Zhizhen Zhang and Alexei Popyrin will square off in the qualifications of the Adelaide International 1 for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.78
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.952
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 2nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Popyrin won 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the semifinal in the Jinan Challenger back in 2018.
Zhizhen Zhang
| 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. 99, Zhizhen will start his run in Adelaide after he played his last match in the Bratislava Challenger where he lost 7-6(7) 7-5 to Marchenko in the 1st round on the 8th of November.
Zhang has a compiled 52-28 win-loss record in 2022, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Zhizhen’s best result of the current season was reaching 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 245-187 record. He has a positive 131-105 record on hard.
Previously in Adelaide
Zhizhen has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-24 | 7-10 | 9-6 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, Alexei will start his run in Adelaide after he played his last match in the Roanne Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-4 to Laaksonen in the semifinal on the 12th of November.
Popyrin has an aggregate 24-31 win-loss record in 2022, 7-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Alexei’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.
In terms of his career, Popyrin has an overall 207-162 record. He has a positive 101-77 record on hard.
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