergs was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Bergs bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zizou Bergs was very effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zizou broke Saville 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he defeated Tung-Lin Wu in the final 7-5 6-2.
Zizou has an aggregate 30-26 win-loss record in 2023, 6-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thomas George | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 14 |
| Pts | 224-170 | 53-26 |
| Total Points | 394 | 79 |
| Winners | 91 | 21 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Thomas George played 3 matches while Bergs competed in 1 match. Thomas George started his run from the qualifications while Bergs had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Benjamin Thomas George surrendered 1 set while Zizou Bergs hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Thomas George has played 5 sets more than Bergs (7 vs 2). Therefore, Thomas George played 49 games more than Bergs. Benjamin scored 91 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian fired 21 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thomas George | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 136/208 | 23/39 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 91/136 | 21/23 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 32/72 | 9/16 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 56% |
Thomas George struck 3 aces (1 per match). Bergs scored 7 aces . Thomas George won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 91% 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 | Thomas George | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 5 |
| Converted | 18/32 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 56% | 71% |
| Conceded | 23 | 2 |
| Saved | 14 | 2 |
| % Saved | 61% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 0 |
Benjamin broke his opponents 18 times with a 56% conversion rate. Thomas George surrendered his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Zizou was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Thomas George | |||||
| Q1 Decamps | Q3 You | R1 Lock | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 19 | 63 | |
| pts | 93-78 | 60-40 | 71-52 | 224-170 | |
| Total points | 171 | 100 | 123 | 394 | |
| Winners | 40 | 22 | 29 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 64/94 | 30/45 | 42/69 | 136/208 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 67% | 61% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/64 | 22/30 | 29/42 | 91/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 73% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 5/15 | 13/27 | 32/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 33% | 48% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 6/12 | 5/7 | 18/32 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 50% | 71% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 | 5 | 23 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 1/4 | 3/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 25% | 60% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Bergs | |||||
| R1 Saville | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |||
| pts | 53-26 | 53-26 | |||
| Total points | 79 | 79 | |||
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |||
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1st in | 23/39 | 23/39 | |||
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |||
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |||
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |||
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |||
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |||
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |||
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |||
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |||
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |||
Tennis Scores in Drummondville Challenger
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- Aziz DougazDougaz – Charles BroomBroom (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Li TuTu – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-74 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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