Keegan Smith and Tyler Zink will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Cary 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Keegan Smith who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Keegan Smith is the pick to win this match.
Keegan Smith -> 1.32
Tyler Zink -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Keegan Smith vs. Tyler Zink
There is no head to head record between Keegan Smith and Tyler Zink since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-23 | 30-18 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 589, Keegan reached the qualifications after beating Nam Hoang Ly 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Smith had a good straight sets win against Hoang Ly (6-2 6-4). During the match, Smith scored 64 points vs Hoang Ly’s 49. Smith was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Smith struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Keegan Smith was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Smith broke Hoang Ly 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Smith has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (119-70). 19-11 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Smith has an aggregate99-51 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Rancho Santa Fe and M15 San Diego.
Smith has a compiled 22-14 win-loss record in 2023, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 1 Challenger
Tyler Zink
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-12 | 13-7 | 9-1 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-14 | 11-11 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-9 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 874, Tyler got to the qualifications after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 5-7 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications against Ramanathan, Zink recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-2). During the match Zink scored 94 points vs Ramanathan’s 75. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Zink bagged 19 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Tyler Zink was very efficient on serve to win 80% (41/51) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Ramanathan 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Zink has an overall 4-8 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Smith | Zink |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 |
| Pts | 64-49 | 94-75 |
| Total Points | 113 | 169 |
| Winners | 27 | 41 |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% |
Both Smith and Zink played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Tyler Zink conceded 1 set while Keegan Smith hasn’t dropped a set so far. Smith has played 1 set(s) less than Zink (2 vs 3). Therefore, Smith played 9 games less than Zink. Smith scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Tyler struck 41 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Smith | Zink |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 19 |
| 1st in | 33/61 | 51/80 |
| %1st in | 54% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 41/51 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 55% |
Smith made 9 aces . Zink scored 19 aces . Smith won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zink won 80% of the points on 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 | Smith | Zink |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 36% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Smith pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Tyler broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Zink conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Smith | |||
| Q1 Hoang Ly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-49 | 64-49 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/61 | 33/61 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zink | |||
| Q1 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 94-75 | 94-75 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 19 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/80 | 51/80 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 41/51 | 41/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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