Zhizhen Zhang and Zizou Bergs will play each other in the quarter of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.72
Zizou Bergs -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Zizou Bergs
This will be the 2nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Zizou Bergs play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Zhang won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2022.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-17 | 4-7 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 95, the Chinese reached the quarter after beating Nicolas Kicker 6-1 6-2 and Kyrian Jacquet 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-3 6-1). During the match, Zhang scored 71 points vs Jacquet’s 50. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang scored 6 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Zhizhen Zhang conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 55% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Zhizhen broke Jacquet 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhizhen hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Zhang has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (240-185). 3-2 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has an overall 96-59 match record in the last years on clay.
Zhang has a composed 8-11 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-17 | 3-4 | 17-5 | 7-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 156, Bergs reached the quarter after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi 6-4 6-3 and Patrick Kypson 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Bergs had a good straight sets win against Kypson (6-2 6-2). During the match Bergs scored 65 points vs Kypson’s 43. Zizou was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Bergs struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Zizou broke Kypson 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bergs hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Zizou has an overall 9-13 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 35 |
| Pts | 127-83 | 135-97 |
| Total Points | 210 | 232 |
| Winners | 35 | 50 |
| %Winners | 28% | 37% |
Both Zhang and Bergs played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhang and Bergs have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Zhang played 4 games less than Bergs. Zhang scored 35 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Bergs recorded 50 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 48/93 | 68/111 |
| %1st in | 52% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 50/68 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 29/45 | 26/43 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 60% |
Zhang fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Bergs managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Zhang won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 45% | 53% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Chinese broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Zhang pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Bergs broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Kicker | R2 Jacquet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 31 | |
| pts | 56-33 | 71-50 | 127-83 | |
| Total points | 89 | 121 | 210 | |
| Winners | 15 | 20 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 18/38 | 30/55 | 48/93 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 55% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 20/30 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 16/25 | 29/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/13 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 31% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bergs | ||||
| R1 Arnaboldi | R2 Kypson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 35 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 65-43 | 135-97 | |
| Total points | 124 | 108 | 232 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 35/56 | 68/111 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 24/35 | 50/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 69% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 12/21 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 57% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/7 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 71% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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