Zizou Bergs and Tim Van Rijthoven will play each other in the 1st round of the Libema Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 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 Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.75
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
This will be the 2nd time that Zizou Bergs and Tim Van Rijthoven square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Bergs won 7-6(9) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Helsinki Challenger back in 2022.
Zizou Bergs
28 - 14win/loss
77
77
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-16 | 3-4 | 17-5 | 7-4 | 3-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 104, Bergs got to the 1st round after beating Omar Jasika 6-3 7-65.
Bergs has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (282-165). 1-1 on grass in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bergs has a composed14-6 match record in the last 9 years on grass.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he beat Mitchell Krueger in the final 6-4 7-6(9).
The Belgian has an aggregate 28-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Tim Van Rijthoven
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-24 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 25-15 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 13-7 | 7-6 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 871, the Dutch will start his run in Hertogenbosch after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3
to Cressy in the 1st round on the 15th of February.This will be the first match of the season on grass.
In terms of his career, Van Rijthoven has an overall 233-138 record. He has a positive 8-3 record on grass.
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-63 7-64) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Zizou BergsBergs (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Robin HaaseHaase (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Zizou BergsBergs (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction