Zizou Bergs and Gerald Melzer will square off in the quarter of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM. 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.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.23
Gerald Melzer -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Gerald Melzer
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Gerald Melzer since this will be the first time that they will face off 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. 107 (career-high), the Belgian reached the quarter after beating Toby Alex Kodat 6-4 6-2 and Clement Tabur 7-64 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Zizou defeated Tabur (7-64 5-7 6-3). During the match, Bergs scored 117 points vs Tabur’s 105. Bergs was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bergs managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zizou Bergs lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (53/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (22/48) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Tabur 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Bergs has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (271-161). 7-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bergs has a compiled106-64 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Belgian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Sarasota Challenger.
Bergs has an aggregate 17-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 563, Melzer got to the quarter after beating Alexander Frusina 6-2 6-4, Kyle Edmund 6-4 6-1 and Federico Agustin Gomez 4-6 7-68 7-66.
In the 2nd round against Agustin Gomez, Gerald recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-68 7-66).During the match Melzer scored less points (8) than Agustin Gomez. In fact, the world no. 107 won 117 points vs Agustin Gomez’s. That means that Melzer was more focused during the important points. Melzer was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Melzer bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gerald Melzer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 70% of his first serves in, winning 64% (51/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (23/34) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Agustin Gomez twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gerald started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Gerald has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2014. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 94 |
| Pts | 175-145 | 385-348 |
| Total Points | 320 | 733 |
| Winners | 82 | 140 |
| %Winners | 47% | 36% |
Bergs played 2 matches while Melzer competed in 4 matches. Melzer started his run from the qualifications while Bergs had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Zizou Bergs lost 1 set, while Gerald Melzer dropped 2 sets. Bergs has played 5 set(s) less than Melzer (5 vs 10). Therefore, Bergs played 42 games less than Melzer. Zizou scored 82 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian blasted 140 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 103/167 | 217/356 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 82/103 | 140/217 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 33/64 | 78/139 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 56% |
Bergs made 8 aces (4 per match). Melzer made 14 aces (3.5 per match). Bergs won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Melzer won 65% 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 | Bergs | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 18 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 18/45 |
| % Converted | 37% | 40% |
| Conceded | 15 | 43 |
| Saved | 11 | 33 |
| % Saved | 73% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 10 |
Bergs broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Bergs conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Gerald broke his opponents 18 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | ||||
| R1 Alex |
R2 Tabur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-64 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 34 | 52 | |
| pts | 58-40 | 117-105 | 175-145 | |
| Total points | 98 | 222 | 320 | |
| Winners | 29 | 53 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 69/117 | 103/167 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 53/69 | 82/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 77% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 22/48 | 33/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 46% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/12 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 33% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 9/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 69% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Melzer | ||||||
| Q1 Frusina |
Q3 Edmund |
R1 Edmund |
R2 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 2-6 6-0 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | 4-6 7-68 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 | 17 | 36 | 94 | |
| pts | 76-59 | 96-82 | 96-82 | 117-125 | 385-348 | |
| Total points | 135 | 178 | 178 | 242 | 733 | |
| Winners | 25 | 32 | 32 | 51 | 140 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | 33% | 44% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 54/95 | 54/95 | 80/114 | 217/356 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 57% | 57% | 70% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 32/54 | 32/54 | 51/80 | 140/217 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 59% | 59% | 64% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 22/41 | 22/41 | 23/34 | 78/139 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 54% | 54% | 68% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 6/11 | 6/11 | 2/7 | 18/45 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 55% | 55% | 29% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 43 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 13/16 | 13/16 | 5/8 | 33 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 81% | 81% | 63% | 146% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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