Jerome Kym and Marko Topo will play each other in the quarter of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT . In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jerome Kym who should win in 2 sets.
Jerome Kym -> 1.285
Marko Topo -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Jerome Kym vs. Marko Topo
There is no head to head record between Jerome Kym and Marko Topo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jerome Kym
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-12 | 6-1 | 32-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-9 | 0-0 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-22 | 17-5 | 12-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2021 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278 (career-high), Jerome got to the quarter after beating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4 6-0 and Kamil Majchrzak 6-4 7-6(5).
In the 2nd round, Kym had a good straight sets win against Majchrzak (6-4 7-65). During the match, Kym scored 84 points vs Majchrzak’s 81. Kym was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kym bagged 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jerome Kym lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kym put 61% of his first serves in, winning 73% (38/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (12/33) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Majchrzak 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kym hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Kym has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (111-53). 31-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kym has a compiled65-32 record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Prostejov Challenger where he defeated Chun Hsin Tseng in the final 6-2 3-6 6-2.
Jerome has a compiled 39-12 win-loss record in 2024, 31-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Marko Topo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-26 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 26-28 | 8-6 | 12-13 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 4-5 | 1-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 460, Marko got to the quarter after beating Raul Joel Andrin Teichmann 6-2 7-5, Gerard Campana Lee 0-6 7-6(7) 7-6(2), Damien Wenger 6-3 6-2 and Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Daniel Vallejo, Marko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Topo scored 87 points vs Daniel Vallejo’s 75. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Topo bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marko Topo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Topo put 56% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Daniel Vallejo 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Topo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Topo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona.
The Serbian has an aggregate 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kym | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 97 |
| Pts | 138-117 | 317-275 |
| Total Points | 255 | 592 |
| Winners | 55 | 140 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Kym played 2 matches while Topo competed in 4 matches. Topo started his run from the qualifications while Kym had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marko Topo dropped 2 sets while Jerome Kym hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kym has played 6 set(s) less than Topo (4 vs 10). Therefore, Kym played 58 games less than Topo. The Swiss scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Marko struck 140 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kym | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 74/130 | 192/301 |
| %1st in | 57% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 55/74 | 140/192 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 25/56 | 59/109 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 54% |
Kym bagged 16 aces (8 per match). Topo struck 21 aces (5.3 per match). Kym won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Topo won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kym | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/23 | 14/26 |
| % Converted | 39% | 54% |
| Conceded | 12 | 25 |
| Saved | 8 | 17 |
| % Saved | 67% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Jerome broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Kym dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Topo broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kym | ||||
| R1 Manuel | R2 Majchrzak | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 39 | |
| pts | 54-36 | 84-81 | 138-117 | |
| Total points | 90 | 165 | 255 | |
| Winners | 17 | 38 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 13 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 22/45 | 52/85 | 74/130 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 61% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 38/52 | 55/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 12/33 | 25/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 36% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/14 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 29% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 57% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Topo | ||||||
| Q1 Joel Andrin Teichmann | Q3 Campana | R1 Wenger | R2 Daniel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 0-6 7-67 7-62 | 6-3 6-2 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 | 17 | 28 | 97 | |
| pts | 64-49 | 106-112 | 60-39 | 87-75 | 317-275 | |
| Total points | 113 | 218 | 99 | 162 | 592 | |
| Winners | 35 | 51 | 23 | 31 | 140 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 48% | 38% | 36% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 79/118 | 26/41 | 47/84 | 192/301 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 67% | 63% | 56% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 51/79 | 23/26 | 31/47 | 140/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 65% | 88% | 66% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 18/39 | 10/15 | 23/37 | 59/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 46% | 67% | 62% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/7 | 4/8 | 5/6 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 29% | 50% | 83% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 25 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 10/15 | 1/1 | 3/6 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 100% | 50% | 159% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
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