Gerald Melzer and Evan Zhu will square off in the 2nd round of the Bogota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CAMPO DIRECTV. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gerald Melzer who should win in 2 sets.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.4
Evan Zhu -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Evan Zhu
There is no head to head record between Gerald Melzer and Evan Zhu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247, Gerald got to the 2nd
round after beating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7-5 0-6 6-3.In the 1st round, Melzer defeated Menendez-Maceiras (7-5 0-6 6-3).During the match, Melzer scored less points (2) than Menendez-Maceiras. In fact, the world no. 247 won 82 points vs Menendez-Maceiras’s. That means that Melzer was more focused during the important points. Melzer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Melzer fired 8 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Gerald Melzer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 52% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. Melzer broke Menendez-Maceiras 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Melzer has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (255-181). 5-8 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Melzer has an aggregate 223-142 record in the last years on clay.
Gerald has an overall 5-9 win-loss record in 2022, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-33 | 23-26 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-22 | 22-16 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 387, Evan got to the 2nd round after defeating Matias Zukas 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Zhu defeated Zukas (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match Zhu scored 84 points vs Zukas’s 74. Evan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Zhu managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Evan Zhu was very efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 63% (25/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zhu broke Zukas 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Zhu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Naples and M15 Sunrise.
The American has a compiled 32-15 win-loss record in 2022, 25-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Evan has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melzer | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 |
| Pts | 82-84 | 84-74 |
| Total Points | 166 | 158 |
| Winners | 33 | 26 |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% |
Both Melzer and Zhu played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Gerald Melzer dropped 1 set, while Evan Zhu conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Melzer and Zhu have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (27). Melzer scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Zhu fired 26 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melzer | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 14 |
| 1st in | 44/84 | 33/73 |
| %1st in | 52% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 26/33 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 25/40 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 63% |
Melzer bagged 8 aces . Zhu recorded 14 aces . Melzer won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% 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 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Melzer | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Gerald broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Melzer dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zhu conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Melzer | |||
| R1 Menendez-Maceiras | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 0-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 82-84 | 82-84 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 44/84 | 44/84 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 33/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 18/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Zhu | |||
| R1 Zukas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 84-74 | 84-74 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/73 | 33/73 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Bogota Challenger
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nick HardtHardt – Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Ignacio MonzonMonzon (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Nicolas MejiaMejia (7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Miljan ZekicZekic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo MenaMena – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Gerald MelzerMelzer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Nick HardtHardt (1-1) – H2H and prediction