Francisco Cerundolo and Zhizhen Zhang will square off in the quarter of the Rothesay International for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.64
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 3rd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Zhizhen Zhang fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Zhang won 6-0 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(6) in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2021.
Francisco Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-29 | 5-10 | 21-13 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19 (career-high), Cerundolo got to the quarter after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-62 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Huesler (7-62 7-65). During the match, Cerundolo scored 89 points vs Huesler’s 83. Francisco was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cerundolo bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francisco Cerundolo was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (40/53) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Huesler once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 68% of his matches (264-126). 2-1 on grass in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has an overall5-5 match record in the last 8 years on grass.
Cerundolo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Lyon.
Francisco has a compiled 25-16 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-27 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 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. 54 (career-high), Zhang got to the quarter after beating Lorenzo Sonego 7-64 6-3 and Maxime Cressy 3-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Cressy, Zhang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4).During the match Zhang scored less points (2) than Cressy. In fact, the world no. 19 won 97 points vs Cressy’s. That means that Zhang was more focused during the important points. Zhizhen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang fired 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 66% of his first serves in, winning 66% (47/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Cressy 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhang has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Zhizhen has an aggregate 18-18 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 53 |
| Pts | 89-83 | 180-171 |
| Total Points | 172 | 351 |
| Winners | 40 | 86 |
| %Winners | 45% | 48% |
Cerundolo played 1 match while Zhang competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Zhizhen Zhang surrendered 1 set while Francisco Cerundolo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cerundolo has played 3 set(s) less than Zhang (2 vs 5). Therefore, Cerundolo played 27 games less than Zhang. Cerundolo scored 40 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang fired 86 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 53/84 | 128/200 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 86/128 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 36/72 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Cerundolo blasted 7 aces . Zhang blasted 15 aces (7.5 per match). Cerundolo won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 7 |
| Converted | 1/7 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 14% | 41% |
| Conceded | 3 | 22 |
| Saved | 2 | 17 |
| % Saved | 67% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Francisco broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | |||
| R2 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-83 | 89-83 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/84 | 53/84 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 1/7 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 14% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Sonego |
R2 Cressy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 3-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 | 53 | |
| pts | 83-72 | 97-99 | 180-171 | |
| Total points | 155 | 196 | 351 | |
| Winners | 39 | 47 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 57/93 | 71/107 | 128/200 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 39/57 | 47/71 | 86/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 19/36 | 36/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 53% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/11 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 36% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 10/13 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 77% | 155% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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