Thai Kwiatkowski and Zhizhen Zhang will face off in the quarter of the Biella 6 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CAMPO 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thai Kwiatkowski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thai Kwiatkowski is the pick to win this match.
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 1.8
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Thai Kwiatkowski vs. Zhizhen Zhang
There is no head to head record between Thai Kwiatkowski and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Thai Kwiatkowski
Ranked no. 222, the American got to the quarter after beating Dmitry Popko 6-2 1-6 7-62 and Ulises Blanch 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Kwiatkowski had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-4 7-63). During the match, Kwiatkowski scored 79 points vs Blanch’s 64. Kwiatkowski was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kwiatkowski blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Thai Kwiatkowski lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kwiatkowski put 75% of his first serves in, winning 80% (41/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Thai broke Blanch twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thai started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Kwiatkowski has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (161-111). 6-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kwiatkowski has an overall 35-23 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The American has an aggregate 9-9 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biella 6 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Zhizhen Zhang
Ranked no. 509, Zhang reached the quarter after beating Borna Gojo 6-3 4-6 6-2 and Flavio Cobolli 4-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Cobolli, Zhizhen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Zhang scored 105 points vs Cobolli’s 94. Zhang was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Zhang managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (41/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Cobolli 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Zhizhen has an aggregate 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kwiatkowski | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 55 |
| Pts | 171-159 | 209-187 |
| Total Points | 330 | 396 |
| Winners | 82 | 78 |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% |
Both Kwiatkowski and Zhang played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Thai Kwiatkowski conceded 1 set, while Zhizhen Zhang lost 2 sets. Kwiatkowski has played 1 set(s) less than Zhang (5 vs 6). Therefore, Kwiatkowski played 4 games less than Zhang. Kwiatkowski scored 82 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 78 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kwiatkowski | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 118/167 | 112/183 |
| %1st in | 71% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 82/118 | 78/112 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 23/49 | 39/71 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 55% |
Kwiatkowski bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Zhang made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kwiatkowski won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kwiatkowski | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 8/24 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 10 | 14 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Kwiatkowski broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kwiatkowski conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Zhang conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kwiatkowski | ||||
| R1 Popko |
R2 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 7-62 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 23 | 51 | |
| pts | 92-95 | 79-64 | 171-159 | |
| Total points | 187 | 143 | 330 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 67/99 | 51/68 | 118/167 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 75% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 41/67 | 41/51 | 82/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 80% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 7/17 | 23/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 41% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/5 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Gojo |
R2 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-2 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| pts | 104-93 | 105-94 | 209-187 | |
| Total points | 197 | 199 | 396 | |
| Winners | 37 | 41 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 49/85 | 63/98 | 112/183 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 41/63 | 78/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 20/35 | 39/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 57% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 7/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 78% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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