Giulio Zeppieri and August Holmgren will face off in the 2^nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giulio Zeppieri is the pick to win this match.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.63
August Holmgren -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. August Holmgren

This will be the 2^nd time that Giulio Zeppieri and August Holmgren play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zeppieri (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Zeppieri won 6-3 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Cassis Challenger back in 2023.

Giulio Zeppieri

Ranked no. 157, Zeppieri got to the 2^nd round after beating Laslo Djere 6-3 3-6 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, Zeppieri defeated Djere (6-3 3-6 7-6⁵).During the match, Zeppieri scored less points (6) than Djere. In fact, the world no. 157 won 91 points vs Djere’s. That means that Zeppieri was more focused during the important points. Giulio was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zeppieri made 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Giulio Zeppieri lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zeppieri put 75% of his first serves in, winning 72% (55/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Zeppieri broke Djere twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Zeppieri has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (196-152). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zeppieri has an aggregate30-29 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Shanghai Challenger where he defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama in the final 7-6(2) 7-5.

Zeppieri has a composed 39-23 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brest Challenger

August Holmgren

Ranked no. 168, Holmgren reached the 2^nd round after defeating Kimmer Coppejans 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Holmgren had a good straight sets win against Coppejans (6-2 6-3). During the match Holmgren scored 55 points vs Coppejans’s 33. August was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Holmgren made 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. August Holmgren was very effective on serve to win 94% (31/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dane broke Coppejans 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Granby Challenger where he defeated Liam Draxl in the final 6-3 6-3.

August has an overall 23-24 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zeppieri	Holmgren
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	31	17
Pts	91-97	55-33
Total Points	188	88
Winners	55	31
%Winners	60%	56%

Both Zeppieri and Holmgren played 1 match. At the moment, Giulio Zeppieri surrendered 1 set while August Holmgren hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zeppieri has played 1 set more than Holmgren (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zeppieri played 14 games more than Holmgren. Zeppieri scored 55 winners (60% of the total points). On the other side, August bagged 31 winners (56%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zeppieri	Holmgren
Aces	11	14
Avg per match	11	14
1st in	76/101	33/42
%1st in	75%	79%
1st pts	55/76	31/33
%1st pts	72%	94%
2nd pts	11/25	5/9
%2nd pts	44%	56%

Zeppieri fired 11 aces . Holmgren blasted 14 aces . Zeppieri won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 94% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zeppieri	Holmgren
Won	2	3
Converted	2/4	3/5
% Converted	50%	60%
Conceded	5	0
Saved	3	0
% Saved	60%	0%
Times Broken	2	0

Giulio broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Giulio dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Holmgren broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Holmgren was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Zeppieri
	R1 Djere	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	91-97	91-97
Total points	188	188
Winners	55	55
%Winners	60%	60%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	76/101	76/101
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	55/76	55/76
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	11/25	11/25
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Holmgren
	R1 Coppejans	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	55-33	55-33
Total points	88	88
Winners	31	31
%Winners	56%	56%
SERVE
Aces	14	14
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	33/42	33/42
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	31/33	31/33
% 1st pts	94%	94%
2nd pts	5/9	5/9
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger

• Hugo GastonGaston – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-1 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (3-6 7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Clement TaburTabur – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Joshua Paris/Jack WithrowParis/Jack Withrow – Diego Hidalgo/Patrik TrhacHidalgo/Patrik Trhac (6-7⁵ 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (3-6 7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur BouquierBouquier – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Alexey VatutinVatutin (2-6 7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Jaime FariaFaria (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mae MaligeMalige – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Alexey VatutinVatutin (2-6 7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (3-6 7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Jaime FariaFaria (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-1 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Clement TaburTabur – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Dan AddedAdded (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Lucas PoullainPoullain (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moez EcharguiEchargui – Arthur BouquierBouquier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Clement TaburTabur – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – August HolmgrenHolmgren (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Harry WendelkenWendelken (0-0) – H2H and prediction