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

Zizou Bergs

18 - 10win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
7-4
Clay
8-2
Rank
79
High
77
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-16 3-4 17-5 7-4 4-3 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
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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

Tallahassee Challenger
Bergs's Record

Gerald Melzer

Gerald Melzer

9 - 5win/loss

Clay
9-5
Rank
548
High
68
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-9 0-0 14-9 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
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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.

Tallahassee Challenger
Melzer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Z.Bergs
G.Melzer
4h:18
4h:18
Time on court​
!
9h:02
9h:02
!
3h:10
3h:10
Last match​
!
2h:57
2h:57
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
52
52
Games Played​
94
94
5
5
Set played​​
10
10
175
175
Total points​
385
385
87.5
87.5
Avg point​
96.3
96.3
82
82
Winners
140
140
41
41
Avg Winners​
35
35
47%
47%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
14
14
4
4
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1.8
1.8
82/103
82/103
1st won total​
140/217
140/217
!
80%
80%
1st won %
65%
65%
33/64
33/64
2nd won total​
78/139
78/139
52%
52%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
7/19
7/19
BP won
18/45
18/45
3.5/9.5
3.5/9.5
Avg BP won
4.5/11.3
4.5/11.3
37%
37%
Won
40%
40%
15
15
Conceded
43
43
7.5
7.5
Avg Conceded
10.8
10.8
4
4
Broken
10
10
2
2
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
11
11
Saved
33
33
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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

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