Zhe Li and Jimmy Yang will square off in the qualifications of the Shenzhen 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 6. 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 Zhe Li who should win in 2 sets.
Zhe Li -> 1.23
Jimmy Yang -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Zhe Li vs. Jimmy Yang
There is no head to head record between Zhe Li and Jimmy Yang since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Zhe Li
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-13 | 26-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-14 | 22-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 581, Li got to the qualifications after defeating Piotr Matuszewski 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Zhe had a good straight sets win against Matuszewski (6-3 6-2). During the match, Li scored 59 points vs Matuszewski’s 36. Li was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Li made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zhe Li was quite efficient on serve to win 92% (22/24) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Matuszewski 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Li has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (289-199). 22-11 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Li has an overall 273-170 match record in the last years on hard.
Zhe’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Tianjin.
Li has an overall 22-11 win-loss record in 2023, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 2 Challenger
Jimmy Yang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-23 | 5-18 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-25 | 18-20 | 2-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-26 | 18-17 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2021 | 17-19 | 11-10 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 747, Jimmy got to the qualifications after defeating Yaojie Zeng 1-6 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Zeng, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Yang scored 81 points vs Zeng’s 78. Yang was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Yang scored 4 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Jimmy Yang lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Yang put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 26% (8/31) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Zeng 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
The German’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Guiyang.
Jimmy has a compiled 26-22 win-loss record in 2023, 18-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Li | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 24 |
| Pts | 59-36 | 81-78 |
| Total Points | 95 | 159 |
| Winners | 22 | 32 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Li and Yang played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jimmy Yang dropped 1 set while Zhe Li hasn’t conceded a set so far. Li has played 1 set(s) less than Yang (2 vs 3). Therefore, Li played 7 games less than Yang. Zhe scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Jimmy scored 32 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Li | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 24/47 | 45/76 |
| %1st in | 51% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 32/45 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 8/31 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 26% |
Li made 6 aces . Yang scored 4 aces . Li won 92% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Yang won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 26% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Li | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 67% | 43% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Chinese broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Li dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yang broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Jimmy conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Li | |||
| Q1 Matuszewski | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 59-36 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/47 | 24/47 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 22/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Yang | |||
| Q1 Zeng | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 81-78 | 81-78 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 45/76 | 45/76 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/31 | 8/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 26% | 26% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Shenzhen 2 Challenger
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- Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Ray HoHo (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Egor GerasimovEgor – Justin BarkiJustin (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
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