Pablo Cuevas and Zhizhen Zhang will fight against each other in the quarter of the Luedenscheid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Cuevas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pablo Cuevas is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Cuevas -> 1.43
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Cuevas vs. Zhizhen Zhang
There is no head to head record between Pablo Cuevas and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pablo Cuevas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-12 | 1-2 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 5-4 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-17 | 1-7 | 10-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 184, the Uruguayan reached the quarter after defeating Mohamed Safwat 3-6 6-1 6-4 and Nicolas Kicker 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Pablo had a good straight sets win against Kicker (6-4 6-1). During the match, Cuevas scored 59 points vs Kicker’s 39. The Uruguayan was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cuevas fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Pablo Cuevas was very effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pablo broke Kicker 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Uruguayan has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Cuevas has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (268-189). 14-9 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cuevas has a composed 211-105 record in the last years on clay.
Cuevas’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger.
The Uruguayan has an overall 15-11 win-loss record in 2022, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Luedenscheid Challenger
The Uruguayan has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 281, the Chinese reached the quarter after beating Javier Barranco Cosano 7-5 6-3 and Manuel Guinard 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Guinard (6-1 7-5). During the match Zhang scored 68 points vs Guinard’s 51. Zhang was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Zhang struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Guinard 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Zhizhen’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Tallahassee Challenger and the Tunis Challenger.
The Chinese has an aggregate 18-17 win-loss record in 2022, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cuevas | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 40 |
| Pts | 143-111 | 147-118 |
| Total Points | 254 | 265 |
| Winners | 53 | 45 |
| %Winners | 37% | 31% |
Both Cuevas and Zhang played 2 matches. At the moment, Pablo Cuevas conceded 1 set while Zhizhen Zhang hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cuevas has played 1 set more than Zhang (5 vs 4). Therefore, Cuevas played 3 games more than Zhang. Cuevas scored 53 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese fired 45 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cuevas | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 76/113 | 66/125 |
| %1st in | 67% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 53/76 | 45/66 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 29/59 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 49% |
Cuevas bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Zhang struck 10 aces (5 per match). Cuevas won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cuevas | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 12 |
| Converted | 10/24 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 42% | 44% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 33% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Pablo broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Uruguayan dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Zhang broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Zhizhen conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cuevas | ||||
| R1 Safwat |
R2 Kicker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 | 43 | |
| pts | 84-72 | 59-39 | 143-111 | |
| Total points | 156 | 98 | 254 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/66 | 31/47 | 76/113 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 23/31 | 53/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 9/16 | 23/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/8 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 63% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 50% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Barranco |
R2 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 40 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 68-51 | 147-118 | |
| Total points | 146 | 119 | 265 | |
| Winners | 17 | 28 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 41% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/62 | 37/63 | 66/125 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 59% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 17/29 | 28/37 | 45/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 76% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 12/26 | 29/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 46% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 5/9 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 56% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 1/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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