Christopher Eubanks and Evan Zhu will fight against each other in the quarter of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 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 Christopher Eubanks who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher Eubanks is the pick to win this match.
Christopher Eubanks -> 1.09
Evan Zhu -> 6.8
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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Evan Zhu
There is no head to head record between Christopher Eubanks and Evan Zhu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Christopher Eubanks
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-19 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-28 | 11-11 | 0-7 | 12-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 14-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-21 | 19-13 | 0-1 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 129, the American reached the quarter after beating Adam Walton 6-3 6-3 and Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Sandgren (6-4 6-3). During the match, Eubanks scored 70 points vs Sandgren’s 55. Christopher was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Eubanks struck 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Christopher Eubanks conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Eubanks put 72% of his first serves in, winning 85% (33/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Sandgren 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Eubanks hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Eubanks has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (170-128). 13-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Eubanks has a composed40-24 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Eubanks’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Charlottesville Challenger and the Knoxville Challenger.
Eubanks has a compiled 42-25 win-loss record in 2022, 13-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-21 | 14-15 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 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. 312, the American reached the quarter after beating Toby Alex Kodat 6-3 7-65, Alexander Petrov 6-0 6-4 and Strong Kirchheimer 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kirchheimer (6-4 7-63). During the match Zhu scored 82 points vs Kirchheimer’s 76. The American was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhu bagged 5 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Evan Zhu lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 67% of his first serves in, winning 75% (41/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Evan broke Kirchheimer twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Zhu’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Naples and M15 Sunrise.
Zhu has a composed 44-30 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Eubanks | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 61 |
| Pts | 138-103 | 228-191 |
| Total Points | 241 | 419 |
| Winners | 62 | 111 |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% |
Eubanks played 2 matches while Zhu competed in 3 matches. Zhu started his run from the qualifications while Eubanks had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Eubanks has played 2 set(s) less than Zhu (4 vs 6). Therefore, Eubanks played 24 games less than Zhu. Christopher scored 62 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 111 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Eubanks | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 73/105 | 144/222 |
| %1st in | 70% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 62/73 | 111/144 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 37/78 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 47% |
Eubanks bagged 18 aces (9 per match). Zhu managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Eubanks won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Eubanks | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 38% | 42% |
| Conceded | 3 | 16 |
| Saved | 3 | 14 |
| % Saved | 100% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Christopher broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Eubanks extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Evan conceded his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Eubanks | ||||
| R1 Walton |
R2 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 68-48 | 70-55 | 138-103 | |
| Total points | 116 | 125 | 241 | |
| Winners | 29 | 33 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 39/54 | 73/105 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 33/39 | 62/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 7/15 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 47% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/7 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 43% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhu | ||||||
| Q1 Alex |
Q3 Kypson |
R1 Petrov |
R2 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | 7-60 6-3 | 6-0 6-4 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 83 | |
| pts | 90-79 | – | 56-36 | 82-76 | 228-191 | |
| Total points | 169 | 0 | 92 | 158 | 419 | |
| Winners | 47 | 23 | 41 | 111 | ||
| %Winners | 52% | 0% | 41% | 50% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 62/91 | / | 27/49 | 55/82 | 144/222 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 0% | 55% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 47/62 | / | 23/27 | 41/55 | 111/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 0% | 85% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | / | 11/22 | 13/27 | 37/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 0% | 50% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 2/6 | / | 4/7 | 2/6 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 0% | 57% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/ | 2/2 | 7/8 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 100% | 88% | 136% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Head 2 Head
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