Tim Van Rijthoven and Zhizhen Zhang will play each other in the qualifications of the Forli 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on GENCOM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tim Van Rijthoven who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tim Van Rijthoven is the pick to win this match.
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 1.36
Zhizhen Zhang -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Zhizhen Zhang
There is no head to head record between Tim Van Rijthoven and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tim Van Rijthoven
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-24 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 25-15 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 13-7 | 7-6 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 243, Van Rijthoven reached the qualifications after defeating Christian Capacci 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Tim had a good straight sets win against Capacci (6-1 6-3). During the match, Van Rijthoven scored 60 points vs Capacci’s 34. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Rijthoven recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tim Van Rijthoven was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dutch broke Capacci 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Van Rijthoven has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (201-115). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Rijthoven has a composed59-34 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Tim has an aggregate 8-4 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 4 Challenger
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 4-7 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 312, Zhizhen reached the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Mejia 6-3 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Zhang defeated Mejia (6-3 2-6 6-3). During the match Zhang scored 91 points vs Mejia’s 81. Zhizhen was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Zhang scored 11 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 74% of his first serves in, winning 71% (45/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Zhizhen broke Mejia 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Zhang has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Rijthoven | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 |
| Pts | 60-34 | 91-81 |
| Total Points | 94 | 172 |
| Winners | 27 | 45 |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% |
Both Van Rijthoven and Zhang played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Zhizhen Zhang dropped 1 set while Tim Van Rijthoven hasn’t lost a set so far. Van Rijthoven has played 1 set(s) less than Zhang (2 vs 3). Therefore, Van Rijthoven played 10 games less than Zhang. Tim scored 27 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang recorded 45 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Rijthoven | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 11 |
| 1st in | 31/41 | 63/85 |
| %1st in | 76% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 45/63 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 45% |
Van Rijthoven struck 8 aces . Zhang fired 11 aces . Van Rijthoven won 87% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Rijthoven | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 30% |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Van Rijthoven broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Dutch pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Chinese broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Rijthoven | |||
| Q1 Capacci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-34 | 60-34 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 27/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhang | |||
| Q1 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 91-81 | 91-81 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 63/85 | 63/85 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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