Zhizhen Zhang and Ernesto Escobedo will play each other in the qualifications of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.65
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Ernesto Escobedo

There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Ernesto Escobedo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 503, the Chinese reached the qualifications after defeating Mark Whitehouse 6-4 7-6⁷.

In the qualifications, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Whitehouse (6-4 7-6⁷). During the match, Zhang scored 79 points vs Whitehouse’s 71. Zhizhen was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhang recorded 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zhizhen Zhang was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhizhen broke Whitehouse twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Zhang has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (186-154). 1-1 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhang has a composed1-1 match record in the last 8 years on grass.

Zhizhen’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Biella 6 Challenger.

Zhang has a composed 8-7 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2021. See his history.

Nottingham 2 Challenger

Zhang's Record

Ernesto Escobedo

Ranked no. 188, Escobedo got to the qualifications after defeating Arthur Fery 7-6⁵ 6-2.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Fery (7-6⁵ 6-2). During the match Escobedo scored 72 points vs Fery’s 59. Escobedo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Escobedo recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ernesto Escobedo was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 71% (20/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Escobedo broke Fery twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Ernesto has a composed 12-13 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Nottingham 2 Challenger

Escobedo's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Zhang and Escobedo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhang and Escobedo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zhang played 2 games more than Escobedo. Zhang scored 37 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Escobedo recorded 29 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Zhang managed to score 10 aces . Escobedo recorded 4 aces . Zhang won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Chinese broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Zhizhen conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Ernesto was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Head 2 Head

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Zhizhen
Zhang

1:1

Ernesto
Escobedo

Rank

38

High

33

1Grass1

Rank

454

High

67

Win Loss

Zhang

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Escobedo

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17 - 18

21 - 13

4-7

Hard

15-9

2-2

I Hard

5-0

7-5

Clay

1-4

4-4

Grass

0-0

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