Zhizhen Zhang and Luca Van Assche will face off in the qualifications of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Van Assche who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.88
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-26 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 664, the Chinese reached the qualifications after defeating Arthur Reymond 6-4 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Zhang defeated Reymond (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match, Zhang scored 87 points vs Reymond’s 73. Zhizhen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 65% of his first serves in, winning 81% (39/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Reymond 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Zhang has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (197-162). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a composed4-5 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Zhizhen has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-32 | 15-15 | 8-10 | 6-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-30 | 1-7 | 15-11 | 15-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-31 | 0-1 | 40-20 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 3-2 | 8-7 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 406 (career-high), Van got to the qualifications after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-2 5-7 7-63.
In the qualifications, Van defeated Moriya (6-2 5-7 7-63). During the match Van scored 111 points vs Moriya’s 102. Van was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Van managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Van put 59% of his first serves in, winning 80% (47/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Moriya 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne.
Van has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 33 |
| Pts | 87-73 | 111-102 |
| Total Points | 160 | 213 |
| Winners | 39 | 47 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Both Zhang and Van played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Zhizhen Zhang dropped 1 set, while Luca Van Assche dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zhang and Van have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Zhang played 7 games less than Van. Zhang scored 39 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Luca recorded 47 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 13 |
| 1st in | 48/74 | 59/100 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 47/59 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 19/41 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 46% |
Zhang managed to score 7 aces . Van made 13 aces . Zhang won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Van won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 31% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Zhang broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Zhang conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhang | |||
| Q1 Reymond |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 87-73 | 87-73 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/74 | 48/74 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 39/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Van | |||
| Q1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 111-102 | 111-102 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/100 | 59/100 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 47/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/41 | 19/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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