Evan Zhu and Juan Alejandro Hernandez will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on ESTADIO MORELOS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Evan Zhu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Evan Zhu is the pick to win this match.
Evan Zhu -> 1.8
Juan Alejandro Hernandez -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Evan Zhu vs. Juan Alejandro Hernandez
This will be the 4th time that Evan Zhu and Juan Alejandro Hernandez fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zhu (see full H2H stats), but Alejandro has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Zhu won 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the qualifications in the Mexico City Challenger back in 2023.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 525, Evan got to the qualifications after beating Jose Statham 7-65 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Zhu defeated Statham (7-65 3-6 6-4).During the match, Zhu scored less points (2) than Statham. In fact, the world no. 525 won 105 points vs Statham’s. That means that Zhu was more focused during the important points. Evan was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhu recorded 6 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Evan Zhu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (48/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Statham 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Zhu has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 51% of his matches (185-178). 1-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhu has a compiled109-113 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Zhu has a composed 1-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
Evan has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Alejandro Hernandez
5 - 2win/loss
683
462
LLWLLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 13-8 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-26 | 19-18 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-19 | 18-10 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 826, the Mexican reached the qualifications after defeating Daniil Glinka 6-3 7-65.
In the qualifications, Juan had a good straight sets win against Glinka (6-3 7-65). During the match Alejandro scored 77 points vs Glinka’s 65. Alejandro was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Alejandro bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Alejandro Hernandez lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro put 75% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican broke Glinka twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Alejandro has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Alejandro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 22 |
| Pts | 105-107 | 77-65 |
| Total Points | 212 | 142 |
| Winners | 48 | 41 |
| %Winners | 46% | 53% |
Both Zhu and Alejandro played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Evan Zhu dropped 1 set while Juan Alejandro Hernandez hasn’t lost a set so far. Zhu has played 1 set more than Alejandro (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zhu played 10 games more than Alejandro. The American scored 48 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro scored 41 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Alejandro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 64/104 | 59/79 |
| %1st in | 62% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 48/64 | 41/59 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 14/20 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 70% |
Zhu scored 6 aces . Alejandro blasted 3 aces . Zhu won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Alejandro won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhu | Alejandro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 43% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Zhu broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Evan dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Alejandro broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhu | |||
| Q1 Statham |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-107 | 105-107 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 64/104 | 64/104 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 48/64 | 48/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 16/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Alejandro | |||
| Q1 Glinka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-65 | 77-65 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/79 | 59/79 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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