Evan Zhu and Jacopo Berrettini will square off in the qualifications of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA 7 LEGUAS. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jacopo Berrettini who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jacopo Berrettini is the pick to win this match.
Jacopo Berrettini -> 1.833
Evan Zhu -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Evan Zhu vs. Jacopo Berrettini
There is no head to head record between Evan Zhu and Jacopo Berrettini since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-13 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 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. 273 (career-high), Zhu got to the qualifications after defeating Emiliano Aguilera 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Evan had a good straight sets win against Aguilera (6-1 6-2). During the match, Zhu scored 60 points vs Aguilera’s 34. Zhu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhu recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Evan Zhu lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 62% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the 2nd serve. Zhu broke Aguilera 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Zhu has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 51% of his matches (159-150). 5-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhu has an aggregate92-93 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Evan has an overall 6-8 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Jacopo Berrettini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 1-4 | 16-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-14 | 8-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-12 | 5-4 | 4-3 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-27 | 6-5 | 17-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-13 | 11-9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 842, the Italian got to the qualifications after beating Kyle Seelig 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Italian defeated Seelig (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Berrettini scored 104 points vs Seelig’s 90. Berrettini was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Berrettini made 9 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Jacopo Berrettini was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (38/46) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jacopo broke Seelig 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Jacopo has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2023, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Berrettini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 28 |
| Pts | 60-34 | 104-90 |
| Total Points | 94 | 194 |
| Winners | 20 | 38 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Zhu and Berrettini played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jacopo Berrettini surrendered 1 set while Evan Zhu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zhu has played 1 set(s) less than Berrettini (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zhu played 13 games less than Berrettini. The American scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Jacopo scored 38 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Berrettini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 46/81 |
| %1st in | 62% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 38/46 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 19/35 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 54% |
Zhu bagged 5 aces . Berrettini bagged 9 aces . Zhu won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Berrettini won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhu | Berrettini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/14 |
| % Converted | 71% | 21% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Zhu broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Zhu dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Berrettini conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhu | |||
| Q1 Aguilera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-34 | 60-34 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Berrettini | |||
| Q1 Seelig |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 104-90 | 104-90 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 46/81 | 46/81 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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