Evan Zhu and Bernard Tomic will face off in the qualifications of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am 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 Bernard Tomic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bernard Tomic is the pick to win this match.
Bernard Tomic -> 1.53
Evan Zhu -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Evan Zhu vs. Bernard Tomic
There is no head to head record between Evan Zhu and Bernard Tomic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-17 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-32 | 21-21 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-31 | 14-13 | 25-12 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-20 | 9-15 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, the American reached the qualifications after beating Murphy Cassone 3-6 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications against Cassone, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-5). During the match, Zhu scored 92 points vs Cassone’s 83. Evan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhu bagged 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Evan Zhu was very effective on serve to win 76% (38/50) of his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhu broke Cassone 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Zhu has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 52% of his matches (173-160). 17-11 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhu has an overall104-101 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Zhu’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Xalapa.
Zhu has a compiled 20-18 win-loss record in 2023, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Bernard Tomic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-22 | 29-16 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-27 | 35-19 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-12 | 24-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-12 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 353, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Michael Zheng 4-6 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications against Zheng, Tomic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Tomic scored 95 points vs Zheng’s 77. Bernard was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Tomic made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Bernard Tomic was quite effective on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Tomic broke Zheng 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Bernard’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Doha.
Bernard has an overall 23-12 win-loss record in 2023, 21-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Bernard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 28 |
| Pts | 92-83 | 95-77 |
| Total Points | 175 | 172 |
| Winners | 38 | 35 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Zhu and Tomic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Evan Zhu conceded 1 set, while Bernard Tomic lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zhu and Tomic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Zhu played 1 game more than Tomic. The American scored 38 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Bernard made 35 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 46/79 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 35/46 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 21/33 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 64% |
Zhu fired 5 aces . Tomic fired 4 aces . Zhu won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Tomic won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhu | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 60% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Zhu broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Tomic broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhu | |||
| Q1 Cassone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 92-83 | 92-83 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 50/85 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 38/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Tomic | |||
| Q1 Zheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 95-77 | 95-77 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/79 | 46/79 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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