Roberto Carballes Baena and Zhizhen Zhang will play each other in the semifinal of the Tunis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 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 Roberto Carballes Baena who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Carballes Baena is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.36
Zhizhen Zhang -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Zhizhen Zhang
There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-26 | 10-11 | 24-13 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-29 | 3-8 | 19-14 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 3-8 | 41-23 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-30 | 3-5 | 33-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-18 | 3-4 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after beating Raul Brancaccio 6-75 6-0 6-1, Eduard Esteve Lobato 6-1 6-1 and Michael Geerts 7-5 6-1.
In the quarter, Roberto had a good straight sets win against Geerts (7-5 6-1). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 70 points vs Geerts’s 53. Roberto was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Carballes Baena scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Roberto Carballes Baena lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Carballes Baena put 72% of his first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Geerts 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has lost 1 set in this competition to win 60% of the points he played.
Carballes Baena has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (395-283). 18-11 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Carballes Baena has an aggregate 347-221 match record in the last years on clay.
Roberto’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Gran Canaria Challenger.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 19-17 win-loss record in 2022, 18-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-25 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-2 | 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. 266, Zhang reached the semifinal after defeating Ruben Bemelmans 6-3 6-1, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 7-5 and Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (7-5 6-3). During the match Zhang scored 69 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 52. Zhang was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zhizhen Zhang was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zhang broke Ferreira Silva twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Tallahassee Challenger.
Zhang has an overall 15-13 win-loss record in 2022, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 58 |
| Pts | 228-153 | 188-135 |
| Total Points | 381 | 323 |
| Winners | 91 | 81 |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% |
Both Carballes Baena and Zhang played 3 matches. At the moment, Roberto Carballes Baena conceded 1 set while Zhizhen Zhang hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Carballes Baena has played 1 set more than Zhang (7 vs 6). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 1 game more than Zhang. Roberto scored 91 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang bagged 81 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 120/180 | 96/162 |
| %1st in | 67% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 91/120 | 81/96 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 33/60 | 41/66 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 62% |
Carballes Baena fired 2 aces (0.7 per match). Zhang made 13 aces (4.3 per match). Carballes Baena won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 9 |
| Converted | 17/27 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 63% | 56% |
| Conceded | 14 | 5 |
| Saved | 12 | 4 |
| % Saved | 86% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Roberto broke his opponents 17 times with a 63% conversion rate. Roberto dropped his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Zhang broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carballes Baena | |||||
| R1 Brancaccio |
R2 Esteve Lobato |
1/4 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-0 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 14 | 19 | 59 | |
| pts | 103-74 | 55-26 | 70-53 | 228-153 | |
| Total points | 177 | 81 | 123 | 381 | |
| Winners | 37 | 23 | 31 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/87 | 25/35 | 42/58 | 120/180 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 71% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 23/25 | 31/42 | 91/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 92% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 6/10 | 6/16 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 60% | 38% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/6 | 5/8 | 17/27 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 83% | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/2 | 6/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 86% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Zhang | |||||
| R1 Bemelmans |
R2 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
1/4 Ferreira Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 21 | 58 | |
| pts | 60-37 | 59-46 | 69-52 | 188-135 | |
| Total points | 97 | 105 | 121 | 323 | |
| Winners | 19 | 29 | 33 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 49% | 48% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 33/54 | 40/65 | 96/162 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 61% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 29/33 | 33/40 | 81/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 88% | 83% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 12/21 | 15/25 | 41/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 57% | 60% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Tunis Challenger
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
