Holger Rune and Dominic Stricker will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTER 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 Holger Rune who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.35
Dominic Stricker -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Dominic Stricker

This will be the 2nd time that Holger Rune and Dominic Stricker clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rune (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Rune won 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the quarter in M25 Klosters back in 2020.

Holger Rune

Holger Rune

39 - 21win/loss

Hard
21-11
I Hard
4-2
Clay
11-6
Grass
3-2
Rank
13
High
4
LWWWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 45-23 21-11 11-6 10-4 3-2 0-0
2023 44-24 10-10 16-4 11-8 7-2 0-0
2022 50-27 8-9 21-11 21-4 0-3 0-0
2021 73-29 11-5 41-17 21-7 0-0 0-0
2020 32-16 1-3 28-11 3-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 14, Holger reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Jarry 6-4 7-6(3).

In the 1st round, Rune had a good straight sets win against Jarry (6-4 7-63). During the match, Rune scored 66 points vs Jarry’s 56. Rune was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rune recorded 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Holger Rune was pretty efficient on serve to win 89% (34/38) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Holger broke Jarry once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Rune has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (245-127). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rune has a composed62-24 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Holger’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Brisbane.

Holger has an overall 39-21 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Basel
Rune's Record

Dominic Stricker

Dominic Stricker

9 - 13win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
4-2
Clay
0-2
Grass
1-4
Rank
302
High
88
LWWWLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 12-15 7-6 0-2 4-3 1-4 0-0
2023 37-25 8-3 8-5 14-13 6-3 1-1
2022 37-25 2-5 8-7 22-10 5-3 0-0
2021 26-19 0-1 6-7 14-7 2-2 4-2
2020 4-3 0-0 3-2 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 258, the Swiss reached the 2nd round after beating Tallon Griekspoor 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Griekspoor (6-4 6-4). During the match Stricker scored 60 points vs Griekspoor’s 50. Dominic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Stricker scored 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dominic Stricker was pretty effective on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Stricker broke Griekspoor twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

The Swiss has an aggregate 9-13 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

Basel
Stricker's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

H.Rune
D.Stephan Stricker
1h:26
1h:26
Time on court​
1h:06
1h:06
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
1
1
Match played
1
1
23
23
Games Played​
20
20
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
66
66
Total points​
60
60
66
66
Avg point​
60
60
34
34
Winners
31
31
34
34
Avg Winners​
31
31
52%
52%
Ratio winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
14
14
9
9
Avg Aces
!
14
14
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
34/38
34/38
1st won total​
31/35
31/35
!
89%
89%
1st won %
!
89%
89%
14/22
14/22
2nd won total​
10/18
10/18
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
1/2
1/2
BP won
2/4
2/4
1/2
1/2
Avg BP won
2/4
2/4
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
0
0
Conceded
2
2
0
0
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rune Stricker
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 20
Pts 66-56 60-50
Total Points 122 110
Winners 34 31
%Winners 52% 52%

Both Rune and Stricker played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rune and Stricker have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rune played 3 games more than Stricker. Holger scored 34 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Dominic made 31 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rune Stricker
Aces 9 14
Avg per match 9 14
1st in 38/60 35/53
%1st in 63% 66%
1st pts 34/38 31/35
%1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 14/22 10/18
%2nd pts 64% 56%

Rune made 9 aces . Stricker bagged 14 aces . Rune won 89% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Stricker won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rune Stricker
Won 1 2
Converted 1/2 2/4
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 0 2
Saved 0 2
% Saved 0% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

The Dane broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. The Dane extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Swiss broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Stricker was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Rune
R1
Jarry
Total
Score 6-4 7-63
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 66-56 66-56
Total points 122 122
Winners 34 34
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 38/60 38/60
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 34/38 34/38
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 14/22 14/22
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/2 1/2
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Stricker
R1
Griekspoor
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 60-50 60-50
Total points 110 110
Winners 31 31
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 14 14
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 35/53 35/53
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 31/35 31/35
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 10/18 10/18
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Basel

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