Calvin Hemery and Jakub Paul will face off in the 2nd round of the Zug Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Calvin Hemery who should win in 2 sets.
Calvin Hemery -> 1.4
Jakub Paul -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Calvin Hemery vs. Jakub Paul
This will be the 2nd time that Calvin Hemery and Jakub Paul clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Paul won 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in M25 Muttenz back in 2021.
Calvin Hemery
25 - 22win/loss
261
116
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 21-16 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-33 | 1-3 | 27-19 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-25 | 8-2 | 28-14 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-29 | 6-6 | 19-16 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 8-6 | 20-8 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 166, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Calvin had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-3 6-3). During the match, Hemery scored 60 points vs Yevseyev’s 42. Hemery was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hemery scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Calvin Hemery lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Hemery put 82% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 30% (3/10) on the 2nd serve. Calvin was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Yevseyev 4 times.
Hemery has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (319-228). 21-15 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Hemery has a composed 171-114 record in the last years on clay.
Calvin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Brazzaville Challenger and the Troyes Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 25-22 win-loss record in 2025, 21-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Jakub Paul
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-21 | 14-5 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-27 | 15-9 | 17-11 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 20-4 | 14-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 25-26 | 4-4 | 20-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 34-21 | 4-3 | 17-10 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 350, Jakub got to the 2nd round after beating Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg 6-2 6-2, Buvaysar Gadamauri 7-5 6-4 and Maximilian Neuchrist 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Neuchrist (6-4 6-3). During the match Paul scored 73 points vs Neuchrist’s 55. Jakub was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Paul struck 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Jakub Paul was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jakub broke Neuchrist 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Jakub’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger.
The Swiss has a composed 26-14 win-loss record in 2025, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hemery | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 57 |
| Pts | 60-42 | 208-155 |
| Total Points | 102 | 363 |
| Winners | 34 | 78 |
| %Winners | 57% | 38% |
Hemery played 1 match while Paul competed in 3 matches. Paul started his run from the qualifications while Hemery had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Hemery has played 4 set(s) less than Paul (2 vs 6). Therefore, Hemery played 39 games less than Paul. Hemery scored 34 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, Jakub fired 78 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hemery | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 46/56 | 107/161 |
| %1st in | 82% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 78/107 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 3/10 | 36/54 |
| %2nd pts | 30% | 67% |
Hemery bagged 8 aces . Paul struck 6 aces (2 per match). Hemery won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 30% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hemery | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 12/33 |
| % Converted | 100% | 36% |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 88% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Calvin broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Calvin lost his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 12 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hemery | |||
| R1 Yevseyev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 60-42 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/56 | 46/56 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 30% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Paul | |||||
| Q1 Von Der Schulenburg | Q3 Gadamauri | R1 Neuchrist | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 19 | 57 | |
| pts | 55-34 | 80-66 | 73-55 | 208-155 | |
| Total points | 89 | 146 | 128 | 363 | |
| Winners | 18 | 34 | 26 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 43% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 48/64 | 36/56 | 107/161 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 75% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 34/48 | 26/36 | 78/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 71% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 11/16 | 13/20 | 36/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 69% | 65% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/15 | 4/11 | 12/33 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 20% | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/3 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 83% | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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