Zhizhen Zhang and Illya Marchenko will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL. 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 2 sets.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.32
Illya Marchenko -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 157, Zhizhen reached the 2nd round after beating Maxime Janvier 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Janvier, Zhizhen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Zhang scored 89 points vs Janvier’s 75. Zhang was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Zhizhen Zhang was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (50/62) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhizhen broke Janvier twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Zhang has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (228-179). 1-2 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhang has an aggregate121-102 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger,the Trieste Challenger and the Cordenons Challenger.
Zhang has an overall 35-20 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger
Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-22 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-22 | 17-5 | 6-6 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 5-7 | 2-5 | 26-12 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 322, Illya reached the 2nd round after beating Ergi Kirkin 7-61 6-3.
In the 1st round, Marchenko had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (7-61 6-3). During the match Marchenko scored 74 points vs Kirkin’s 60. The Ukrainian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Marchenko scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Illya Marchenko lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Marchenko put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (34/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Marchenko broke Kirkin 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Marchenko has a compiled 11-15 win-loss record in 2022, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 |
| Pts | 89-75 | 74-60 |
| Total Points | 164 | 134 |
| Winners | 50 | 34 |
| %Winners | 56% | 46% |
Both Zhang and Marchenko played 1 match. At the moment, Zhizhen Zhang dropped 1 set while Illya Marchenko hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhang has played 1 set more than Marchenko (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zhang played 7 games more than Marchenko. The Chinese scored 50 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Marchenko fired 34 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 62/79 | 43/69 |
| %1st in | 78% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 50/62 | 34/43 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Zhang recorded 6 aces . Marchenko blasted 1 ace . Zhang won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Zhizhen broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Zhang dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Ukrainian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhang | |||
| R1 Janvier | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 89-75 | 89-75 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 62/79 | 62/79 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 50/62 | 50/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Marchenko | |||
| R1 Kirkin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 74-60 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/69 | 43/69 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 34/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Henri SquireSquire (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Ergi KirkinKirkin (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Michal MikulaMikula (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jerzy JanowiczJanowicz – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Luca PotenzaPotenza (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Kacper ZukZuk (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-74 6-2 7-69) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dan AddedAdded – Mirza BasicBasic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Szymon KielanKielan (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Maxime JanvierJanvier (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Dan AddedAdded (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Jerzy JanowiczJanowicz (0-0) – H2H and prediction