Stefanos Tsitsipas and Botic Van De Zandschulp will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 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 Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.32
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

This will be the 2^nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Botic Van De Zandschulp clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Tsitsipas won 7-5 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Antwerp back in 2023.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Botic Van De Zandschulp – Antwerp 19-October-2023

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no. 11, Tsitsipas got to the 2^nd round after beating Francisco Cerundolo 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, The Greek defeated Cerundolo (6-3 6-7³ 7-6⁴). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 120 points vs Cerundolo’s 111. The Greek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 56 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 61% of his first serves in, winning 77% (56/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Stefanos broke Cerundolo 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (485-223). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a compiled 92-50 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Carlo where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 6-1 6-4.

Tsitsipas has a compiled 41-20 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 67, Botic got to the 2^nd round after defeating Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4, David Goffin 6-2 6-4 and Alexander Bublik 3-6 6-4 4-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Bublik, Van De Zandschulp had a free pass after Bublik retired on a 3-6 6-4 4-0 . scoreline.

The Dutch’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Braunschweig Challenger and the Luedenscheid Challenger.

The Dutch has an overall 31-30 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Basel

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tsitsipas	Van De Zandschulp
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	9
Tot Games	35	74
Pts	120-111	271-242
Total Points	231	513
Winners	56	123
%Winners	47%	45%

Tsitsipas played 1 match while Van De Zandschulp competed in 3 matches. Van De Zandschulp started his run from the qualifications while Tsitsipas had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas dropped 1 set, while Botic Van De Zandschulp surrendered 2 sets. Tsitsipas has played 6 set(s) less than Van De Zandschulp (3 vs 9). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 39 games less than Van De Zandschulp. The Greek scored 56 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch scored 123 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tsitsipas	Van De Zandschulp
Aces	6	20
Avg per match	6	6.7
1st in	73/120	172/261
%1st in	61%	66%
1st pts	56/73	123/172
%1st pts	77%	72%
2nd pts	22/47	48/89
%2nd pts	47%	54%

Tsitsipas bagged 6 aces . Van De Zandschulp made 20 aces (6.7 per match). Tsitsipas won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 72% 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	Tsitsipas	Van De Zandschulp
Won	3	10
Converted	3/12	10/26
% Converted	25%	38%
Conceded	7	17
Saved	5	14
% Saved	71%	82%
Times Broken	2	3

Tsitsipas broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Tsitsipas dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Botic broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. Botic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Tsitsipas
	R1 Cerundolo	Total
Score	6-3 6-73 7-64
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	120-111	120-111
Total points	231	231
Winners	56	56
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	73/120	73/120
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	56/73	56/73
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	22/47	22/47
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/12	3/12
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Van De Zandschulp
	Q1 Moura Monteiro	Q3 Goffin	R1 Bublik	Total
Score	6-75 6-4 6-4	6-2 6-4	3-6 6-4 4-0 ret.
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	33	18	23	74
pts	108-95	75-68	88-79	271-242
Total points	203	143	167	513
Winners	48	33	42	123
%Winners	44%	44%	48%	45%
SERVE
Aces	10	5	5	20
Double Faults	3	2	2	7
1st in	65/95	50/85	57/81	172/261
% 1st in	68%	59%	70%	66%
1st pts	48/65	33/50	42/57	123/172
% 1st pts	74%	66%	74%	72%
2nd pts	21/30	17/35	10/24	48/89
% 2nd pts	70%	49%	42%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/10	4/8	3/8	10/26
Converted %	30%	50%	38%	38%
Conceded	3	10	4	17
Saved	2/3	9/10	3/4	14
Saved %	67%	90%	75%	232%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

Tennis Scores in Basel

• David GoffinGoffin – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-6 6-1 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings

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