Tristan Schoolkate and Bernard Tomic will square off in the semifinal of the Fairfield Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on TAD TAUBE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tristan Schoolkate who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tristan Schoolkate is the pick to win this match.
Tristan Schoolkate -> 1.5
Bernard Tomic -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Tristan Schoolkate vs. Bernard Tomic

This will be the 2^nd time that Tristan Schoolkate and Bernard Tomic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tomic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Tomic won 6-4 1-6 7-6(3) in the qualifications in at the Australian Open Qualifying back in 2021.

Tristan Schoolkate

Ranked no. 169, Tristan reached the semifinal after beating Bruno Kuzuhara 6-3 6-4, Alexey Zakharov 6-3 6-4 and Ethan Quinn 6-0 6-7(3) 7-6(3).

In the quarter, The Australian defeated Quinn (6-0 6-7³ 7-6³). During the match, Schoolkate scored 114 points vs Quinn’s 100. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Schoolkate blasted 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Tristan Schoolkate was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 53% (26/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Tristan broke Quinn 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tristan has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Schoolkate has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (165-116). 33-20 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Schoolkate has an overall105-75 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he beat Adam Walton in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.

The Australian has an overall 39-28 win-loss record in 2024, 33-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Fairfield Challenger

Bernard Tomic

Ranked no. 233, Tomic reached the semifinal after defeating Max Wiskandt 7-6(6) 7-6(5), Max Basing 4-6 7-6(1) 6-1 and Alexis Galarneau 7-6(6) 1-6 7-6(6).

In the quarter, Tomic defeated Galarneau (7-6⁶ 1-6 7-6⁶).During the match Tomic scored less points (9) than Galarneau. In fact, the world no. 169 won 105 points vs Galarneau’s. That means that Tomic was more focused during the important points. Bernard was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Tomic made 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Bernard Tomic lost the serve 6 times. Furthermore, Tomic put 50% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (23/50) on the 2nd serve. Bernard broke Galarneau 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Bernard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Tomic’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Chennai,M25 Xalapa and M25 Tulsa.

Tomic has a composed 44-23 win-loss record in 2024, 32-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Fairfield Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Schoolkate	Tomic
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	70	89
Pts	249-218	287-273
Total Points	467	560
Winners	80	105
%Winners	32%	37%

Both Schoolkate and Tomic played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tristan Schoolkate surrendered 1 set, while Bernard Tomic lost 2 sets. Schoolkate has played 1 set(s) less than Tomic (7 vs 8). Therefore, Schoolkate played 19 games less than Tomic. The Australian scored 80 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Tomic struck 105 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Schoolkate	Tomic
Aces	14	20
Avg per match	4.7	6.7
1st in	112/226	145/258
%1st in	50%	56%
1st pts	80/112	105/145
%1st pts	71%	72%
2nd pts	56/114	62/113
%2nd pts	49%	55%

Schoolkate scored 14 aces (4.7 per match). Tomic fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Schoolkate won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Tomic won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Schoolkate	Tomic
Won	16	10
Converted	16/35	10/31
% Converted	46%	32%
Conceded	18	13
Saved	10	1
% Saved	56%	8%
Times Broken	8	12

Tristan broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. Schoolkate conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Tomic broke his opponents 10 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 8% of the break points that he conceded.

Schoolkate
	R1 Kuzuhara	R2 Zakharov	1/4 Quinn	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-0 6-73 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	19	32	70
pts	73-64	62-54	114-100	249-218
Total points	137	116	214	467
Winners	20	22	38	80
%Winners	27%	35%	33%	32%
SERVE
Aces	4	5	5	14
Double Faults	3	3	4	10
1st in	30/66	29/58	53/102	112/226
% 1st in	45%	50%	52%	50%
1st pts	20/30	22/29	38/53	80/112
% 1st pts	67%	76%	72%	71%
2nd pts	14/36	16/29	26/49	56/114
% 2nd pts	39%	55%	53%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	4	6	16
Converted	6/13	4/10	6/12	16/35
Converted %	46%	40%	50%	46%
Conceded	7	5	6	18
Saved	3/7	4/5	3/6	10
Saved %	43%	80%	50%	58%
Times Broken	4	1	3	8

Tomic
	R1 Wiskandt	R2 Basing	1/4 Galarneau	Total
Score	7-66 7-65	4-6 7-61 6-1	7-66 1-6 7-66
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	26	30	33	89
pts	81-71	101-88	105-114	287-273
Total points	152	189	219	560
Winners	32	37	36	105
%Winners	40%	37%	34%	37%
SERVE
Aces	7	7	6	20
Double Faults	0	2	6	8
1st in	43/72	52/86	50/100	145/258
% 1st in	60%	60%	50%	56%
1st pts	32/43	37/52	36/50	105/145
% 1st pts	74%	71%	72%	72%
2nd pts	21/29	18/34	23/50	62/113
% 2nd pts	72%	53%	46%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	5	3	10
Converted	2/4	5/13	3/14	10/31
Converted %	50%	38%	21%	32%
Conceded	2	5	6	13
Saved	0/2	1/5	0/6	1
Saved %	0%	20%	0%	7%
Times Broken	2	4	6	12

Tennis Scores in Fairfield Challenger

• Gabi Adrian Boitan/Bruno KuzuharaAdrian Boitan/Bruno Kuzuhara – Goncalo Oliveira/Kelsey StevensonOliveira/Kelsey Stevenson (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ryan Seggerman/Patrik TrhacSeggerman/Patrik Trhac – Trey Hilderbrand/Alex LawsonHilderbrand/Alex Lawson (6-4 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (1-0) – H2H and prediction