Zizou Bergs and Mitchell Krueger will play each other in the quarter of the Sarasota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on NICK BOLLETTIERI COURT. 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 Zizou Bergs who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.333
Mitchell Krueger -> 3.05
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Mitchell Krueger
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Mitchell Krueger since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 109 (career-high), the Belgian got to the quarter after defeating Oliver Crawford 6-2 6-2 and Kaylan Bigun 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Bergs had a good straight sets win against Bigun (6-4 6-0). During the match, Bergs scored 60 points vs Bigun’s 39. Bergs was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bergs managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 58% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Bigun 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bergs hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 62% of the points he played.
Bergs has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (267-160). 3-1 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bergs has a compiled102-63 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Zizou’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
Bergs has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Mitchell Krueger
14 - 10win/loss
147
135
LLWLLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-31 | 30-17 | 9-7 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 277, Mitchell got to the quarter after beating Patrick Kypson 6-2 3-6 7-61 and Martin Damm 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Krueger had a good straight sets win against Damm (6-4 6-0). During the match Krueger scored 67 points vs Damm’s 43. Krueger was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Krueger scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mitchell Krueger was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Krueger broke Damm 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Indian Wells 1 Challenger where he defeated Brandon Holt in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
The American has an overall 14-9 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 46 |
| Pts | 122-76 | 163-129 |
| Total Points | 198 | 292 |
| Winners | 48 | 62 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Bergs and Krueger played 2 matches. At the moment, Mitchell Krueger lost 1 set while Zizou Bergs hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bergs has played 1 set(s) less than Krueger (4 vs 5). Therefore, Bergs played 14 games less than Krueger. Zizou scored 48 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Krueger fired 62 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 68/107 | 86/133 |
| %1st in | 64% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 48/68 | 62/86 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 24/47 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 51% |
Bergs scored 15 aces (7.5 per match). Krueger made 10 aces (5 per match). Bergs won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 72% 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 | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/15 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 73% | 53% |
| Conceded | 9 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Bergs broke his opponents 11 times with a 73% conversion rate. The Belgian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Mitchell broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Mitchell conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | ||||
| R1 Crawford |
R2 Bigun |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 32 | |
| pts | 62-37 | 60-39 | 122-76 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | 198 | |
| Winners | 27 | 21 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 32/55 | 68/107 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 58% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 21/32 | 48/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 12/23 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/8 | 11/15 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 60% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Krueger | ||||
| R1 Kypson |
R2 Damm |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 7-61 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 | 46 | |
| pts | 96-86 | 67-43 | 163-129 | |
| Total points | 182 | 110 | 292 | |
| Winners | 40 | 22 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 59/91 | 27/42 | 86/133 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/59 | 22/27 | 62/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 81% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 9/15 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 60% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/12 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 42% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 0% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
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