

What Time Will Dominic Stricker Play Against Holger Rune?
Stricker and Rune are on the Day 4 Schedule at Swiss Indoors Basel 2024 on Thursday 24 October 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
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Dominic Stricker (SUI) and Holger Rune (DEN) will face off in their first tour-level meeting. They have previously met in three matches, with Rune winning two and Stricker winning one. Rune defeated Stricker at the 2019 Australian Open Juniors and Stricker defeated Rune at the 2019 US Open Juniors. Their most recent meeting took place in 2020 at the M25 Klosters tournament, where Rune emerged victorious.
Looking at their 52-week averages, both players have similar statistics. They have the same conversion and steal scores, with Rune having a slightly higher rally advantage. Stricker will look to repeat his serving performance from the first round, where he achieved a serve quality score of 9.1. One of the key factors in his high score was his serve accuracy, which was significantly better than the tour average.
Dominic Stricker, 22 years old and currently ranked 258th in the world, achieved his career-high ranking of 88 in October 2023. He had a breakthrough performance at the 2023 US Open, defeating No. 7 Tsitsipas en route to reaching the fourth round. Stricker has qualified for the Next Gen ATP Finals in 2022 and 2023 and reached the quarterfinals in his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Geneva tournament. He has also recorded wins against higher-ranked opponents, such as No. 20 Hurkacz, No. 7 Tsitsipas, and No. 8 Ruud.
Holger Rune, 21 years old and currently ranked 14th in the world, has had an impressive career. He broke into the top 100 in January 2022, the top 50 in May 2022, and reached a career-high ranking of 4 in August 2023. Rune won the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Paris title, becoming the first player since 1990 to earn 5 Top-10 wins at an event other than the Nitto ATP Finals. He has performed well in other ATP Masters 1000 events, with runner-up finishes in Monte Carlo and Rome. Rune has also had success in Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the quarterfinals at the 2022 Roland Garros and upsetting Tsitsipas in the process.
In their upcoming match in Basel, Stricker will aim to advance to his fifth ATP Tour quarterfinal, while Rune aims to record his 40th win of the season for the second time in his career.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Stricker will win.
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