Michael Zheng and Trevor Svajda will square off in the 2nd round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Zheng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Michael Zheng -> 1.27
Trevor Svajda -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Michael Zheng vs. Trevor Svajda
This will be the 2nd time that Michael Zheng and Trevor Svajda play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Zheng won 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in Cincinnati back in August 2026.
Michael Zheng
27 - 14win/loss
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WLWWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-14 | 19-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-9 | 22-6 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-6 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-11 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88 (career-high), the American got to the 2nd round after beating Evan Zhu 6-1 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Zhu (6-1 4-6 7-5). During the match, Zheng scored 111 points vs Zhu’s 94. Zheng was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zheng struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Michael Zheng was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zheng broke Zhu 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Zheng has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (96-51). 19-8 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zheng has a compiled66-31 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Zheng has a compiled 27-14 win-loss record in 2026, 19-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2025. See his history.
Trevor Svajda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13-11 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 27-12 | 25-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 13-8 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 529, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Blaise Bicknell 4-6 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round against Bicknell, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-5). During the match Svajda scored 103 points vs Bicknell’s 94. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Svajda blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Trevor Svajda was very effective on serve to win 72% (42/58) of his 1st serve and 64% (27/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Svajda broke Bicknell 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Trevor’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Dallas.
Svajda has an overall 13-11 win-loss record in 2026, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Svajda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 34 |
| Pts | 111-94 | 103-94 |
| Total Points | 205 | 197 |
| Winners | 36 | 42 |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% |
Both Zheng and Svajda played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Michael Zheng lost 1 set, while Trevor Svajda conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zheng and Svajda have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Zheng played 5 games less than Svajda. Zheng scored 36 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Svajda fired 42 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Svajda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 49/86 | 58/100 |
| %1st in | 57% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 42/58 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 27/42 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 64% |
Zheng fired 3 aces . Svajda managed to score 2 aces . Zheng won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Svajda won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Svajda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 31% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 71% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Zheng broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Svajda conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zheng | |||
| R1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 111-94 | 111-94 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/86 | 49/86 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 36/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Svajda | |||
| R1 Bicknell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 103-94 | 103-94 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/100 | 58/100 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 42/58 | 42/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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