Zhizhen Zhang and Thiago Moura Monteiro will play each other in the 4^th round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thiago Moura Monteiro is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.53
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.51

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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro

There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Thiago Moura Monteiro since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 56, the Chinese reached the 4^th round after defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-2 7-5, Adrian Mannarino 6-1 6-3 and Ben Shelton 6-2 6-4.

In the 3^rd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Shelton (6-2 6-4). During the match, Zhang scored 59 points vs Shelton’s 44. Zhang was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zhang managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zhizhen Zhang was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 75% (18/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Shelton 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Zhang has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (245-198). 4-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhang has an overall 104-66 match record in the last years on clay.

Zhizhen has a composed 10-12 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Thiago Moura Monteiro

Ranked no. 106, Thiago got to the 4^th round after defeating Giovanni Oradini 6-4 6-4, Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-4, Gael Monfils 6-2 7-5, Jordan Thompson 6-1 6-3 and Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2 4-6 7-6⁶.

In the 3^rd round, Thiago defeated Kecmanovic (6-2 4-6 7-6⁶). During the match Moura Monteiro scored 100 points vs Kecmanovic’s 86. Thiago was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Moura Monteiro managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thiago Moura Monteiro lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Moura Monteiro put 67% of his first serves in, winning 81% (51/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Thiago broke Kecmanovic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brazilian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.

The Brazilian has a compiled 20-9 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhang	Moura Monteiro
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	11
Tot Games	54	106
Pts	190-137	354-278
Total Points	327	632
Winners	72	167
%Winners	38%	47%

Zhang played 3 matches while Moura Monteiro competed in 5 matches. Moura Monteiro started his run from the qualifications while Zhang had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Thiago Moura Monteiro lost 1 set while Zhizhen Zhang hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zhang has played 5 set(s) less than Moura Monteiro (6 vs 11). Therefore, Zhang played 52 games less than Moura Monteiro. Zhang scored 72 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Moura Monteiro scored 167 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhang	Moura Monteiro
Aces	9	18
Avg per match	3	3.6
1st in	100/173	209/304
%1st in	58%	69%
1st pts	72/100	167/209
%1st pts	72%	80%
2nd pts	46/73	53/95
%2nd pts	63%	56%

Zhang scored 9 aces (3 per match). Moura Monteiro blasted 18 aces (3.6 per match). Zhang won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Moura Monteiro won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zhang	Moura Monteiro
Won	12	15
Converted	12/20	15/39
% Converted	60%	38%
Conceded	15	15
Saved	13	12
% Saved	87%	80%
Times Broken	2	3

Zhizhen broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Zhizhen surrendered his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 15 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhang
	R1 Elahi Galan Riveros	R2 Mannarino	R3 Shelton	Total
Score	6-2 7-5	6-1 6-3	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	16	18	54
pts	72-58	59-35	59-44	190-137
Total points	130	94	103	327
Winners	28	24	20	72
%Winners	39%	41%	34%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	2	9
Double Faults	2	2	1	5
1st in	43/73	30/49	27/51	100/173
% 1st in	59%	61%	53%	58%
1st pts	28/43	24/30	20/27	72/100
% 1st pts	65%	80%	74%	72%
2nd pts	17/30	11/19	18/24	46/73
% 2nd pts	57%	58%	75%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	4	3	12
Converted	5/8	4/4	3/8	12/20
Converted %	63%	100%	38%	60%
Conceded	12	1	2	15
Saved	10/12	1/1	2/2	13
Saved %	83%	100%	100%	94%
Times Broken	2	0	0	2

Moura Monteiro
	Q1 Oradini	Q3 Moutet	R1 Monfils	R2 Thompson	R3 Kecmanovic	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-2 7-5	6-1 6-3	6-2 4-6 7-66
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	3	11
Tot Games	20	19	20	16	31	106
pts	72-61	55-45	63-45	64-41	100-86	354-278
Total points	133	100	108	105	186	632
Winners	30	32	31	23	51	167
%Winners	42%	58%	49%	36%	51%	47%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	7	2	5	18
Double Faults	1	0	0	1	2	4
1st in	38/55	41/53	39/55	28/47	63/94	209/304
% 1st in	69%	77%	71%	60%	67%	69%
1st pts	30/38	32/41	31/39	23/28	51/63	167/209
% 1st pts	79%	78%	79%	82%	81%	80%
2nd pts	8/17	8/12	12/16	11/19	14/31	53/95
% 2nd pts	47%	67%	75%	58%	45%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	4	3	15
Converted	3/13	2/4	3/5	4/13	3/4	15/39
Converted %	23%	50%	60%	31%	75%	38%
Conceded	1	0	2	4	8	15
Saved	0/1	0/0	2/2	4/4	6/8	12
Saved %	0%	–	100%	100%	75%	92%
Times Broken	1	0	0	0	2	3

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-6⁵ 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-7² 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger RuneRune (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Francesco PassaroPassaro (4-6 7-6⁸ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 4-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger RuneRune (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (12-2) – H2H and prediction