Zhizhen Zhang and Andrey Chepelev will fight against each other in the quarter of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on SERENA 2. 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 -> 1.164
Andrey Chepelev -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Andrey Chepelev
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Andrey Chepelev 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. 197, Zhang got to the quarter after beating Pavel Kotov 6-2 6-4 and Nikola Milojevic 5-7 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Milojevic, Zhizhen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match, Zhang scored 95 points vs Milojevic’s 86. Zhang was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 61% of his first serves in, winning 72% (42/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (15/37) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Milojevic 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhizhen has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Zhang has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (224-179). 26-11 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a composed94-64 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Zhizhen’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger and the Trieste Challenger.
Zhang has an aggregate 31-20 win-loss record in 2022, 26-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Zhizhen has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrey Chepelev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 70-43 | 1-2 | 69-41 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 67-38 | 0-0 | 67-37 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-34 | 2-3 | 36-29 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 373, Chepelev reached the quarter after defeating Yan Bondarevskiy 6-4 6-0, Zdenek Kolar 4-6 6-2 6-0 and Nino Serdarusic 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Serdarusic, Andrey recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Chepelev scored 87 points vs Serdarusic’s 80. Chepelev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Chepelev bagged 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Andrey Chepelev was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Andrey broke Serdarusic 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Chepelev’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Cairo and M15 Chieti.
Chepelev has an overall 52-23 win-loss record in 2022, 52-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Chepelev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 68 |
| Pts | 162-136 | 240-186 |
| Total Points | 298 | 426 |
| Winners | 64 | 92 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Zhang played 2 matches while Chepelev competed in 3 matches. Chepelev started his run from the qualifications while Zhang had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Zhizhen Zhang dropped 1 set, while Andrey Chepelev conceded 2 sets. Zhang has played 3 set(s) less than Chepelev (5 vs 8). Therefore, Zhang played 20 games less than Chepelev. Zhang scored 64 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Andrey blasted 92 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Chepelev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 86/145 | 128/202 |
| %1st in | 59% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 64/86 | 92/128 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 31/59 | 45/74 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 61% |
Zhang scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Chepelev bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Zhang won 74% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Chepelev won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Chepelev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 14/32 |
| % Converted | 47% | 44% |
| Conceded | 10 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The Chinese broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Zhang lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Chepelev broke his opponents 14 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Kotov |
R2 Milojevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 48 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 95-86 | 162-136 | |
| Total points | 117 | 181 | 298 | |
| Winners | 22 | 42 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 58/95 | 86/145 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 42/58 | 64/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 15/37 | 31/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 41% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 6/7 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 86% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Chepelev | ||||||
| Q1 Bondarevskiy |
Q3 Moreno De Alboran |
R1 Kolar |
R2 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-0 6-2 | 4-6 6-2 6-0 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 14 | 24 | 28 | 82 | |
| pts | 69-49 | – | 84-57 | 87-80 | 240-186 | |
| Total points | 118 | 0 | 141 | 167 | 426 | |
| Winners | 22 | 37 | 33 | 92 | ||
| %Winners | 32% | 0% | 44% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1st in | 35/52 | / | 50/70 | 43/80 | 128/202 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 0% | 71% | 54% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/35 | / | 37/50 | 33/43 | 92/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 0% | 74% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | / | 13/20 | 22/37 | 45/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 0% | 65% | 59% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Converted | 6/13 | / | 5/10 | 3/9 | 14/32 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 0% | 50% | 33% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/ | 2/3 | 2/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | – | 67% | 50% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
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