Botic Van De Zandschulp and Eliot Spizzirri will play each other in the 2^nd round of the European Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.48
Eliot Spizzirri -> 2.64

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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Eliot Spizzirri

There is no head to head record between Botic Van De Zandschulp and Eliot Spizzirri since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 86, the Dutch got to the 2^nd round after defeating Joao Fonseca 7-5 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Fonseca (7-5 7-6²). During the match, Van De Zandschulp scored 92 points vs Fonseca’s 76. Botic was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Van De Zandschulp fired 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Van De Zandschulp put 67% of his first serves in, winning 88% (42/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Fonseca 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Van De Zandschulp has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (349-223). 1-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van De Zandschulp has a composed 94-55 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Dutch’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Salem.

Botic has a compiled 26-27 win-loss record in 2025, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Brussels

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 111, Eliot reached the 2^nd round after defeating Zsombor Piros 5-7 7-6(6) 6-1, Alexander Blockx 7-6(4) 6-3 and Pedro Martinez Portero 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Eliot had a good straight sets win against Martinez Portero (6-4 6-1). During the match Spizzirri scored 60 points vs Martinez Portero’s 36. Spizzirri was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Spizzirri made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri was extremely efficient on serve to win 96% (27/28) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Eliot broke Martinez Portero 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

His best result of the season was winning the title the San Diego Challenger where he beat Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4 and the Jingshan Challenger where he defeated Alex Bolt in the final 6-4 6-4.

The American has a compiled 46-27 win-loss record in 2025, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Van De Zandschulp	Spizzirri
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	25	71
Pts	92-76	242-186
Total Points	168	428
Winners	42	119
%Winners	46%	49%

Van De Zandschulp played 1 match while Spizzirri competed in 3 matches. Spizzirri started his run from the qualifications while Van De Zandschulp had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Eliot Spizzirri surrendered 1 set while Botic Van De Zandschulp hasn’t dropped a set so far. Van De Zandschulp has played 5 set(s) less than Spizzirri (2 vs 7). Therefore, Van De Zandschulp played 46 games less than Spizzirri. Van De Zandschulp scored 42 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 119 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Van De Zandschulp	Spizzirri
Aces	15	17
Avg per match	15	5.7
1st in	48/72	151/215
%1st in	67%	70%
1st pts	42/48	119/151
%1st pts	88%	79%
2nd pts	9/24	33/64
%2nd pts	38%	52%

Van De Zandschulp struck 15 aces . Spizzirri scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Van De Zandschulp won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Spizzirri won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Van De Zandschulp	Spizzirri
Won	3	8
Converted	3/8	8/14
% Converted	38%	57%
Conceded	4	11
Saved	2	8
% Saved	50%	73%
Times Broken	2	3

Botic broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Botic lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Spizzirri broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Spizzirri conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Van De Zandschulp
	R1 Fonseca	Total
Score	7-5 7-62
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	92-76	92-76
Total points	168	168
Winners	42	42
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	15	15
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	48/72	48/72
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	42/48	42/48
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	9/24	9/24
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Spizzirri
	Q1 Piros	Q3 Blockx	R1 Martinez Portero	Total
Score	5-7 7-66 6-1	7-64 6-3	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	32	22	17	71
pts	101-84	81-66	60-36	242-186
Total points	185	147	96	428
Winners	48	44	27	119
%Winners	48%	54%	45%	49%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	5	17
Double Faults	1	2	2	5
1st in	64/92	59/76	28/47	151/215
% 1st in	70%	78%	60%	70%
1st pts	48/64	44/59	27/28	119/151
% 1st pts	75%	75%	96%	79%
2nd pts	15/28	8/17	10/19	33/64
% 2nd pts	54%	47%	53%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	8
Converted	3/5	2/5	3/4	8/14
Converted %	60%	40%	75%	57%
Conceded	5	6	0	11
Saved	3/5	5/6	0/0	8
Saved %	60%	83%	–	143%
Times Broken	2	1	0	3

Tennis Scores in Brussels

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Federico CinaCina (6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Christian Harrison/Evan KingHarrison/Evan King – Marcel Granollers/Pedro Martinez PorteroGranollers/Pedro Martinez Portero (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-6⁴ 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-7¹⁰ 6-3) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – David GoffinGoffin (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Raphael CollignonCollignon – Zizou BergsBergs (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Joao FonsecaFonseca (7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin Bonzi/Pierre-Hugues HerbertBonzi/Pierre-Hugues Herbert – Sander Arends/Luke JohnsonArends/Luke Johnson (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander Blockx/Tibo ColsonBlockx/Tibo Colson – Sebastian Baez/Francisco ComesanaBaez/Francisco Comesana (3-6 6-4 10-5) – See score progression
• Ariel Behar/Joran VliegenBehar/Joran Vliegen – Romain Arneodo/Sander GilleArneodo/Sander Gille (7-6⁸ 6-7⁹ 10-8) – See score progression
• Petr Nouza/Patrik RiklNouza/Patrik Rikl – Gregoire Jacq/Nicolas MahutJacq/Nicolas Mahut (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction