Thiago Agustin Tirante and Evan Zhu will square off in the 2nd round of the Morelos Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. 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 Thiago Agustin Tirante who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thiago Agustin Tirante is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 1.3
Evan Zhu -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Evan Zhu
There is no head to head record between Thiago Agustin Tirante and Evan Zhu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Thiago Agustin Tirante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-29 | 1-3 | 26-22 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-31 | 13-10 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-31 | 2-4 | 25-26 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-23 | 8-4 | 27-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-17 | 17-5 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 185, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after beating Skander Mansouri 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Mansouri (6-0 6-3). During the match, Agustin Tirante scored 59 points vs Mansouri’s 36. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Agustin Tirante scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Thiago Agustin Tirante was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Mansouri 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Agustin Tirante has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (148-107). 3-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Agustin Tirante has a composed37-20 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Mexico City Challenger.
Agustin Tirante has a composed 14-11 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelos Challenger
Agustin Tirante has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-19 | 6-13 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 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. 310, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Elmar Ejupovic 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Ejupovic (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Zhu scored 91 points vs Ejupovic’s 76. Zhu was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Zhu struck 16 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Evan Zhu was very efficient on serve to win 84% (48/57) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Ejupovic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Evan has a composed 8-11 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Agustin Tirante | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 |
| Pts | 59-36 | 91-76 |
| Total Points | 95 | 167 |
| Winners | 19 | 48 |
| %Winners | 32% | 53% |
Both Agustin Tirante and Zhu played 1 match. At the moment, Evan Zhu dropped 1 set while Thiago Agustin Tirante hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Agustin Tirante has played 1 set(s) less than Zhu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Agustin Tirante played 14 games less than Zhu. The Argentine scored 19 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Evan struck 48 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Agustin Tirante | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 16 |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 57/83 |
| %1st in | 50% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 48/57 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 62% |
Agustin Tirante managed to score 1 ace . Zhu also managed to score 16 aces . Agustin Tirante won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Agustin Tirante | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Thiago broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Zhu conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Agustin Tirante | |||
| R1 Mansouri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 59-36 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 23/46 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhu | |||
| R1 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 91-76 | 91-76 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/83 | 57/83 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 48/57 | 48/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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