Joris De Loore and Jerome Kym will play each other in the semifinal of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jerome Kym who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jerome Kym is the pick to win this match.
Jerome Kym -> 1.533
Joris De Loore -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Joris De Loore vs. Jerome Kym
There is no head to head record between Joris De Loore and Jerome Kym since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Joris De Loore
15 - 19win/loss
327
142
LWLWLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-21 | 3-4 | 7-10 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-25 | 5-3 | 10-8 | 27-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 14-4 | 22-10 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-8 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 192, the Belgian got to the semifinal after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-2 7-6(3), Omar Jasika 6-4 7-6(7) and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-3 6-4). During the match, De Loore scored 65 points vs Blancaneaux’s 49. De Loore was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Loore blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Joris De Loore conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, De Loore put 63% of his first serves in, winning 92% (33/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. De Loore broke Blancaneaux 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
De Loore has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (276-152). 7-9 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Loore has an overall 115-70 match record in the last years on clay.
Joris’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Lille Challenger.
De Loore has a compiled 15-18 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Jerome Kym
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 59-20 | 14-4 | 37-11 | 8-5 | 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 reached the semifinal after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4 6-0, Kamil Majchrzak 6-4 7-6(5) and Marko Topo 5-7 7-6(10) 7-6(6).
In the quarter against Topo, Jerome recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-610 7-66).During the match Kym scored less points (4) than Topo. In fact, the world no. 192 won 136 points vs Topo’s. That means that Kym was more focused during the important points. Kym was pretty aggressive to blast 66 winners.
Talking about serving, Kym blasted 19 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jerome Kym was very efficient on serve to win 75% (66/88) of his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kym has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Prostejov Challenger where he overcame Chun Hsin Tseng in the final 6-2 3-6 6-2.
Jerome has a composed 40-12 win-loss record in 2024, 32-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Loore | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 77 |
| Pts | 211-173 | 274-257 |
| Total Points | 384 | 531 |
| Winners | 82 | 121 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both De Loore and Kym played 3 matches. At the moment, Jerome Kym dropped 1 set while Joris De Loore hasn’t surrendered a set so far. De Loore has played 1 set(s) less than Kym (6 vs 7). Therefore, De Loore played 14 games less than Kym. Joris scored 82 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Jerome made 121 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Loore | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 35 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 11.7 |
| 1st in | 102/188 | 162/264 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 82/102 | 121/162 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 52/86 | 49/102 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 48% |
De Loore blasted 21 aces (7 per match). Kym made 35 aces (11.7 per match). De Loore won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kym won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Loore | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 9/26 |
| % Converted | 42% | 35% |
| Conceded | 3 | 19 |
| Saved | 1 | 14 |
| % Saved | 33% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
De Loore broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Joris dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Kym broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Loore | |||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Jasika |
1/4 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 6-4 7-67 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 23 | 19 | 63 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 68-61 | 65-49 | 211-173 | |
| Total points | 141 | 129 | 114 | 384 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 33 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% | 51% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 30/64 | 36/57 | 102/188 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 47% | 63% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 24/30 | 33/36 | 82/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 80% | 92% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 23/34 | 8/21 | 52/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | 38% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/5 | 3/6 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 40% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kym | |||||
| R1 Manuel |
R2 Majchrzak |
1/4 Topo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 7-65 | 5-7 7-610 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 38 | 77 | |
| pts | 54-36 | 84-81 | 136-140 | 274-257 | |
| Total points | 90 | 165 | 276 | 531 | |
| Winners | 17 | 38 | 66 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% | 49% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 13 | 19 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 22/45 | 52/85 | 88/134 | 162/264 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 61% | 66% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 38/52 | 66/88 | 121/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 12/33 | 24/46 | 49/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 36% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/14 | 0/3 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 29% | 0% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/7 | 6/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 57% | 86% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Zug Challenger
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Henry BernetBernet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jerome KymKym – Marko TopoTopo (5-7 7-610 7-66) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
