Jakub Nicod and Robert Strombachs will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Ostrava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Nicod who should win in 2 sets.
Jakub Nicod -> 1.35
Robert Strombachs -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Nicod vs. Robert Strombachs
There is no head to head record between Jakub Nicod and Robert Strombachs since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jakub Nicod
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-16 | 24-7 | 17-7 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-18 | 15-4 | 18-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 4-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 347 (career-high), Jakub got to the qualifications after defeating Luca Castagnola 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Nicod had a good straight sets win against Castagnola (6-2 6-1). During the match, Nicod scored 55 points vs Castagnola’s 31. Jakub was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nicod bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Nicod lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nicod put 55% of his first serves in, winning 85% (22/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Jakub broke Castagnola 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Nicod has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 68% of his matches (64-30). 3-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nicod has a compiled23-19 record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Trnava.
The Czech has a compiled 25-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ostrava Challenger
Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.
Robert Strombachs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-31 | 32-9 | 13-15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-26 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 13-11 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 389, the German reached the qualifications after beating David Poljak 7-65 1-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Robert defeated Poljak (7-65 1-6 6-3).During the match Strombachs scored less points (1) than Poljak. In fact, the world no. 347 won 112 points vs Poljak’s. That means that Strombachs was more focused during the important points. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Strombachs bagged 2 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Robert Strombachs lost the serve 5 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Strombachs put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (15/43) on the 2nd serve. Strombachs broke Poljak 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Strombachs has a composed 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nicod | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 |
| Pts | 55-31 | 112-113 |
| Total Points | 86 | 225 |
| Winners | 22 | 49 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Nicod and Strombachs played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Robert Strombachs dropped 1 set while Jakub Nicod hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nicod has played 1 set(s) less than Strombachs (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nicod played 14 games less than Strombachs. Jakub scored 22 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Robert bagged 49 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nicod | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 75/118 |
| %1st in | 55% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 49/75 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 15/43 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 35% |
Nicod managed to score 7 aces . Strombachs struck 2 aces . Nicod won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Strombachs won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nicod | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 71% | 44% |
| Conceded | 5 | 17 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 80% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Czech broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Jakub lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Strombachs broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nicod | |||
| Q1 Castagnola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 55-31 | 55-31 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 26/47 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Strombachs | |||
| Q1 Poljak | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 112-113 | 112-113 | |
| Total points | 225 | 225 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 75/118 | 75/118 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 49/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/43 | 15/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 12/17 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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