Ugo Humbert and Zhizhen Zhang will play each other in the 2nd round of the ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ugo Humbert who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ugo Humbert is the pick to win this match.
Ugo Humbert -> 1.51
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Ugo Humbert vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Ugo Humbert and Zhizhen Zhang fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Humbert won 6-2 5-7 6-1 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.
Highlights Ugo Humbert vs Zhizhen Zhang – Australian Open 18-January-2024
Ugo Humbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-8 | 11-4 | 4-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-26 | 17-11 | 13-5 | 16-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 16-11 | 3-7 | 11-6 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-20 | 6-7 | 1-6 | 4-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-14 | 11-7 | 4-3 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, Ugo reached the 2nd round after beating Federico Coria 4-6 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round against Coria, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Humbert scored 92 points vs Coria’s 74. Humbert was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Humbert made 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Ugo Humbert lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Humbert put 67% of his first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Coria 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Humbert has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (318-198). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Humbert has a compiled 44-45 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Marseille where he defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the final 6-4 6-3 and in Dubai where he defeated Alexander Bublik in the final 6-4 6-3.
The French player has a composed 16-5 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-12 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 49, Zhizhen got to the 2nd round after beating Marcos Giron 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Zhizhen defeated Giron (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Zhang scored 92 points vs Giron’s 90. Zhang was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Zhang blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 69% of his first serves in, winning 68% (49/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Giron 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Zhang has an aggregate 7-9 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Humbert | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 28 |
| Pts | 92-74 | 92-90 |
| Total Points | 166 | 182 |
| Winners | 37 | 49 |
| %Winners | 40% | 53% |
Both Humbert and Zhang played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ugo Humbert dropped 1 set, while Zhizhen Zhang lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Humbert and Zhang have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Humbert played 3 games less than Zhang. Ugo scored 37 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese fired 49 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Humbert | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 58/86 | 72/104 |
| %1st in | 67% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 49/72 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/32 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Humbert blasted 3 aces . Zhang scored 5 aces . Humbert won 64% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Humbert | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 71% | 60% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Ugo broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Ugo surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Zhizhen conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Humbert | |||
| R1 Coria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 92-74 | 92-74 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 58/86 | 58/86 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zhang | |||
| R1 Giron |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 92-90 | 92-90 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 72/104 | 72/104 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 49/72 | 49/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 16/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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