Evan Zhu and Patrick Kypson will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Champaign Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Patrick Kypson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Patrick Kypson is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Kypson -> 1.37
Evan Zhu -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Evan Zhu vs. Patrick Kypson
This will be the 2nd time that Evan Zhu and Patrick Kypson play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kypson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Kypson won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in the Charleston Challenger back in September 2022.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-16 | 4-10 | 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 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 312, Evan reached the qualifications after beating Toby Alex Kodat 6-3 7-65.
In the qualifications, Evan had a good straight sets win against Alex Kodat (6-3 7-65). During the match, Zhu scored 90 points vs Alex Kodat’s 79. Zhu was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhu made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Evan Zhu lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 68% of his first serves in, winning 76% (47/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Alex Kodat twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Zhu has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 52% of his matches (151-140). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhu has a composed8-15 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Naples and M15 Sunrise.
Evan has an aggregate 42-29 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Patrick Kypson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 5-6 | 4-7 | 5-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 10-11 | 17-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-14 | 13-7 | 2-2 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-11 | 4-2 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-9 | 7-6 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 558, Kypson reached the qualifications after defeating Tyler Bowers 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kypson had a good straight sets win against Bowers (6-2 6-2). During the match Kypson scored 55 points vs Bowers’s 30. Patrick was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Kypson scored 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Patrick Kypson was quite effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Bowers 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Champaign,M25 Edwardsville and Augustin.
The American has an overall 24-13 win-loss record in 2022, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 90-79 | 55-30 |
| Total Points | 169 | 85 |
| Winners | 47 | 25 |
| %Winners | 52% | 45% |
Both Zhu and Kypson played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhu and Kypson have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zhu played 6 games more than Kypson. Evan scored 47 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Patrick fired 25 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 62/91 | 30/43 |
| %1st in | 68% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 47/62 | 25/30 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 9/13 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 69% |
Zhu struck 9 aces . Kypson struck 2 aces . Zhu won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kypson won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhu | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 80% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Evan surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Patrick was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Zhu | |||
| Q1 Alex |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 90-79 | 90-79 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/91 | 62/91 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 47/62 | 47/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kypson | |||
| Q1 Bowers |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 55-30 | 55-30 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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