Holger Rune and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will face off in the semifinal of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.3
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 3.52

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

There is no head to head record between Holger Rune and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Holger Rune

Ranked no. 14, Holger got to the semifinal after beating Nicolas Jarry 6-4 7-6(3)

, Dominic Stricker 6-3 7-6(2) and David Goffin 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Rune had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-2 6-4). During the match, Rune scored 71 points vs Goffin’s 49. Holger was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rune scored 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Holger Rune was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dane broke Goffin 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rune hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Rune has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (247-127). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rune has an aggregate64-24 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Rune’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Brisbane.

Holger has an overall 41-21 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Ranked no. 50, the French player got to the semifinal after beating James Duckworth 7-6(4) 6-3, Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1 7-6(6) and Denis Shapovalov 6-7(7) 6-3 7-6(3).

In the quarter against Shapovalov, Mpetshi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6³). During the match Mpetshi scored 108 points vs Shapovalov’s 101. Mpetshi was very aggressive to blast 58 winners.

About the serving games, Mpetshi buried his opponent with 27 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (58/72) of his 1st serve and 63% (24/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Shapovalov once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mpetshi has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nottingham Challenger where he beat Matteo Martineau in the final 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Cuernavaca Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Mejia in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Acapulco Challenger where he overcame Adam Walton in the final 6-3 6-3 and in Lyon where he defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 6-4 1-6 7-6(7).

The French player has an overall 45-24 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Giovanni has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rune	Mpetshi
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	63	77
Pts	212-166	248-211
Total Points	378	459
Winners	97	127
%Winners	46%	51%

Both Rune and Mpetshi played 3 matches. At the moment, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard surrendered 1 set while Holger Rune hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rune has played 1 set(s) less than Mpetshi (6 vs 7). Therefore, Rune played 14 games less than Mpetshi. The Dane scored 97 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Mpetshi blasted 127 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rune	Mpetshi
Aces	25	70
Avg per match	8.3	23.3
1st in	117/191	155/231
%1st in	61%	67%
1st pts	97/117	127/155
%1st pts	83%	82%
2nd pts	42/74	50/76
%2nd pts	57%	66%

Rune blasted 25 aces (8.3 per match). Mpetshi scored 70 aces (23.3 per match). Rune won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Mpetshi won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rune	Mpetshi
Won	7	4
Converted	7/17	4/14
% Converted	41%	29%
Conceded	4	3
Saved	2	3
% Saved	50%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

Rune broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Holger conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mpetshi broke his opponents 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Giovanni was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Rune
	R1 Jarry	R2 Stricker	1/4 Goffin	Total
Score	6-4 7-63	6-3 7-62	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	23	22	18	63
pts	66-56	75-61	71-49	212-166
Total points	122	136	120	378
Winners	34	39	24	97
%Winners	52%	52%	34%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	10	6	25
Double Faults	4	2	5	11
1st in	38/60	48/74	31/57	117/191
% 1st in	63%	65%	54%	61%
1st pts	34/38	39/48	24/31	97/117
% 1st pts	89%	81%	77%	83%
2nd pts	14/22	13/26	15/26	42/74
% 2nd pts	64%	50%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	1	2	4	7
Converted	1/2	2/4	4/11	7/17
Converted %	50%	50%	36%	41%
Conceded	0	2	2	4
Saved	0/0	1/2	1/2	2
Saved %	–	50%	50%	33%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Mpetshi
	R1 Duckworth	R2 Auger-Aliassime	1/4 Shapovalov	Total
Score	7-64 6-3	6-1 7-66	6-77 6-3 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	22	20	35	77
pts	73-60	67-50	108-101	248-211
Total points	133	117	209	459
Winners	37	32	58	127
%Winners	51%	48%	54%	51%
SERVE
Aces	21	22	27	70
Double Faults	3	2	6	11
1st in	44/65	39/56	72/110	155/231
% 1st in	68%	70%	65%	67%
1st pts	37/44	32/39	58/72	127/155
% 1st pts	84%	82%	81%	82%
2nd pts	12/21	14/17	24/38	50/76
% 2nd pts	57%	82%	63%	66%
Breaks
Won	1	2	1	4
Converted	1/4	2/7	1/3	4/14
Converted %	25%	29%	33%	29%
Conceded	0	0	3	3
Saved	0/0	0/0	3/3	3
Saved %	–	–	100%	33%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

Tennis Scores in Basel

• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers – Yuki Bhambri/Albano OlivettiBhambri/Albano Olivetti (4-6 7-5 10-6) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic – Kevin Krawietz/Aleksandr NedovyesovKrawietz/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Henry Bernet/Jerome KymBernet/Jerome Kym (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

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