Jakub Nicod and Michael Vrbensky will play each other in the qualifications of the Szczecin Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Nicod who should win in 3 sets.
Jakub Nicod -> 1.43
Michael Vrbensky -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Nicod vs. Michael Vrbensky
There is no head to head record between Jakub Nicod and Michael Vrbensky since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jakub Nicod
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-14 | 2-1 | 17-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-16 | 24-7 | 17-7 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-18 | 15-4 | 18-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 4-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 448, Nicod reached the qualifications after beating Gregor Ramskogler 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Ramskogler, Nicod recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Nicod scored 77 points vs Ramskogler’s 67. Nicod was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nicod scored just 1 ace during the match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Jakub Nicod lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Nicod put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Ramskogler 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Nicod has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (104-54). 17-11 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nicod has an overall54-36 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Jakub’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Ceska Lipa and M15 Kamen.
Jakub has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2025, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Vrbensky
18 - 24win/loss
636
277
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-30 | 3-3 | 19-20 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 4-4 | 32-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-28 | 11-6 | 44-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-27 | 7-3 | 37-16 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 17-24 | 2-1 | 14-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 546, Vrbensky reached the qualifications after defeating David Pichler 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Vrbensky had a good straight sets win against Pichler (6-2 6-2). During the match Vrbensky scored 63 points vs Pichler’s 38. Michael was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Vrbensky managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Vrbensky was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vrbensky broke Pichler 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Vrbensky’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Opatija.
Michael has a compiled 18-24 win-loss record in 2025, 17-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nicod | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 16 |
| Pts | 77-67 | 63-38 |
| Total Points | 144 | 101 |
| Winners | 33 | 25 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Both Nicod and Vrbensky played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jakub Nicod dropped 1 set while Michael Vrbensky hasn’t lost a set so far. Nicod has played 1 set more than Vrbensky (3 vs 2). Therefore, Nicod played 11 games more than Vrbensky. Jakub scored 33 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Michael made 25 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nicod | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 51/74 | 29/50 |
| %1st in | 69% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 25/29 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 62% |
Nicod recorded 1 ace . Vrbensky also fired 3 aces . Nicod won 65% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nicod | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 71% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Nicod broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Nicod surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Michael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Nicod | |||
| Q1 Ramskogler | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 77-67 | 77-67 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/74 | 51/74 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Vrbensky | |||
| Q1 Pichler | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-38 | 63-38 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 29/50 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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