H2H, prediction of Zizou Bergs vs Michael Vrbensky in Drummondville Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th November 2023

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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Michael Vrbensky

Zizou Bergs and Michael Vrbensky will square off in the semifinal of the Drummondville Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.25
Michael Vrbensky -> 3.75

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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Michael Vrbensky

This will be the 4th time that Zizou Bergs and Michael Vrbensky play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Vrbensky won 6-4 7-6(2) in the 1st round in the Amersfoort Challenger back in 2021.

Zizou Bergs

Zizou Bergs
Zizou Bergs

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
71
High
61
LWWLWLWLWW
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 semifinal after beating Luke Saville 6-1 6-1, Benjamin Thomas George 6-3 6-2 and Dominik Koepfer 6-4 4-6 7-5.

In the quarter, The Belgian defeated Koepfer (6-4 4-6 7-5). During the match, Bergs scored 103 points vs Koepfer’s 96. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bergs fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 71% of his first serves in, winning 65% (52/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Zizou broke Koepfer 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Bergs has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (248-150). 8-10 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bergs has a composed72-46 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he overcame Tung-Lin Wu in the final 7-5 6-2.

Zizou has a composed 32-26 win-loss record in 2023, 8-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Drummondville Challenger

Bergs has never competed in this tournament before.

Bergs
Drummondville Challenger
Bergs's Record

Michael Vrbensky

Michael Vrbensky
Michael Vrbensky

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
370
High
277
LLLLWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-27 4-4 32-18 2-5 0-0 0-0
2023 58-28 11-6 44-21 3-1 0-0 0-0
2022 54-27 7-3 37-16 10-7 0-0 0-1
2021 17-24 2-1 14-21 1-2 0-0 0-0
2020 17-15 2-2 14-10 1-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 336, Vrbensky reached the semifinal after beating Colin Markes 6-4 3-6 6-3, Liam Draxl 6-74 6-3 7-5 and Aziz Dougaz 6-2 3-6 6-4.

In the quarter, Michael defeated Dougaz (6-2 3-6 6-4).During the match Vrbensky scored less points (2) than Dougaz. In fact, the world no. 174 won 84 points vs Dougaz’s. That means that Vrbensky was more focused during the important points. Vrbensky was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Vrbensky managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 61% of his first serves in, winning 71% (41/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Dougaz 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Michael has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

The Czech’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Maribor and M25 Telavi.

Michael has an aggregate 58-28 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Vrbensky
Drummondville Challenger
Vrbensky's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Z.Bergs
M.Vrbensky
4h:23
4h:23
Time on court​
!
6h:49
6h:49
!
2h:21
2h:21
Last match​
!
2h:06
2h:06
3
3
Match played
3
3
63
63
Games Played​
89
89
7
7
Set played​​
9
9
221
221
Total points​
282
282
73.7
73.7
Avg point​
94
94
94
94
Winners
128
128
31.3
31.3
Avg Winners​
42.7
42.7
43%
43%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
22
22
5.3
5.3
Avg Aces
7.3
7.3
6
6
Double Faults
21
21
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
94/130
94/130
1st won total​
128/169
128/169
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
40/69
40/69
2nd won total​
65/127
65/127
58%
58%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
13/20
13/20
BP won
10/20
10/20
4.3/6.7
4.3/6.7
Avg BP won
3.3/6.7
3.3/6.7
!
65%
65%
Won
50%
50%
12
12
Conceded
17
17
4
4
Avg Conceded
5.7
5.7
4
4
Broken
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
8
8
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bergs Vrbensky
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 9
Tot Games 63 89
Pts 221-166 282-270
Total Points 387 552
Winners 94 128
%Winners 43% 45%

Both Bergs and Vrbensky played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zizou Bergs conceded 1 set, while Michael Vrbensky surrendered 3 sets. Bergs has played 2 set(s) less than Vrbensky (7 vs 9). Therefore, Bergs played 26 games less than Vrbensky. Zizou scored 94 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech recorded 128 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bergs Vrbensky
Aces 16 22
Avg per match 5.3 7.3
1st in 130/199 169/296
%1st in 65% 57%
1st pts 94/130 128/169
%1st pts 72% 76%
2nd pts 40/69 65/127
%2nd pts 58% 51%

Bergs struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Vrbensky struck 22 aces (7.3 per match). Bergs won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bergs Vrbensky
Won 13 10
Converted 13/20 10/20
% Converted 65% 50%
Conceded 12 17
Saved 8 12
% Saved 67% 71%
Times Broken 4 5

Zizou broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Vrbensky broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Bergs
R1
Saville
R2
Thomas
1/4
Koepfer
Total
Score 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 14 17 32 63
pts 53-26 65-44 103-96 221-166
Total points 79 109 199 387
Winners 21 21 52 94
%Winners 40% 32% 50% 43%
SERVE
Aces 7 4 5 16
Double Faults 1 2 3 6
1st in 23/39 27/48 80/112 130/199
% 1st in 59% 56% 71% 65%
1st pts 21/23 21/27 52/80 94/130
% 1st pts 91% 78% 65% 72%
2nd pts 9/16 15/21 16/32 40/69
% 2nd pts 56% 71% 50% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 3 5 13
Converted 5/7 3/6 5/7 13/20
Converted % 71% 50% 71% 65%
Conceded 2 0 10 12
Saved 2/2 0/0 6/10 8
Saved % 100% 60% 53%
Times Broken 0 0 4 4
Vrbensky
R1
Markes
R2
Draxl
1/4
Dougaz
Total
Score 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-74 6-3 7-5 6-2 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 28 34 27 89
pts 90-87 108-97 84-86 282-270
Total points 177 205 170 552
Winners 37 50 41 128
%Winners 41% 46% 49% 45%
SERVE
Aces 8 5 9 22
Double Faults 7 5 9 21
1st in 48/92 63/109 58/95 169/296
% 1st in 52% 58% 61% 57%
1st pts 37/48 50/63 41/58 128/169
% 1st pts 77% 79% 71% 76%
2nd pts 22/44 26/46 17/37 65/127
% 2nd pts 50% 57% 46% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 3 4 10
Converted 3/9 3/4 4/7 10/20
Converted % 33% 75% 57% 50%
Conceded 9 5 3 17
Saved 7/9 4/5 1/3 12
Saved % 78% 80% 33% 64%
Times Broken 2 1 2 5

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Bergs
LWWLWLWLWW
Vrbensky
LLLLWWWLWL
2024 2023 2022
43 - 28
38 - 27
9-9
Hard
4-4
11-8
I Hard
2-5
17-7
Clay
32-18
6-4
Grass
0-0

Tennis Scores in Drummondville Challenger

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