Evan Zhu and August Holmgren will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Fairfield Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on TAD TAUBE COURT. 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 August Holmgren who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, August Holmgren is the pick to win this match.
August Holmgren -> 1.45
Evan Zhu -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Evan Zhu vs. August Holmgren
There is no head to head record between Evan Zhu and August Holmgren since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Evan Zhu
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 6-17 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 31-32 | 21-21 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 44-31 | 14-13 | 25-12 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 13-20 | 9-15 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 376, Zhu got to the qualifications after beating Mark Whitehouse 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Whitehouse (6-2 6-2). During the match, Zhu scored 64 points vs Whitehouse’s 39. Zhu was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhu managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Evan Zhu was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhu broke Whitehouse 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Zhu has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 52% of his matches (183-172). 21-20 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhu has an overall108-110 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Zhu’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Xalapa,M25 Anning and M25 Baotou.
Zhu has a composed 30-30 win-loss record in 2023, 21-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
August Holmgren
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 32-20 | 24-12 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 46-26 | 33-14 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 31-12 | 18-4 | 10-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 19-8 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 433, the Dane reached the qualifications after defeating Mili Poljicak 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Holmgren had a good straight sets win against Poljicak (6-2 6-4). During the match Holmgren scored 61 points vs Poljicak’s 46. The Dane was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Holmgren scored 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. August Holmgren lost the serve once. Furthermore, Holmgren put 60% of his first serves in, winning 88% (29/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. August broke Poljicak 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
August’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham.
August has a composed 26-21 win-loss record in 2023, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Zhu | Holmgren |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 16 | 18 |
Pts | 64-39 | 61-46 |
Total Points | 103 | 107 |
Winners | 26 | 29 |
%Winners | 41% | 48% |
Both Zhu and Holmgren played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhu and Holmgren have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zhu played 2 games less than Holmgren. The American scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Holmgren made 29 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Zhu | Holmgren |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 8 |
Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
1st in | 35/48 | 33/55 |
%1st in | 73% | 60% |
1st pts | 26/35 | 29/33 |
%1st pts | 74% | 88% |
2nd pts | 7/13 | 9/22 |
%2nd pts | 54% | 41% |
Zhu bagged 3 aces . Holmgren recorded 8 aces . Zhu won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Zhu | Holmgren |
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Won | 5 | 4 |
Converted | 5/12 | 4/6 |
% Converted | 42% | 67% |
Conceded | 5 | 1 |
Saved | 4 | 0 |
% Saved | 80% | 0% |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Holmgren broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Holmgren conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
Zhu | |||
Q1 Whitehouse |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
pts | 64-39 | 64-39 | |
Total points | 103 | 103 | |
Winners | 26 | 26 | |
%Winners | 41% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
% 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Holmgren | |||
Q1 Poljicak |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 61-46 | 61-46 | |
Total points | 107 | 107 | |
Winners | 29 | 29 | |
%Winners | 48% | 48% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 8 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 33/55 | 33/55 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 29/33 | 29/33 | |
% 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
2nd pts | 9/22 | 9/22 | |
% 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
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