Zhizhen Zhang topples Jeff Wolf 7-5 7-5 6-7(5) 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Zhang will square off with Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 29 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York
Zhang's Record

Zhizhen added to his prize money $ 41,500 after winning this match. He has already won $ 123,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zhizhen will add $ 68,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 191,000 in total.

Highlights Zhizhen Zhang vs. Jeff Wolf U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zhang
Wolf
7-5 7-5 6-75
4-6 6-3
4h:29
182
182
Total points
180
180
83
83
Winners
72
72
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
53
53
Unforced
57
57
48%
48%
Ratio Unforced
52%
52%
16/31
16/31
Net Approaches
24/33
24/33
52%
52%
Perc
73%
73%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
16
16
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
59%
59%
1st in
62%
62%
72%
72%
1st won
70%
70%
83/116
83/116
1st won
72/103
72/103
44%
44%
2nd won
48%
48%
35/79
35/79
2nd won
31/64
31/64
215
215
Fastest serve
217
217
191
191
AVG 1st Serve
170
170
164
164
AVG 2nd Serve
145
145
-- Break Points --
9/24
9/24
Total
7/21
7/21
38%
38%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Zhizhen scored 182 points vs. the American’s 180.

Zhang

Zhang blasted 15 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Zhizhen won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 38% (9/24) of the procured opportunities.

Wolf

On the other side, Wolf was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 7/21). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Zhang and Wolf is 2-0 for Zhizhen.

Draw and next match H2H: Zhizhen Zhang vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Zhang will fight against Ruud in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Casper Ruud play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Ruud won 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Paris back in June 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Zhang 7-5
ZhangWolf
7
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZhangWolf
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhangWolf
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
ZhangWolf
4
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
ZhangWolf
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
ZhangWolf
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhangWolf
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhangWolf
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZhangWolf
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhangWolf
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZhangWolf
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhangWolf
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Zhang won the set after he broke the American in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, Zhizhen kept the focus to conquer the set 7-5.

Zhang converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-4 30-40).

They played 76 points. Zhang was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the American (40-36). The Chinese lost 14 points on serve (28-14). on the other side of the court, Wolf conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).

2nd Set -
Zhang 7-5
ZhangWolf
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhangWolf
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
ZhangWolf
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhangWolf
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
ZhangWolf
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
ZhangWolf
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZhangWolf
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhangWolf
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhangWolf
1
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
ZhangWolf
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZhangWolf
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhangWolf
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40

Zhang won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Zhang broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.

Zhang converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Jeff converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A).

They played 75 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Zhang won just 1 point more than the American (38-37). Zhang lost 16 points on serve (25-16). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).

3rd Set -
Wolf 7-6
WolfZhang
7
6
W
1
0
Z
1
1
Z
1
2
W
2
2
W
2
3
Z
3
3
Z
4
3
W
4
4
W
4
5
Z
5
5
Z
6
5
W
7
5
WolfZhang
6
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
WolfZhang
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
WolfZhang
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
WolfZhang
4
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
WolfZhang
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
WolfZhang
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
WolfZhang
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
WolfZhang
2
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
WolfZhang
1
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
WolfZhang
0
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
WolfZhang
0
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
WolfZhang
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A

Zhang had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jeff Wolf in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, Wolf succeeded in coming back to break Zhizhen 4 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

The American won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Zhizhen won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (4-4) and 9th (5-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The American was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-3 30-40), the 4th (1-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40). The American saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Moreover, on the other side, Zhang was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 8th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 98 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Chinese (51-47). Wolf lost 21 points on serve (19-21). on the other side of the net, Zhang conceded 32 points on serve (26-32).

4th Set -
Wolf 6-4
WolfZhang
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
WolfZhang
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
WolfZhang
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
WolfZhang
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
WolfZhang
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
WolfZhang
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
WolfZhang
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
WolfZhang
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
WolfZhang
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
WolfZhang
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Wolf was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, Zhang was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 55 points. Jeff was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Chinese (32-23). Wolf lost 5 points on serve (21-5). On the losing side, Zhizhen conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).

5th Set -
Zhang 6-3
ZhangWolf
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhangWolf
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhangWolf
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhangWolf
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhangWolf
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
ZhangWolf
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
ZhangWolf
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhangWolf
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
ZhangWolf
1
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40

Zhang had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jeff Wolf in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Zhizhen to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

The Chinese converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd

(1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Wolf was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 58 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Jeff (34-24). The Chinese conceded 5 points on serve (21-5). On the losing side, Wolf conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

1st
Zhang
Wolf
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Zhang
Wolf
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Zhang
Wolf
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
4th
Zhang
Wolf
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
5th
Zhang
Wolf
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

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