Zhizhen Zhang and Elliot Benchetrit will play each other in the qualifications of the Trieste Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on GRAND STAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.18
Elliot Benchetrit -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Elliot Benchetrit
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Elliot Benchetrit since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 235, Zhizhen got to the qualifications after beating Pietro Pampanin 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Pampanin (6-2 6-1). During the match, Zhang scored 57 points vs Pampanin’s 27. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zhizhen Zhang was very efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhizhen broke Pampanin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Zhang has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (217-178). 19-10 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has an overall87-63 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Zhang’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger.
The Chinese has a composed 24-19 win-loss record in 2022, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Trieste Challenger
Zhizhen has never competed in this tournament before.
Elliot Benchetrit
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-13 | 4-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-15 | 17-7 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 12-9 | 11-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-20 | 5-5 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-15 | 3-3 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 443, Benchetrit reached the qualifications after defeating Fausto Tabacco 6-3 7-65.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Tabacco (6-3 7-65). During the match Benchetrit scored 85 points vs Tabacco’s 79. Benchetrit was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Benchetrit made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Elliot Benchetrit lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Benchetrit put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (38/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Benchetrit broke Tabacco 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Elliot has an aggregate 15-15 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Benchetrit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 |
| Pts | 57-27 | 85-79 |
| Total Points | 84 | 164 |
| Winners | 21 | 38 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Zhang and Benchetrit played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhang and Benchetrit have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zhang played 7 games less than Benchetrit. Zhang scored 21 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Benchetrit recorded 38 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Benchetrit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 58/86 |
| %1st in | 58% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 38/58 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 54% |
Zhang blasted 4 aces . Benchetrit struck 2 aces . Zhang won 84% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Benchetrit won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Benchetrit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 63% | 25% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Zhizhen broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Zhang dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Elliot broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Elliot conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhang | |||
| Q1 Pampanin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-27 | 57-27 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 25/43 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 21/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Benchetrit | |||
| Q1 Tabacco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 85-79 | 85-79 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/86 | 58/86 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/58 | 38/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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