Alexandre Muller and Zhizhen Zhang will square off in the semifinal of the Trieste Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 8:30 pm on GRAND STAND. 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 Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.57
Alexandre Muller -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Alexandre Muller and Zhizhen Zhang face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Muller (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Muller won 6-3 6-7(4) 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Biella 5 Challenger back in 2021.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-29 | 12-12 | 11-10 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-32 | 11-14 | 20-12 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 161 (career-high), Muller reached the semifinal after defeating Andrea Pellegrino 5-7 6-3 6-2, Lukas Neumayer 7-5 6-0 and Franco Agamenone 6-0 6-74 6-2.
In the quarter, The French player defeated Agamenone (6-0 6-74 6-2). During the match, Muller scored 103 points vs Agamenone’s 78. Muller was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muller fired 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexandre Muller lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Agamenone 9 times after converting 50% of his break points (9/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandre has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Muller has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (306-196). 16-11 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Muller has an overall183-112 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Blois Challenger.
Alexandre has an overall 27-21 win-loss record in 2022, 16-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Trieste Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 239, Zhizhen reached the semifinal after beating Pietro Pampanin 6-2 6-1, Elliot Benchetrit 6-0 6-1, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-3 6-2, Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-2 and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 2-6 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter against Meligeni Rodrigues Alves, Zhizhen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Zhang scored 83 points vs Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s 77. Zhang was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang blasted 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger.
The Chinese has an aggregate 28-19 win-loss record in 2022, 23-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 88 |
| Pts | 285-223 | 330-224 |
| Total Points | 508 | 554 |
| Winners | 105 | 120 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Muller played 3 matches while Zhang competed in 5 matches. Zhang started his run from the qualifications while Muller had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexandre Muller dropped 2 sets, while Zhizhen Zhang surrendered 1 set. Muller has played 3 set(s) less than Zhang (8 vs 11). Therefore, Muller played 14 games less than Zhang. Alexandre scored 105 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Zhizhen scored 120 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.4 |
| 1st in | 154/256 | 152/260 |
| %1st in | 60% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 105/154 | 120/152 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 48/102 | 64/108 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 59% |
Muller fired 9 aces (3 per match). Zhang scored 22 aces (4.4 per match). Muller won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muller | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 21 | 21 |
| Converted | 21/44 | 21/40 |
| % Converted | 48% | 53% |
| Conceded | 25 | 12 |
| Saved | 15 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponents 21 times with a 48% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 10 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Zhang broke his opponents 21 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Muller | |||||
| R1 Pellegrino |
R2 Neumayer |
1/4 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-0 | 6-0 6-74 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 27 | 74 | |
| pts | 109-95 | 73-50 | 103-78 | 285-223 | |
| Total points | 204 | 123 | 181 | 508 | |
| Winners | 49 | 21 | 35 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 29% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 75/121 | 28/49 | 51/86 | 154/256 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 57% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 21/28 | 35/51 | 105/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 75% | 69% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/46 | 11/21 | 16/35 | 48/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 52% | 46% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/17 | 9/18 | 21/44 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 35% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 3 | 10 | 25 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 1/3 | 6/10 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 60% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Zhang | |||||||
| Q1 Pampanin |
Q3 Benchetrit |
R1 Pucinelli De Almeida |
R2 Cecchinato |
1/4 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 26 | 88 | |
| pts | 57-27 | 57-27 | 68-51 | 65-42 | 83-77 | 330-224 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | 119 | 107 | 160 | 554 | |
| Winners | 21 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 35 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 26% | 32% | 42% | 42% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 19/36 | 29/61 | 32/43 | 47/77 | 152/260 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 53% | 48% | 74% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 15/19 | 22/29 | 27/32 | 35/47 | 120/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 79% | 76% | 84% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 12/17 | 20/32 | 7/11 | 15/30 | 64/108 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 71% | 63% | 64% | 50% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/10 | 3/6 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 21/40 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 60% | 50% | 44% | 43% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 50% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Alexandre MullerMuller – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-0 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco Bortolotti/Sergio Martos GornesBortolotti/Sergio Martos Gornes – Marcelo Demoliner/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesDemoliner/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
