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.

As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
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

Zhizhen Zhang

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
411
High
31
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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.

Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger
Zhang's Record

Illya Marchenko

Illya Marchenko

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
641
High
49
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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).

Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger
Marchenko's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Z.Zhang
I.Marchenko
1h:53
1h:53
Time on court​
1h:53
1h:53
1h:53
1h:53
Last match​
1h:53
1h:53
1
1
Match played
1
1
29
29
Games Played​
22
22
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
89
89
Total points​
74
74
89
89
Avg point​
74
74
50
50
Winners
34
34
50
50
Avg Winners​
34
34
56%
56%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
6
6
Avg Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
50/62
50/62
1st won total​
34/43
34/43
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81%
81%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
10/17
10/17
2nd won total​
13/26
13/26
59%
59%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
BP won
3/8
3/8
2/6
2/6
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
33%
33%
Won
38%
38%
3
3
Conceded
3
3
3
3
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
1
1

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

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