Alexander Bublik and Zhizhen Zhang will face off in the 2^nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.46
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.57

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Zhizhen Zhang

There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alexander Bublik

Alexander Bublik

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Rank
23

High
17

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	23-16	9-6	5-5	5-1	4-4	0-0
2023	28-30	3-12	7-9	9-7	9-2	0-0
2022	33-27	5-8	2-6	17-8	9-5	0-0
2021	35-30	14-12	4-6	10-8	7-4	0-0
2020	15-17	3-6	4-5	8-6	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 46, Alexander reached the 2^nd round after beating Denis Kudla 7-6⁹ 4-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Alexander defeated Kudla (7-6⁹ 4-6 6-2). During the match, Bublik scored 110 points vs Kudla’s 104. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bublik fired 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Alexander Bublik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 56% of his first serves in, winning 77% (44/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Kudla 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Bublik has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (303-219). 2-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bublik has a compiled 122-88 record in the last years on hard.

Alexander’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Marseille.

Bublik has a composed 5-11 win-loss record in 2023, 2-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

Phoenix Challenger

Bublik's Record

Zhizhen Zhang

Zhizhen Zhang

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Rank
38

High
33

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	17-18	4-7	7-5	2-2	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
2020	1-6	1-6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 93, Zhang reached the 2^nd round after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Hijikata, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4). During the match Zhang scored 116 points vs Hijikata’s 99. Zhang was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhang fired 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 53% of his first serves in, winning 80% (45/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (24/49) on the 2nd serve. Zhizhen broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Zhang has a composed 4-7 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Phoenix Challenger

Zhang's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Bublik and Zhang played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Bublik lost 1 set, while Zhizhen Zhang conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Bublik and Zhang have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Bublik played 1 game less than Zhang. Bublik scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese blasted 45 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Bublik recorded 5 aces . Zhang made 10 aces . Bublik won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Zhang conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

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Alexander
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Zhizhen
Zhang

Rank

23

High

17

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Rank

38

High

33

Win Loss

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2024 2023 2022

23 - 16

17 - 18

9-6

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4-7

5-1

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2-2

5-5

Clay

7-5

4-4

Grass

4-4

Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger

• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-7² 6-3) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Emilio NavaNava (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6⁹ 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Rafael Matos/David Vega HernandezMatos/David Vega Hernandez (4-6 6-2 10-1) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-6⁵ 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Nicolas Barrientos/Ariel BeharBarrientos/Ariel Behar (3-6 6-2 10-4) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-3 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Richard GasquetGasquet – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mikael YmerYmer – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction

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