Maximilian Marterer and Zhizhen Zhang will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on BRAWO CENTER COURT. 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 Maximilian Marterer who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maximilian Marterer is the pick to win this match.
Maximilian Marterer -> 1.69
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Maximilian Marterer vs. Zhizhen Zhang

There is no head to head record between Maximilian Marterer and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Maximilian Marterer

Ranked no. 172, the German got to the semifinal after defeating Adrian Andreev 6-3 6-2, Maxime Janvier 6-3 6-3 and Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-3 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴.

In the quarter, Marterer defeated Zapata Miralles (6-3 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴). During the match, Marterer scored 109 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 106. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Marterer fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Maximilian Marterer was very efficient on serve to win 72% (49/68) of his 1st serve and 59% (26/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The German broke Zapata Miralles 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marterer has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Marterer has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (312-205). 13-10 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marterer has a composed 147-103 record in the last years on clay.

Maximilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Perugia Challenger.

Maximilian has an overall 25-16 win-loss record in 2022, 13-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 281, the Chinese got to the semifinal after beating Michael Geerts 6-7⁹ 6-2 6-3, Pedro Martinez Portero 7-5 6-3 and Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-7² 6-3.

In the quarter, Zhizhen defeated Cecchinato (6-4 6-7² 6-3). During the match Zhang and Cecchinato scored the same amount of points (107). However, the world no. 172 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Zhizhen was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Zhang managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (44/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (27/51) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Cecchinato 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zhizhen has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Zhizhen’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger.

Zhang has a compiled 23-18 win-loss record in 2022, 18-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Marterer	Zhang
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	70	83
Pts	239-194	284-251
Total Points	433	535
Winners	100	121
%Winners	42%	43%

Both Marterer and Zhang played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maximilian Marterer dropped 1 set, while Zhizhen Zhang conceded 2 sets. Marterer has played 1 set(s) less than Zhang (7 vs 8). Therefore, Marterer played 13 games less than Zhang. Maximilian scored 100 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang fired 121 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Marterer	Zhang
Aces	14	32
Avg per match	4.7	10.7
1st in	130/215	158/255
%1st in	60%	62%
1st pts	100/130	121/158
%1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	50/85	51/97
%2nd pts	59%	53%

Marterer made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Zhang blasted 32 aces (10.7 per match). Marterer won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Marterer	Zhang
Won	10	12
Converted	10/29	12/35
% Converted	34%	34%
Conceded	9	11
Saved	6	8
% Saved	67%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

The German broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Marterer conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 12 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Marterer
	R1 Andreev	R2 Janvier	1/4 Zapata Miralles	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-3	6-3 6-75 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	17	18	35	70
pts	70-47	60-41	109-106	239-194
Total points	117	101	215	433
Winners	20	31	49	100
%Winners	29%	52%	45%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	5	14
Double Faults	1	1	1	3
1st in	25/52	37/51	68/112	130/215
% 1st in	48%	73%	61%	60%
1st pts	20/25	31/37	49/68	100/130
% 1st pts	80%	84%	72%	77%
2nd pts	17/27	7/14	26/44	50/85
% 2nd pts	63%	50%	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	3	3	10
Converted	4/17	3/6	3/6	10/29
Converted %	24%	50%	50%	34%
Conceded	2	2	5	9
Saved	1/2	2/2	3/5	6
Saved %	50%	100%	60%	70%
Times Broken	1	0	2	3

Zhang
	R1 Geerts	R2 Martinez Portero	1/4 Cecchinato	Total
Score	6-79 6-2 6-3	7-5 6-3	6-4 6-72 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	30	21	32	83
pts	106-87	71-57	107-107	284-251
Total points	193	128	214	535
Winners	47	30	44	121
%Winners	44%	42%	41%	43%
SERVE
Aces	14	6	12	32
Double Faults	1	1	7	9
1st in	56/84	37/55	65/116	158/255
% 1st in	67%	67%	56%	62%
1st pts	47/56	30/37	44/65	121/158
% 1st pts	84%	81%	68%	77%
2nd pts	16/28	8/18	27/51	51/97
% 2nd pts	57%	44%	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	12
Converted	4/10	4/13	4/12	12/35
Converted %	40%	31%	33%	34%
Conceded	0	3	8	11
Saved	0/0	2/3	6/8	8
Saved %	–	67%	75%	47%
Times Broken	0	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger

• Maximilian MartererMarterer – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-7² 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Maximilian MartererMarterer (0-0) – H2H and prediction