Facundo Diaz Acosta and Jakub Paul will clash against each other in the quarter of the Zug Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 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 Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.32
Jakub Paul -> 3.15

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Jakub Paul

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

Facundo Diaz Acosta

Ranked no. 186, Diaz Acosta got to the quarter after beating Marat Sharipov 6-4 6-3 and Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 7-6(5) 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Daniel Vallejo (7-6⁵ 6-2). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 81 points vs Daniel Vallejo’s 65. Facundo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Diaz Acosta recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was very efficient on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Daniel Vallejo 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Diaz Acosta has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (218-144). 6-5 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Diaz Acosta has a composed190-109 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Trieste Challenger.

The Argentine has a compiled 10-10 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zug Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Jakub Paul

Ranked no. 350, Jakub reached the quarter after beating Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg 6-2 6-2, Buvaysar Gadamauri 7-5 6-4, Maximilian Neuchrist 6-4 6-3 and Calvin Hemery 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Hemery (6-3 6-1). During the match Paul scored 55 points vs Hemery’s 35. Jakub was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Paul bagged 3 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jakub Paul was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Hemery 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

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

Jakub has an overall 27-14 win-loss record in 2025, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zug Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Diaz Acosta	Paul
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	8
Tot Games	40	73
Pts	139-109	263-190
Total Points	248	453
Winners	63	104
%Winners	45%	40%

Diaz Acosta played 2 matches while Paul competed in 4 matches. Paul started his run from the qualifications while Diaz Acosta had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Diaz Acosta has played 4 set(s) less than Paul (4 vs 8). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 33 games less than Paul. The Argentine scored 63 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Paul fired 104 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Diaz Acosta	Paul
Aces	9	9
Avg per match	4.5	2.3
1st in	80/119	138/204
%1st in	67%	68%
1st pts	63/80	104/138
%1st pts	79%	75%
2nd pts	25/39	43/66
%2nd pts	64%	65%

Diaz Acosta blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Paul managed to score 9 aces (2.3 per match). Diaz Acosta won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Diaz Acosta	Paul
Won	5	16
Converted	5/15	16/39
% Converted	33%	41%
Conceded	5	12
Saved	4	9
% Saved	80%	75%
Times Broken	1	3

Diaz Acosta broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Paul conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Diaz Acosta
	R1 Sharipov	R2 Daniel Vallejo	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	7-65 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	21	40
pts	58-44	81-65	139-109
Total points	102	146	248
Winners	27	36	63
%Winners	47%	44%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	5	9
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	31/50	49/69	80/119
% 1st in	62%	71%	67%
1st pts	27/31	36/49	63/80
% 1st pts	87%	73%	79%
2nd pts	13/19	12/20	25/39
% 2nd pts	68%	60%	64%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/3	3/12	5/15
Converted %	67%	25%	33%
Conceded	0	5	5
Saved	0/0	4/5	4
Saved %	–	80%	40%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Paul
	Q1 Von Der Schulenburg	Q3 Gadamauri	R1 Neuchrist	R2 Hemery	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-5 6-4	6-4 6-3	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	16	22	19	16	73
pts	55-34	80-66	73-55	55-35	263-190
Total points	89	146	128	90	453
Winners	18	34	26	26	104
%Winners	33%	43%	36%	47%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3	3	9
Double Faults	1	0	0	0	1
1st in	23/41	48/64	36/56	31/43	138/204
% 1st in	56%	75%	64%	72%	68%
1st pts	18/23	34/48	26/36	26/31	104/138
% 1st pts	78%	71%	72%	84%	75%
2nd pts	12/18	11/16	13/20	7/12	43/66
% 2nd pts	67%	69%	65%	58%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	3	4	4	16
Converted	5/7	3/15	4/11	4/6	16/39
Converted %	71%	20%	36%	67%	41%
Conceded	2	3	6	1	12
Saved	1/2	2/3	5/6	1/1	9
Saved %	50%	67%	83%	100%	150%
Times Broken	1	1	1	0	3

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