Zhizhen Zhang and Govind Nanda will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Savannah Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on LANDINGS COMPANY COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.39
Govind Nanda -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Govind Nanda
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Govind Nanda since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-17 | 4-7 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 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. 267, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Strong Kirchheimer 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Kirchheimer (7-5 6-3). During the match, Zhang scored 70 points vs Kirchheimer’s 57. Zhang was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zhizhen Zhang conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 54% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (24/31) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Kirchheimer twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Zhang has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (204-169). 7-4 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has an overall75-57 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Zhizhen’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Tallahassee Challenger.
Zhang has an overall 11-10 win-loss record in 2022, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Savannah Challenger
Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.
Govind Nanda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 22-19 | 5-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 21-10 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 411 (career-high), the American got to the 2nd round after beating Osgar O’Hoisin 6-2 6-4, Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-3 6-2 and Tomas Barrios Vera 6-2 3-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Tomas Barrios Vera (6-2 3-6 7-65).During the match Nanda scored less points (6) than Tomas Barrios Vera. In fact, the world no. 267 won 97 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s. That means that Nanda was more focused during the important points. The American was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Nanda scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Govind Nanda lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Nanda put 70% of his first serves in, winning 59% (43/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Tomas Barrios Vera 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Nanda’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Santo Domingo.
Nanda has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Nanda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 65 |
| Pts | 70-57 | 235-209 |
| Total Points | 127 | 444 |
| Winners | 23 | 108 |
| %Winners | 33% | 46% |
Zhang played 1 match while Nanda competed in 3 matches. Nanda started his run from the qualifications while Zhang had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Govind Nanda dropped 1 set while Zhizhen Zhang hasn’t lost a set so far. Zhang has played 5 set(s) less than Nanda (2 vs 7). Therefore, Zhang played 44 games less than Nanda. The Chinese scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Nanda scored 108 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Nanda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 162/235 |
| %1st in | 54% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 108/162 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 24/31 | 33/73 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 45% |
Zhang fired 6 aces . Nanda struck 9 aces (3 per match). Zhang won 64% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Nanda won 67% of the points behind 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 | Zhang | Nanda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 13 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 13/27 |
| % Converted | 50% | 48% |
| Conceded | 1 | 23 |
| Saved | 1 | 17 |
| % Saved | 100% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Zhang broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Zhizhen had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Govind broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Govind conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhang | |||
| R1 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 70-57 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 36/67 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 23/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nanda | |||||
| Q1 O’Hoisin |
Q3 Lucas Reis Da |
R1 Tomas Barrios Vera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 30 | 65 | |
| pts | 73-58 | 65-48 | 97-103 | 235-209 | |
| Total points | 131 | 113 | 200 | 444 | |
| Winners | 34 | 31 | 43 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/67 | 42/63 | 73/105 | 162/235 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 67% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 31/42 | 43/73 | 108/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 59% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 9/21 | 16/32 | 33/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 43% | 50% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/8 | 5/9 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 56% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 5/6 | 8/12 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 83% | 67% | 230% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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