H2H, prediction of Zizou Bergs vs Luca Nardi in Auckland with odds, preview, pick | 8th January 2025

PREVIEW. Auckland. Bergs and Nardi will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the ASB Classic. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 8th of January

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Luca Nardi

Zizou Bergs and Luca Nardi will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the ASB Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on GRANDSTAND. 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 Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.7
Luca Nardi -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Luca Nardi

This will be the 2nd time that Zizou Bergs and Luca Nardi square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nardi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Nardi won 7-6(2) 3-6 7-5 in the final in the Mallorca Challenger back in 2022.

Zizou Bergs

Zizou Bergs
Zizou Bergs

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
66
High
61
WWWLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-1 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 47-29 9-9 17-7 15-9 6-4 0-0
2023 38-27 8-7 16-7 9-10 5-3 0-0
2022 39-30 7-5 7-7 17-16 8-2 0-0
2021 38-21 2-5 15-10 21-6 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 66, Zizou reached the 2nd round after defeating Pablo Carreno-Busta 2-6 7-6(6) 6-4, Francisco Comesana 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Isaac Becroft 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round, Zizou had a good straight sets win against Becroft (6-3 7-5). During the match, Bergs scored 69 points vs Becroft’s 54. Bergs was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bergs struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 54% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Becroft 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Bergs has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (305-181). 4-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bergs has a compiled 82-48 match record in the last years on hard.

The Belgian has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.

Bergs
Auckland
Bergs's Record

Luca Nardi

Luca Nardi
Luca Nardi

3 - 0win/loss

Hard
3-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
90
High
70
WWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 32-27 14-14 8-5 9-4 1-4 0-0
2023 41-36 20-10 8-13 12-12 1-1 0-0
2022 33-20 5-2 11-10 17-8 0-0 0-0
2021 33-24 3-3 26-13 4-8 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 90, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Daniel Masur 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2, Facundo Diaz Acosta 7-5 6-7(2) 6-2 and Flavio Cobolli 6-2 1-1 ret..

In the 1st round against Cobolli, Luca had a free pass after Cobolli retired on a 6-2 1-1 . scoreline.

Nardi has a composed 3-0 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Nardi
Auckland
Nardi's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

Z.Bergs
L.Nardi
6h:21
6h:21
Time on court​
5h:23
5h:23
1h:28
1h:28
Last match​
!
0h:45
0h:45
3
3
Match played
3
3
80
80
Games Played​
74
74
8
8
Set played​​
9
9
266
266
Total points​
246
246
88.7
88.7
Avg point​
82
82
117
117
Winners
114
114
39
39
Avg Winners​
38
38
44%
44%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
25
25
Aces
24
24
8.3
8.3
Avg Aces
8
8
6
6
Double Faults
11
11
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
117/161
117/161
1st won total​
114/132
114/132
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
48/97
48/97
2nd won total​
37/79
37/79
49%
49%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
10/23
10/23
BP won
10/25
10/25
3.3/7.7
3.3/7.7
Avg BP won
3.3/8.3
3.3/8.3
43%
43%
Won
40%
40%
25
25
Conceded
5
5
8.3
8.3
Avg Conceded
1.7
1.7
8
8
Broken
2
2
2.7
2.7
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
17
17
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bergs Nardi
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 9
Tot Games 80 74
Pts 266-243 246-206
Total Points 509 452
Winners 117 114
%Winners 44% 46%

Both Bergs and Nardi played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Zizou Bergs dropped 2 sets, while Luca Nardi surrendered 2 sets. Bergs has played 1 set(s) less than Nardi (8 vs 9). However, it’s interesting to notice that Bergs played 6 games more than Nardi. Bergs scored 117 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Luca managed to score 114 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bergs Nardi
Aces 25 24
Avg per match 8.3 8
1st in 161/258 132/211
%1st in 62% 63%
1st pts 117/161 114/132
%1st pts 73% 86%
2nd pts 48/97 37/79
%2nd pts 49% 47%

Bergs managed to score 25 aces (8.3 per match). Nardi scored 24 aces (8 per match). Bergs won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Nardi won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bergs Nardi
Won 10 10
Converted 10/23 10/25
% Converted 43% 40%
Conceded 25 5
Saved 17 3
% Saved 68% 60%
Times Broken 8 2

Bergs broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Zizou conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Nardi broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Nardi conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Bergs
Q1
Carreno-Busta		 Q3
Comesana		 R1
Becroft		 Total
Score 2-6 7-66 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 31 28 21 80
pts 105-104 92-85 69-54 266-243
Total points 209 177 123 509
Winners 49 36 32 117
%Winners 47% 39% 46% 44%
SERVE
Aces 11 5 9 25
Double Faults 1 3 2 6
1st in 71/107 52/81 38/70 161/258
% 1st in 66% 64% 54% 62%
1st pts 49/71 36/52 32/38 117/161
% 1st pts 69% 69% 84% 73%
2nd pts 17/36 15/29 16/32 48/97
% 2nd pts 47% 52% 50% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 4 3 10
Converted 3/9 4/10 3/4 10/23
Converted % 33% 40% 75% 43%
Conceded 15 6 4 25
Saved 11/15 3/6 3/4 17
Saved % 73% 50% 75% 66%
Times Broken 4 3 1 8
Nardi
Q1
Masur		 Q3
Diaz		 R1
Cobolli		 Total
Score 6-73 6-4 6-2 7-5 6-72 6-2 6-2 1-1 ret.
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 31 33 10 74
pts 104-86 104-93 38-27 246-206
Total points 190 197 65 452
Winners 45 50 19 114
%Winners 43% 48% 50% 46%
SERVE
Aces 15 5 4 24
Double Faults 3 6 2 11
1st in 54/83 56/92 22/36 132/211
% 1st in 65% 61% 61% 63%
1st pts 45/54 50/56 19/22 114/132
% 1st pts 83% 89% 86% 86%
2nd pts 15/29 17/36 5/14 37/79
% 2nd pts 52% 47% 36% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 4 2 10
Converted 4/15 4/7 2/3 10/25
Converted % 27% 57% 67% 40%
Conceded 1 2 2 5
Saved 0/1 1/2 2/2 3
Saved % 0% 50% 100% 50%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2

Head 2 Head

Zizou Bergs
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 8Chall
  • 4Minor
Luca Nardi
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 7Chall
  • 3Minor

Zizou
Bergs

0:1

Luca
Nardi

Rank

66

High

61

6h:21Played

0Hard1

Rank

90

High

70

5h:23Played
Win Loss
Bergs
WWWLW
Nardi
WWW
2025 2024 2023
4 - 1
3 - 0
4-1
Hard
3-0

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