Giulio Zeppieri and Damir Dzumhur will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on Court 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.77
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.01

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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Damir Dzumhur

This will be the 2nd time that Giulio Zeppieri and Damir Dzumhur fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dzumhur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Dzumhur won 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in the Bratislava 2 Challenger back in 2023.

Giulio Zeppieri

Giulio Zeppieri

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
154
High
110
LWWLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 42-25 17-9 13-11 9-4 3-1 0-0
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

Ranked no. 134, Zeppieri got to the qualifications after beating Pablo Cuevas 6-0 6-1.

In the qualifications, Giulio had a good straight sets win against Cuevas (6-0 6-1). During the match, Zeppieri scored 58 points vs Cuevas’s 29. Zeppieri was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zeppieri struck 7 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Giulio Zeppieri was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zeppieri broke Cuevas 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Zeppieri has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (141-112). 2-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zeppieri has an overall10-8 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Zeppieri has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Zeppieri's Record

Damir Dzumhur

Damir Dzumhur

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
57
High
23
LWLWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-34 9-11 21-16 8-4 0-3 0-0
2024 47-30 11-13 28-7 6-7 2-3 0-0
2023 41-34 15-5 18-18 8-9 0-1 0-1
2022 34-28 5-5 19-12 10-11 0-0 0-0
2021 32-32 6-6 17-17 6-6 3-3 0-0

Ranked no. 160, the Bosnian got to the qualifications after beating Timofey Skatov 4-6 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications against Skatov, Damir recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Dzumhur scored 87 points vs Skatov’s 79. The Bosnian was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Dzumhur wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Dzumhur broke Skatov 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Dzumhur has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2014 and 2018. See his history.

Australian Open
Dzumhur's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Zeppieri
D.Dzumhur
0h:50
0h:50
Time on court​
!
2h:14
2h:14
!
0h:50
0h:50
Last match​
!
2h:14
2h:14
1
1
Match played
1
1
13
13
Games Played​
28
28
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
58
58
Total points​
87
87
58
58
Avg point​
87
87
21
21
Winners
43
43
21
21
Avg Winners​
43
43
36%
36%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
0
0
7
7
Avg Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2
2
21/25
21/25
1st won total​
43/64
43/64
!
84%
84%
1st won %
67%
67%
8/12
8/12
2nd won total​
12/26
12/26
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
BP won
5/11
5/11
5/14
5/14
Avg BP won
5/11
5/11
36%
36%
Won
45%
45%
0
0
Conceded
8
8
0
0
Avg Conceded
8
8
0
0
Broken
3
3
!
0
0
Avg Broken
3
3
0
0
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zeppieri Dzumhur
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 13 28
Pts 58-29 87-79
Total Points 87 166
Winners 21 43
%Winners 36% 49%

Both Zeppieri and Dzumhur played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Damir Dzumhur dropped 1 set while Giulio Zeppieri hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zeppieri has played 1 set(s) less than Dzumhur (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zeppieri played 15 games less than Dzumhur. Giulio scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Damir managed to score 43 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zeppieri Dzumhur
Aces 7 0
Avg per match 7 0
1st in 25/37 64/90
%1st in 68% 71%
1st pts 21/25 43/64
%1st pts 84% 67%
2nd pts 8/12 12/26
%2nd pts 67% 46%

Zeppieri blasted 7 aces . Dzumhur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zeppieri won 84% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zeppieri Dzumhur
Won 5 5
Converted 5/14 5/11
% Converted 36% 45%
Conceded 0 8
Saved 0 5
% Saved 0% 63%
Times Broken 0 3

Zeppieri broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Giulio quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Dzumhur broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Bosnian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Zeppieri
Q1
Cuevas
Total
Score 6-0 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 13 13
pts 58-29 58-29
Total points 87 87
Winners 21 21
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 25/37 25/37
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 21/25 21/25
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 8/12 8/12
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/14 5/14
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Dzumhur
Q1
Skatov
Total
Score 4-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 87-79 87-79
Total points 166 166
Winners 43 43
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 64/90 64/90
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 43/64 43/64
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 12/26 12/26
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/11
Converted % 45% 45%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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