Michael Geerts and Zhizhen Zhang will face off in the 1st round of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 7. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.71
Michael Geerts -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Zhizhen Zhang
There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-23 | 14-8 | 10-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-37 | 18-11 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 250 (career-high), Michael reached the 1st round after beating Hazem Naow 6-1 6-3.
Geerts has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (266-178). 23-11 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Geerts has a composed99-72 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Geerts’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
The Belgian has an overall 30-20 win-loss record in 2022, 23-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Michael has never competed in this tournament before.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-9 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-28 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 281, the Chinese will start his run in the Braunschweig Challenger after he played his last match in the Luedenscheid Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Medjedovic in the final on the 3rd of July.
Zhang has a compiled 20-18 win-loss record in 2022, 15-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Zhizhen’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger.
In terms of his career, Zhang has an overall 213-177 record. He has a positive 83-62 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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