Zhizhen Zhang and Alexandre Muller will play each other in the qualifications of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 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 Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.53
Alexandre Muller -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Alexandre Muller
This will be the 4th time that Zhizhen Zhang and Alexandre Muller fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Zhang won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in the Cordenons Challenger back in 2022.
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. 92, Zhang will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Montpellier where he lost 1-6 6-3 6-4 to Trungelliti in the qualifications on the 5th of February.
Zhizhen has an aggregate 1-4 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Zhizhen has an overall 246-191 record. He has a positive 131-107 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Zhizhen has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-29 | 12-12 | 11-10 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-32 | 11-14 | 20-12 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 173, Alexandre will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in the Manama Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-4
to Kokkinakis in the 2nd round on the 16th of February.The French player has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Muller has an overall 325-212 record. He has a positive 95-52 record on hard.
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