Raphael Collignon surprises Zizou Bergs 6-4 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Brussels on Tuesday in what was an all-Belgian contest. Collignon will play Francisco Comesana in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Collignon's Record

Raphael added to his prize money € 4,825 after winning this match. He has already won € 12,405 after this win. If he wins the next match, Collignon will add € 8,960 to his earnings to get in total € 21,365 in total.

Highlights Raphael Collignon vs. Zizou Bergs European Open – Brussels

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Collignon
Bergs
6-4 7-65
1h:59
80
80
Total points
76
76
44
44
Winners
29
29
55%
55%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
5
5
8
8
Double Faults
6
6
70%
70%
1st in
49%
49%
85%
85%
1st won
73%
73%
44/52
44/52
1st won
29/40
29/40
32%
32%
2nd won
57%
57%
7/22
7/22
2nd won
24/42
24/42
-- Break Points --
2/8
2/8
Total
1/4
1/4
25%
25%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Collignon scored 80 points vs. Zizou’s 76.

Collignon

Collignon served pretty well to win 85% of the points (44/52) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 32% points (7/22) on his second serve. Collignon won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.

Bergs

On the other side, Zizou wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Collignon and Bergs is 1-0 for Raphael.

Draw and next match H2H: Raphael Collignon vs. Francisco Comesana – stats

Collignon will square off with Comesana in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Raphael Collignon and Francisco Comesana since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Collignon 6-4
CollignonBergs
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
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4
0
15
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15
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4
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15
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40
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4
0
15
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40
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4
0
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0
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40
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3
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30
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3
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2
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2
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40
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40
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A

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Raphael clinched in the 9th game (5-4) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Bergs was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Raphael converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st

(0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Zizou was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).

They contested 82 points. Collignon won 4 more points than Bergs (43-39). Collignon surrendered 13 points on serve (24-13). In addition, on the other side, Zizou conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).

2nd Set -
Collignon 7-6
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7
6
B
0
1
C
1
1
C
1
2
B
1
3
B
1
4
C
2
4
C
3
4
B
3
5
B
4
5
C
5
5
C
6
5
B
7
5
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6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
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6
0
15
15
15
15
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40
40
40
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40
40
40
A
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5
15
0
15
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40
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4
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40
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3
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0
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3
0
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40
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2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
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2
0
15
0
30
0
40
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1
15
0
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15
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15
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15
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1
0
15
15
15
15
30
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30
30
40
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0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Collignon started the set in the best possible way after breaking Zizou Bergs in the 2nd game (2-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Zizou to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Tiebreak

Raphael won 2 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Bergs won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Raphael wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Collignon saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, Bergs converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 74 points. This set was so close that, Raphael won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Collignon lost 10 points on serve (28-10). In addition, on the other side, Zizou conceded 9 points on serve (27-9).

1st
Collignon
Bergs
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Collignon
Bergs
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

Tennis Scores in Brussels

  • Raphael CollignonCollignon – Zizou BergsBergs (6-4 7-65)
  • Valentin RoyerRoyer – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-3)
  • Francisco ComesanaComesana – David GoffinGoffin (7-65 6-4)
  • Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-710 6-3)
  • Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-64 6-75 6-4)
  • Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-1)
  • Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Joao FonsecaFonseca (7-5 7-62)
  • Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-4)
  • Marcos GironGiron – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4)

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