Evan Zhu and Juan Ignacio Londero will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Mexico City Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on GRAND STAND. 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 Juan Ignacio Londero who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Ignacio Londero is the pick to win this match.
Juan Ignacio Londero -> 1.35
Evan Zhu -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Evan Zhu vs. Juan Ignacio Londero
There is no head to head record between Evan Zhu and Juan Ignacio Londero 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 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 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. 291, the American reached the qualifications after beating Juan Alejandro Hernandez 6-4 5-7 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Alejandro Hernandez (6-4 5-7 6-2). During the match, Zhu scored 105 points vs Alejandro Hernandez’s 96. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhu managed to score 7 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Evan Zhu lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 52% of his first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (20/48) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Alejandro Hernandez 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Zhu has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 51% of his matches (160-151). 2-3 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhu has a compiled58-37 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Zhu has a compiled 7-9 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Ignacio Londero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-26 | 0-3 | 16-22 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 1-4 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 33-28 | 6-9 | 25-13 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 625, Londero got to the qualifications after beating Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6-2 7-65.
In the qualifications, Londero had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6-2 7-65). During the match Londero scored 77 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 64. Londero was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Londero scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Juan Ignacio Londero was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Argentine broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Juan has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Londero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 21 |
| Pts | 105-96 | 77-64 |
| Total Points | 201 | 141 |
| Winners | 38 | 28 |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% |
Both Zhu and Londero played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Evan Zhu surrendered 1 set while Juan Ignacio Londero hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zhu has played 1 set more than Londero (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zhu played 9 games more than Londero. Evan scored 38 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Juan bagged 28 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Londero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 53/101 | 39/71 |
| %1st in | 52% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 20/48 | 18/32 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 56% |
Zhu scored 7 aces . Londero recorded 1 ace . Zhu won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Londero won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhu | Londero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 58% | 50% |
| Conceded | 13 | 6 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 62% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Zhu broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhu | |||
| Q1 Alejandro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 105-96 | 105-96 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 53/101 | 53/101 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/48 | 20/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Londero | |||
| Q1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-64 | 77-64 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/71 | 39/71 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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