Jakub Paul and Maximilian Neuchrist will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Zug Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Paul who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Paul is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Paul -> 1.53
Maximilian Neuchrist -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Paul vs. Maximilian Neuchrist

There is no head to head record between Jakub Paul and Maximilian Neuchrist since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jakub Paul

Ranked no. 350, Jakub got to the 1^st round after defeating Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg 6-2 6-2 and Buvaysar Gadamauri 7-5 6-4.

In the qualifications, Paul had a good straight sets win against Gadamauri (7-5 6-4). During the match, Paul scored 80 points vs Gadamauri’s 66. Jakub was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Paul bagged 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jakub Paul was very efficient on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jakub broke Gadamauri 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jakub started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Paul has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (229-176). 9-6 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paul has an aggregate95-78 record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Swiss’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger.

Jakub has an aggregate 25-14 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zug Challenger

Maximilian Neuchrist

Ranked no. 406, the Austrian got to the 1^st round after defeating Francesco Forti 6-4 6-4 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Maximilian defeated Alberto Olivieri (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-3). During the match Neuchrist scored 110 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 105. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 63 winners.

About the serving games, Neuchrist recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Maximilian Neuchrist lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Neuchrist put 77% of his first serves in, winning 66% (63/96) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. Neuchrist broke Alberto Olivieri 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Neuchrist started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Neuchrist’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.

The Austrian has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2025, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zug Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Paul	Neuchrist
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	38	52
Pts	135-100	169-154
Total Points	235	323
Winners	52	93
%Winners	39%	55%

Both Paul and Neuchrist played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Maximilian Neuchrist conceded 1 set while Jakub Paul hasn’t dropped a set so far. Paul has played 1 set(s) less than Neuchrist (4 vs 5). Therefore, Paul played 14 games less than Neuchrist. Jakub scored 52 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Neuchrist blasted 93 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Paul	Neuchrist
Aces	3	8
Avg per match	1.5	4
1st in	71/105	132/180
%1st in	68%	73%
1st pts	52/71	93/132
%1st pts	73%	70%
2nd pts	23/34	28/48
%2nd pts	68%	58%

Paul made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Neuchrist made 8 aces (4 per match). Paul won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Neuchrist won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Paul	Neuchrist
Won	8	5
Converted	8/22	5/10
% Converted	36%	50%
Conceded	5	13
Saved	3	10
% Saved	60%	77%
Times Broken	2	3

Paul broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Paul conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Neuchrist broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Maximilian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Paul
	Q1 Von Der Schulenburg	Q3 Gadamauri	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	22	38
pts	55-34	80-66	135-100
Total points	89	146	235
Winners	18	34	52
%Winners	33%	43%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	23/41	48/64	71/105
% 1st in	56%	75%	68%
1st pts	18/23	34/48	52/71
% 1st pts	78%	71%	73%
2nd pts	12/18	11/16	23/34
% 2nd pts	67%	69%	68%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/7	3/15	8/22
Converted %	71%	20%	36%
Conceded	2	3	5
Saved	1/2	2/3	3
Saved %	50%	67%	59%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Neuchrist
	Q1 Forti	Q3 Alberto	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	7-64 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	32	52
pts	59-49	110-105	169-154
Total points	108	215	323
Winners	30	63	93
%Winners	51%	57%	55%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	8
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	36/55	96/125	132/180
% 1st in	65%	77%	73%
1st pts	30/36	63/96	93/132
% 1st pts	83%	66%	70%
2nd pts	12/19	16/29	28/48
% 2nd pts	63%	55%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/4	3/6	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	0	13	13
Saved	0/0	10/13	10
Saved %	–	77%	39%
Times Broken	0	3	3

Tennis Scores in Zug Challenger

• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nerman FaticFatic – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (5-7 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henry BernetBernet – Murkel DellienDellien (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Harold MayotMayot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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