Steven Diez and Michael Zheng will play each other in the 1st round of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER 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 Michael Zheng who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Michael Zheng -> 1.83
Steven Diez -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Michael Zheng
There is no head to head record between Steven Diez and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 268, Diez will start his run in the Palmas del Mar Challenger after he played his last match in the Tyler Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Moreno De Alboran in the 1st round on the 6th of June.
Steven has a compiled 13-18 win-loss record in 2023, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Canadian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Torello.
Talking about his overall career, The Canadian has an overall 526-404 record. He has a positive 185-139 record on hard.
Previously in the Palmas del Mar Challenger
The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 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, Michael reached the 1st round after beating Nathan Ponwith 6-4 7-66 and Daniel Rodrigues 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Michael had a good straight sets win against Rodrigues (6-3 6-1). During the match Zheng scored 66 points vs Rodrigues’s 49. The American was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng managed to score 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Michael Zheng lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 47% of his first serves in, winning 77% (23/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Rodrigues 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Zheng has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jose StathamStatham – Nick ChappellChappell (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Bernard TomicTomic – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steven DiezDiez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Marius CopilCopil (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Colin SinclairSinclair – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Marc PolmansPolmans (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – Skander MansouriMansouri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
