Cooper Williams and Evan Zhu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cooper Williams who should win in 3 sets.
Cooper Williams -> 1.61
Evan Zhu -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Cooper Williams vs. Evan Zhu
There is no head to head record between Cooper Williams and Evan Zhu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Cooper Williams
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-6 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 7-12 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-12 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-10 | 6-5 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Cooper got to the qualifications after beating Pedro Vives Marcos 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Williams had a good straight sets win against Vives Marcos (6-2 6-2). During the match, Williams scored 64 points vs Vives Marcos’s 45. Cooper was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Williams fired 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Cooper Williams lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Williams put 55% of his first serves in, winning 79% (22/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Vives Marcos 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Williams has a negative match record in the last 3 years having won 47% of his matches (20-23). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Williams has an overall3-3 match record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.
The American has a compiled 8-11 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Williams has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-33 | 23-26 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-22 | 22-16 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 386, the American got to the qualifications after beating Tyler Bowers 7-65 7-63.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Bowers (7-65 7-63). During the match Zhu scored 112 points vs Bowers’s 101. Evan was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhu scored 2 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Evan Zhu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 54% of his first serves in, winning 60% (38/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (29/53) on the 2nd serve. Zhu broke Bowers 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Evan’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Xalapa,M25 Anning and M25 Baotou.
Zhu has an aggregate 31-31 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Williams | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 |
| Pts | 64-45 | 112-101 |
| Total Points | 109 | 213 |
| Winners | 22 | 38 |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% |
Both Williams and Zhu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Williams and Zhu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Williams played 10 games less than Zhu. Williams scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Zhu managed to score 38 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Williams | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 63/116 |
| %1st in | 55% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 38/63 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 29/53 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 55% |
Williams struck 4 aces . Zhu scored 2 aces . Williams won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 60% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Williams | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 46% | 36% |
| Conceded | 4 | 20 |
| Saved | 2 | 16 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Williams | |||
| Q1 Vives | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 64-45 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 28/51 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zhu | |||
| Q1 Bowers | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 112-101 | 112-101 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 63/116 | 63/116 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 20 | 20 | |
| Saved | 16/20 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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