Zhizhen Zhang and Cem Ilkel will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Astana Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.27
Cem Ilkel -> 3.62
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cem Ilkel
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-17 | 4-7 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 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. 123, Zhang will start his run in Nur-Sultan after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 3-6 6-7(4) 7-6(9) 6-1 6-4 to Van Rijthoven in the 1st round on the 29th of August.
Zhizhen has an aggregate 41-22 win-loss record in 2022, 4-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Chinese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger,the Trieste Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger and the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Chinese has an overall 234-181 record. He has a negative 4-8 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-16 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-29 | 6-10 | 0-4 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-16 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 16-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-29 | 17-9 | 13-11 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 2-3 | 1-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 382, Cem will start his run in Nur-Sultan after he played his last match in Tel Aviv where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Korda in the 1st round on the 27th of September.
The Turk has an aggregate 5-12 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Turk has an overall 324-241 record. He has a negative 40-42 record on indoor hard courts.
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