Marco Cecchinato and Zhizhen Zhang will play each other in the quarter of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on BRAWO CENTER 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.81
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Zhizhen Zhang
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 166, Cecchinato reached the quarter after beating Jozef Kovalik 7-63 5-7 7-5 and Kacper Zuk 6-1 4-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Marco defeated Zuk (6-1 4-6 6-2). During the match, Cecchinato scored 84 points vs Zuk’s 67. Marco was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato fired 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 73% of his first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Zuk 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marco has surrendered 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Cecchinato has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (363-258). 12-15 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cecchinato has an overall 323-177 match record in the last years on clay.
Cecchinato’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger.
Marco has an overall 12-18 win-loss record in 2022, 12-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-12 | 2-10 | 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, Zhang got to the quarter after defeating Michael Geerts 6-79 6-2 6-3 and Pedro Martinez Portero 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Zhizhen had a good straight sets win against Martinez Portero (7-5 6-3). During the match Zhang scored 71 points vs Martinez Portero’s 57. Zhang was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 67% of his first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Martinez Portero 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhang has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Zhang’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger.
Zhizhen has a compiled 22-18 win-loss record in 2022, 17-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 51 |
| Pts | 194-165 | 177-144 |
| Total Points | 359 | 321 |
| Winners | 85 | 77 |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% |
Both Cecchinato and Zhang played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marco Cecchinato lost 2 sets, while Zhizhen Zhang dropped 1 set. Cecchinato has played 1 set more than Zhang (6 vs 5). Therefore, Cecchinato played 11 games more than Zhang. Cecchinato scored 85 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 77 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 122/169 | 93/139 |
| %1st in | 72% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 85/122 | 77/93 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 26/47 | 24/46 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 52% |
Cecchinato made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Zhang blasted 20 aces (10 per match). Cecchinato won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 8 |
| Converted | 11/15 | 8/23 |
| % Converted | 73% | 35% |
| Conceded | 13 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 38% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 |
Marco broke his opponents 11 times with a 73% conversion rate. Cecchinato conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Zhizhen conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | ||||
| R1 Kovalik | R2 Zuk | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 5-7 7-5 | 6-1 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 25 | 62 | |
| pts | 110-98 | 84-67 | 194-165 | |
| Total points | 208 | 151 | 359 | |
| Winners | 50 | 35 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 68/95 | 54/74 | 122/169 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 73% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 50/68 | 35/54 | 85/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 12/20 | 26/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 60% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/8 | 11/15 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 2/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Geerts | R2 Martinez Portero | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-79 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 21 | 51 | |
| pts | 106-87 | 71-57 | 177-144 | |
| Total points | 193 | 128 | 321 | |
| Winners | 47 | 30 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/84 | 37/55 | 93/139 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 47/56 | 30/37 | 77/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 81% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 8/18 | 24/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 44% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/13 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 31% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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