Yi Zhou and Stefanos Sakellaridis will fight against each other in the quarter of the Zhuhai Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Stefanos Sakellaridis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Sakellaridis is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Sakellaridis -> 1.38
Yi Zhou -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Yi Zhou vs. Stefanos Sakellaridis
This will be the 3rd time that Yi Zhou and Stefanos Sakellaridis fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sakellaridis (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sakellaridis won 7-6(7) 6-2 in the 1st round in M15 Monastir back in February 2023.
Yi Zhou
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-25 | 29-23 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-17 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Yi got to the quarter after beating Ajeet Rai 7-5 6-1 and Philip Sekulic 3-6 7-66 7-61.
In the 2nd round against Sekulic, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-66 7-61).During the match, Zhou scored less points (1) than Sekulic. In fact, the world no. won 113 points vs Sekulic’s. That means that Zhou was more focused during the important points. Zhou was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhou struck 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yi Zhou lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Zhou put 60% of his first serves in, winning 74% (54/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (22/48) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Sekulic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yi has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Zhou has won exactly 50% of his matches (11-11) in the last 2 years. 9-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhou has a compiled10-7 record in the last 2 years on hard.
Yi’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Tianjin.
Yi has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2023, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhuhai Challenger
Zhou has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefanos Sakellaridis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-26 | 31-23 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-52 | 35-26 | 30-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 66-49 | 23-13 | 38-33 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-36 | 5-1 | 29-35 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 0-3 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 463, Stefanos got to the quarter after beating Xiaofei Wang 7-64 6-0 and Ricardas Berankis 7-62 3-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Sakellaridis defeated Berankis (7-62 3-6 6-1). During the match Sakellaridis scored 89 points vs Berankis’s 81. Sakellaridis was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakellaridis fired 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Stefanos Sakellaridis lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakellaridis put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (44/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Stefanos was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Berankis 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefanos has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Greek’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Mataro.
Sakellaridis has a compiled 56-34 win-loss record in 2023, 27-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhou | Sakellaridis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 48 |
| Pts | 177-165 | 152-131 |
| Total Points | 342 | 283 |
| Winners | 80 | 73 |
| %Winners | 45% | 48% |
Both Zhou and Sakellaridis played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yi Zhou conceded 1 set, while Stefanos Sakellaridis dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zhou and Sakellaridis have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Zhou played 6 games more than Sakellaridis. Zhou scored 80 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Sakellaridis blasted 73 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhou | Sakellaridis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 104/177 | 92/154 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 80/104 | 73/92 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 34/73 | 32/62 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 52% |
Zhou fired 10 aces (5 per match). Sakellaridis made 19 aces (9.5 per match). Zhou won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Sakellaridis won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhou | Sakellaridis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 37% | 86% |
| Conceded | 16 | 10 |
| Saved | 11 | 8 |
| % Saved | 69% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Zhou broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Zhou lost his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Stefanos broke his opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Stefanos conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhou | ||||
| R1 Rai |
R2 Sekulic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 3-6 7-66 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 54 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 113-114 | 177-165 | |
| Total points | 115 | 227 | 342 | |
| Winners | 26 | 54 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/56 | 73/121 | 104/177 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 54/73 | 80/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 22/48 | 34/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 46% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/8 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 9/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 69% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Sakellaridis | ||||
| R1 Wang |
R2 Berankis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-0 | 7-62 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 | 48 | |
| pts | 63-50 | 89-81 | 152-131 | |
| Total points | 113 | 170 | 283 | |
| Winners | 29 | 44 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 14 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 54/90 | 92/154 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 44/54 | 73/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 17/36 | 32/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/3 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 2/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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