Rio Noguchi and Evan Zhu will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rio Noguchi who should win in 3 sets.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.44
Evan Zhu -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Evan Zhu
There is no head to head record between Rio Noguchi and Evan Zhu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 251, Rio will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Palan in the 1st round on the 5th of September.
The Japanese has an aggregate 10-21 win-loss record in 2023, 5-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Noguchi has an overall 279-187 record. He has a positive 181-110 record on hard.
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-13 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 1-0 | 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. 371, Zhu will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Xiao in the qualifications on the 3rd of September.
The American has a compiled 28-27 win-loss record in 2023, 19-17 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Zhu’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Xalapa,M25 Anning and M25 Baotou.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 181-169 record. He has a negative 106-107 record on hard.
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Alex BoltBolt – Omar JasikaJasika (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Nick ChappellChappell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arjun KadheKadhe – Jimmy YangYang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aoran WangWang – Chukang WangWang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Ray HoHo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikalai HaliakHaliak – Yaojie ZengZeng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jie CuiCui – Qian SunSun (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ye Cong MoCong Mo – Alafia AyeniAyeni (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bang Shuo YinShuo Yin – Markos KalovelonisKalovelonis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur WeberWeber – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction