Ramkumar Ramanathan and Zhizhen Zhang will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Zagreb Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 17. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.66
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 3rd time that Ramkumar Ramanathan and Zhizhen Zhang square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ramanathan (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Ramanathan won 6-3 6-0 in the quarter in the Nanchang Challenger back in 2019.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranked no. 217, Ramkumar reached the qualifications after beating Frane Nincevic 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Ramkumar had a good straight sets win against Nincevic (6-4 6-3). During the match Ramanathan scored 66 points vs Nincevic’s 54. The Indian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ramanathan blasted 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Ramkumar Ramanathan lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ramanathan put 62% of his first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Ramkumar broke Nincevic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Ramanathan has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (318-246). 3-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ramanathan has a 59-58 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Ramkumar has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Ramanathan has never competed in this tournament before.
Zhizhen Zhang
Ranked no. 508, Zhang got to the qualifications after beating Dimitar Kuzmanov 4-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Kuzmanov, Zhang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Zhang scored 95 points vs Kuzmanov’s 84. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 56% of his first serves in, winning 61% (30/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the 2nd serve. Zhizhen broke Kuzmanov 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Zhizhen has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ramanathan | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 66-54 | 95-84 |
| Total Points | 120 | 179 |
| Winners | 26 | 30 |
| %Winners | 39% | 32% |
Both Ramanathan and Zhang played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Zhizhen Zhang dropped 1 set while Ramkumar Ramanathan hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ramanathan has played 1 set(s) less than Zhang (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ramanathan played 8 games less than Zhang. The Indian scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Zhizhen recorded 30 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ramanathan | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 36/58 | 49/87 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 30/49 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 23/38 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 61% |
Ramanathan made 2 aces . Zhang didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ramanathan won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ramanathan | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 67% | 46% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Indian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ramanathan surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Zhang conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ramanathan | |||
| Q1 Nincevic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 66-54 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/58 | 36/58 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhang | |||
| Q1 Kuzmanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 95-84 | 95-84 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/87 | 49/87 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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