Duarte Vale and Michael Zheng will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Duarte Vale who should win in 3 sets.
Duarte Vale -> 1.66
Michael Zheng -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Duarte Vale vs. Michael Zheng
There is no head to head record between Duarte Vale and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Duarte Vale
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-32 | 22-15 | 12-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-31 | 28-22 | 7-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-18 | 20-9 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-16 | 16-10 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 484, Duarte got to the qualifications after defeating Alex Bolt 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Duarte had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-4 6-4). During the match, Vale scored 66 points vs Bolt’s 53. Duarte was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vale scored just 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Duarte Vale lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vale put 75% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Bolt 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Vale has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (123-86). 11-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vale has a composed72-49 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Vale has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Duarte has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-6 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-11 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 893, Zheng reached the qualifications after defeating Marius Copil 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Copil (6-3 6-4). During the match Zheng scored 61 points vs Copil’s 49. The American was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Zheng blasted 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Michael Zheng was very efficient on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Michael broke Copil 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The American has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vale | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 |
| Pts | 66-53 | 61-49 |
| Total Points | 119 | 110 |
| Winners | 28 | 27 |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% |
Both Vale and Zheng played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vale and Zheng have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vale played 1 game more than Zheng. Duarte scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 27 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vale | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 42/56 | 34/50 |
| %1st in | 75% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 63% |
Vale recorded 1 ace . Zheng also recorded 4 aces . Vale won 67% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vale | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 44% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Vale broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vale | |||
| Q1 Bolt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 66-53 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/56 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zheng | |||
| Q1 Copil | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 61-49 | 61-49 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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