Zhizhen Zhang and Andrea Vavassori will play each other in the final of the Cordenons Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:00 pm on CENTER SERENA WINES 1881. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.56
Andrea Vavassori -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Andrea Vavassori

This will be the 2^nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Andrea Vavassori fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vavassori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Vavassori won 6-2 7-6(3) in the 1^st round in the Zadar Challenger back in March 2022.

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 197, the Chinese reached the final after defeating Pavel Kotov 6-2 6-4, Nikola Milojevic 5-7 6-3 6-3, Andrey Chepelev 7-6⁵ 6-4 and Alexandre Muller 6-3 4-6 6-3.

In the semifinal, Zhizhen defeated Muller (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match, Zhang scored 96 points vs Muller’s 92. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zhang bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 63% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Zhizhen broke Muller 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zhang has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Zhang has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (226-179). 28-11 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has an aggregate96-64 record in the last 9 years on clay.

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

The Chinese has a compiled 33-20 win-loss record in 2022, 28-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cordenons Challenger

Zhizhen has never competed in this tournament before.

Andrea Vavassori

Ranked no. 210 (career-high), Vavassori reached the final after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-1 6-2, Joao Domingues 7-6⁶ 7-6¹, Mattia Bellucci 2-6 7-6⁵ 4-1 ret. and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-7⁵ 6-1 6-4.

In the semifinal against Moreno De Alboran, Vavassori recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵

6-1 6-4). During the match Vavassori scored 101 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 91. Andrea was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.

About the serving games, Vavassori blasted 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Andrea Vavassori was quite effective on serve to win 72% (51/71) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vavassori broke Moreno De Alboran 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Andrea has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Andrea’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the San Benedetto Challenger.

The Italian has an overall 21-14 win-loss record in 2022, 16-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhang	Vavassori
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	11
Tot Games	99	97
Pts	350-314	328-298
Total Points	664	626
Winners	134	125
%Winners	38%	38%

Both Zhang and Vavassori played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zhizhen Zhang dropped 2 sets, while Andrea Vavassori lost 2 sets. Zhang has played 1 set(s) less than Vavassori (10 vs 11). However, it’s interesting to notice that Zhang played 2 games more than Vavassori. Zhang scored 134 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 125 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhang	Vavassori
Aces	20	19
Avg per match	5	4.8
1st in	184/313	184/308
%1st in	59%	60%
1st pts	134/184	125/184
%1st pts	73%	68%
2nd pts	69/129	64/124
%2nd pts	53%	52%

Zhang bagged 20 aces (5 per match). Vavassori managed to score 19 aces (4.8 per match). Zhang won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Vavassori won 68% of the points behind 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	Zhang	Vavassori
Won	15	20
Converted	15/42	20/35
% Converted	36%	57%
Conceded	22	28
Saved	15	16
% Saved	68%	57%
Times Broken	7	12

Zhang broke his opponents 15 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 20 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhang
	R1 Kotov	R2 Milojevic	1/4 Chepelev	1/2 Muller	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	5-7 6-3 6-3	7-65 6-4	6-3 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	18	30	23	28	99
pts	67-50	95-86	92-86	96-92	350-314
Total points	117	181	178	188	664
Winners	22	42	30	40	134
%Winners	33%	44%	33%	42%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	4	9	20
Double Faults	1	1	2	2	6
1st in	28/50	58/95	42/79	56/89	184/313
% 1st in	56%	61%	53%	63%	59%
1st pts	22/28	42/58	30/42	40/56	134/184
% 1st pts	79%	72%	71%	71%	73%
2nd pts	16/22	15/37	24/37	14/33	69/129
% 2nd pts	73%	41%	65%	42%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	6	1	5	15
Converted	3/12	6/7	1/10	5/13	15/42
Converted %	25%	86%	10%	38%	36%
Conceded	4	6	3	9	22
Saved	4/4	2/6	3/3	6/9	15
Saved %	100%	33%	100%	67%	75%
Times Broken	0	4	0	3	7

Vavassori
	R1 Blancaneaux	R2 Domingues	1/4 Bellucci	1/2 Moreno De Alboran	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	7-66 7-61	2-6 7-65 4-1 ret.	6-75 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	15	26	26	30	97
pts	60-37	87-86	80-84	101-91	328-298
Total points	97	173	164	192	626
Winners	9	29	36	51	125
%Winners	15%	33%	45%	50%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	8	5	5	19
Double Faults	3	5	6	5	19
1st in	19/35	47/88	47/77	71/108	184/308
% 1st in	54%	53%	61%	66%	60%
1st pts	9/19	29/47	36/47	51/71	125/184
% 1st pts	47%	62%	77%	72%	68%
2nd pts	11/16	20/41	13/30	20/37	64/124
% 2nd pts	69%	49%	43%	54%	52%
Breaks
Won	8	5	3	4	20
Converted	8/14	5/10	3/4	4/7	20/35
Converted %	57%	50%	75%	57%	57%
Conceded	3	9	5	11	28
Saved	0/3	4/9	2/5	10/11	16
Saved %	0%	44%	40%	91%	44%
Times Broken	3	5	3	1	12

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