Linang Xiao and Alexander Zgirovsky will square off in the qualifications of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zgirovsky who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zgirovsky is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zgirovsky -> 1.23
Linang Xiao -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Linang Xiao vs. Alexander Zgirovsky
There is no head to head record between Linang Xiao and Alexander Zgirovsky since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Linang Xiao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-27 | 38-25 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-16 | 30-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Linang got to the qualifications after defeating Yi Zhou 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Xiao had a good straight sets win against Zhou (6-4 6-2). During the match, Xiao scored 61 points vs Zhou’s 43. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Xiao bagged 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Linang Xiao was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 81% (17/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Linang broke Zhou 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Xiao has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (61-34). 29-16 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Xiao has an overall59-32 match record in the last 3 years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Tianjin.
Xiao has an aggregate 31-18 win-loss record in 2023, 29-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Zgirovsky
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-12 | 0-3 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-21 | 14-13 | 9-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-15 | 25-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-12 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 607, the Belarussian reached the qualifications after defeating Qiulin Wang 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-2 6-4). During the match Zgirovsky scored 71 points vs Wang’s 58. Zgirovsky was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Zgirovsky scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexander Zgirovsky lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zgirovsky put 64% of his first serves in, winning 64% (25/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Wang 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Zgirovsky’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
The Belarussian has a composed 23-17 win-loss record in 2023, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Xiao | Zgirovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 |
| Pts | 61-43 | 71-58 |
| Total Points | 104 | 129 |
| Winners | 20 | 25 |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% |
Both Xiao and Zgirovsky played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Xiao and Zgirovsky have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (18). Xiao scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Belarussian bagged 25 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Xiao | Zgirovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/49 | 39/61 |
| %1st in | 57% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 25/39 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 17/21 | 9/22 |
| %2nd pts | 81% | 41% |
Xiao fired 4 aces . Zgirovsky recorded 1 ace . Xiao won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Zgirovsky won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Xiao | Zgirovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 60% | 46% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Linang broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Xiao pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Alexander broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Xiao | |||
| Q1 Zhou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 61-43 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/49 | 28/49 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zgirovsky | |||
| Q1 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 39/61 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 9/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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