Gage Brymer and Evan Zhu will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Monterrey Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gage Brymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gage Brymer is the pick to win this match.
Gage Brymer -> 1.74
Evan Zhu -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Gage Brymer vs. Evan Zhu
This will be the 2nd time that Gage Brymer and Evan Zhu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brymer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Brymer won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in M15 Cancun back in 2019.
Gage Brymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18-30 | 18-27 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-36 | 41-31 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 35-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 62-35 | 62-34 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 547, the American got to the qualifications after beating Alexander Cozbinov 6-4 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Cozbinov (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match, Brymer scored 94 points vs Cozbinov’s 85. Gage was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Brymer bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gage Brymer lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Brymer put 74% of his first serves in, winning 68% (50/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Cozbinov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Brymer has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (169-107). 8-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Brymer has a composed168-105 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The American has an overall 8-6 win-loss record in 2022, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-13 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 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. 664, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Adrian Andreev 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Zhu defeated Andreev (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Zhu scored 91 points vs Andreev’s 88. Zhu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Zhu scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Evan Zhu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 55% of his first serves in, winning 79% (42/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (17/44) on the 2nd serve. Zhu broke Andreev 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Naples.
The American has a compiled 9-5 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brymer | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 27 |
| Pts | 94-85 | 91-88 |
| Total Points | 179 | 179 |
| Winners | 50 | 42 |
| %Winners | 53% | 46% |
Both Brymer and Zhu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Gage Brymer conceded 1 set, while Evan Zhu conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Brymer and Zhu have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Brymer played 1 game less than Zhu. Brymer scored 50 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 42 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brymer | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 74/100 | 53/97 |
| %1st in | 74% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 50/74 | 42/53 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 17/44 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 39% |
Brymer struck 2 aces . Zhu managed to score 6 aces . Brymer won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brymer | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 10 | 15 |
| Saved | 9 | 12 |
| % Saved | 90% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Brymer broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Brymer lost his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Zhu conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brymer | |||
| Q1 Cozbinov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 94-85 | 94-85 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 74/100 | 74/100 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 50/74 | 50/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhu | |||
| Q1 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-88 | 91-88 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/97 | 53/97 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 42/53 | 42/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/44 | 17/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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