Alexis Galarneau and Michael Zheng will fight against each other in the quarter of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 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 Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.75
Michael Zheng -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Michael Zheng
There is no head to head record between Alexis Galarneau and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-26 | 15-12 | 8-6 | 12-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 224, Alexis reached the quarter after defeating Patrick Kypson 6-3 6-0 and Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 7-62 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Alexis had a good straight sets win against Lucas Reis Da (7-62 6-0). During the match, Galarneau scored 66 points vs Lucas Reis Da’s 46. Alexis was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Galarneau scored 4 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Alexis Galarneau was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Canadian broke Lucas Reis Da 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 62% of the points he played.
Galarneau has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (123-103). 10-8 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Galarneau has a composed72-53 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Alexis’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Tyler Challenger.
The Canadian has a compiled 12-13 win-loss record in 2023, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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 | 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 reached the quarter after beating Nathan Ponwith 6-4 7-66, Daniel Rodrigues 6-3 6-1, Steven Diez 6-3 6-0 and Marius Copil 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Copil (6-1 6-3). During the match Zheng scored 67 points vs Copil’s 45. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Zheng was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zheng broke Copil 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Michael started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.
The American has an aggregate 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 70 |
| Pts | 119-74 | 274-190 |
| Total Points | 193 | 464 |
| Winners | 49 | 103 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Galarneau played 2 matches while Zheng competed in 4 matches. Zheng started his run from the qualifications while Galarneau had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Galarneau has played 4 set(s) less than Zheng (4 vs 8). Therefore, Galarneau played 36 games less than Zheng. Galarneau scored 49 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 103 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 64/96 | 130/230 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 49/64 | 103/130 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 57/100 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
Galarneau made 6 aces (3 per match). Zheng fired 19 aces (4.8 per match). Galarneau won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% 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 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 16 |
| Converted | 9/13 | 16/32 |
| % Converted | 69% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 18 |
| Saved | 1 | 15 |
| % Saved | 50% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Canadian broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Alexis conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | ||||
| R1 Kypson |
R2 Lucas Reis Da |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 7-62 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 34 | |
| pts | 53-28 | 66-46 | 119-74 | |
| Total points | 81 | 112 | 193 | |
| Winners | 17 | 32 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 48% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 21/37 | 43/59 | 64/96 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 73% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 32/43 | 49/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 9/16 | 20/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 56% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/5 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 80% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zheng | ||||||
| Q1 Ponwith |
Q3 Rodrigues |
R1 Diez |
R2 Copil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 70 | |
| pts | 79-60 | 66-49 | 62-36 | 67-45 | 274-190 | |
| Total points | 139 | 115 | 98 | 112 | 464 | |
| Winners | 28 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 42% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 30/64 | 34/51 | 33/58 | 130/230 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 47% | 67% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 23/30 | 26/34 | 26/33 | 103/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 77% | 76% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/24 | 16/34 | 8/17 | 15/25 | 57/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 47% | 47% | 60% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 5/9 | 5/8 | 4/6 | 16/32 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 56% | 63% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 8/9 | 2/3 | 5/5 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 89% | 67% | 100% | 128% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
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