Stefan Kozlov and Evan Zhu will square off in the 2nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.48
Evan Zhu -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Stefan Kozlov vs. Evan Zhu
This will be the 2nd time that Stefan Kozlov and Evan Zhu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kozlov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kozlov won 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the 1st round in M15 Weston back in 2021.
Stefan Kozlov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-11 | 12-6 | 4-1 | 10-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-19 | 16-9 | 17-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133, Stefan reached the 2nd round after beating Cannon Kingsley 7-5 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Stefan defeated Kingsley (7-5 4-6 6-1). During the match, Kozlov scored 104 points vs Kingsley’s 86. Kozlov was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kozlov scored 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Stefan Kozlov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (38/46) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kozlov broke Kingsley 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Kozlov has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (267-212). 11-17 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kozlov has an aggregate 132-111 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The American has an aggregate 15-30 win-loss record in 2022, 11-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-33 | 23-26 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-22 | 22-16 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-32 | 21-21 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-31 | 14-13 | 25-12 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-20 | 9-15 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 321, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Aidan Mayo 6-4 7-69.
In the 1st round, Zhu had a good straight sets win against Mayo (6-4 7-69). During the match Zhu scored 88 points vs Mayo’s 78. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhu blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Evan Zhu lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Mayo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Zhu’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Naples and M15 Sunrise.
Zhu has an aggregate 41-27 win-loss record in 2022, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kozlov | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 23 |
| Pts | 104-86 | 88-78 |
| Total Points | 190 | 166 |
| Winners | 38 | 30 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Both Kozlov and Zhu played 1 match. At the moment, Stefan Kozlov surrendered 1 set while Evan Zhu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kozlov has played 1 set more than Zhu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kozlov played 6 games more than Zhu. Stefan scored 38 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Evan blasted 30 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kozlov | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 44/75 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 30/44 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 17/31 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 55% |
Kozlov struck 3 aces . Zhu managed to score 2 aces . Kozlov won 83% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kozlov | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Stefan broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Evan broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Evan conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kozlov | |||
| R1 Kingsley | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 104-86 | 104-86 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 46/78 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhu | |||
| R1 Mayo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 88-78 | 88-78 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/75 | 44/75 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 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 | |
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- Brandon HoltHolt – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-61 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alfredo PerezPerez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Govind NandaNanda (0-0) – H2H and prediction