Daniel Rodrigues and Michael Zheng will play each other in the qualifications of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Zheng who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Michael Zheng -> 1.57
Daniel Rodrigues -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Rodrigues vs. Michael Zheng
There is no head to head record between Daniel Rodrigues and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Daniel Rodrigues
16 - 14win/loss
819
600
LLLWLLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17-19 | 12-14 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-14 | 12-9 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 606, Daniel got to the qualifications after beating Gabi Adrian Boitan 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, Rodrigues had a good straight sets win against Adrian Boitan (6-2 7-5). During the match, Rodrigues scored 69 points vs Adrian Boitan’s 54. Daniel was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodrigues recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Daniel Rodrigues lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rodrigues put 71% of his first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Adrian Boitan 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Rodrigues has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (80-58). 11-8 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodrigues has a composed56-40 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Rodrigues’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Rodrigues has a compiled 16-13 win-loss record in 2023, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Palmas del Mar Challenger
Rodrigues 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, the American got to the qualifications after beating Nathan Ponwith 6-4 7-66.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Ponwith (6-4 7-66). During the match Zheng scored 79 points vs Ponwith’s 60. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng scored 6 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Michael Zheng was very efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 75% (18/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Ponwith twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
The American has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodrigues | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 |
| Pts | 69-54 | 79-60 |
| Total Points | 123 | 139 |
| Winners | 27 | 28 |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% |
Both Rodrigues and Zheng played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rodrigues and Zheng have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rodrigues played 3 games less than Zheng. Rodrigues scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodrigues | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 33/57 |
| %1st in | 71% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 27/44 | 28/33 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 18/24 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 75% |
Rodrigues fired 2 aces . Zheng made 6 aces . Rodrigues won 61% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodrigues | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 2 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 55% | 22% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Daniel broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Daniel lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Zheng conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodrigues | |||
| Q1 Adrian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 44/62 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Zheng | |||
| Q1 Ponwith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-60 | 79-60 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 33/57 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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