Zhizhen Zhang and Lorenzo Sonego will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the French Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sonego is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.909
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Lorenzo Sonego

This will be the 2^nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Lorenzo Sonego clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Zhang won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 1^st round in Eastbourne back in 2023.

Highlights Zhizhen Zhang vs Lorenzo Sonego – Eastbourne 27-June-2023

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 44, the Chinese reached the 2^nd round after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 4-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese defeated Vukic (6-4 4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Zhang scored 133 points vs Vukic’s 113. Zhizhen was quite aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zhang made 18 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zhizhen Zhang was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (57/69) of his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zhizhen broke Vukic 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Zhang has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (247-199). 6-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has an aggregate 106-67 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Chinese has a compiled 12-13 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Lorenzo Sonego

Ranked no. 49, Sonego reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ugo Humbert 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Lorenzo defeated Humbert (6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Sonego scored 116 points vs Humbert’s 103. Lorenzo was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Sonego struck 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Lorenzo Sonego was very effective on serve to win 76% (56/74) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Lorenzo broke Humbert 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Turin Challenger.

Sonego has a composed 12-18 win-loss record in 2024, 8-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2020 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhang	Sonego
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	41	37
Pts	133-113	116-103
Total Points	246	219
Winners	57	56
%Winners	43%	48%

Both Zhang and Sonego played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Zhizhen Zhang surrendered 1 set, while Lorenzo Sonego dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zhang and Sonego have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Zhang played 4 games more than Sonego. Zhizhen scored 57 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo made 56 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhang	Sonego
Aces	18	8
Avg per match	18	8
1st in	69/112	74/104
%1st in	62%	71%
1st pts	57/69	56/74
%1st pts	83%	76%
2nd pts	25/43	17/30
%2nd pts	58%	57%

Zhang blasted 18 aces . Sonego recorded 8 aces . Zhang won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Sonego won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zhang	Sonego
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
% Converted	33%	33%
Conceded	3	6
Saved	1	4
% Saved	33%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

The Chinese broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Chinese surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhang
	R1 Vukic	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	41	41
pts	133-113	133-113
Total points	246	246
Winners	57	57
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	18	18
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	69/112	69/112
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	57/69	57/69
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	25/43	25/43
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Sonego
	R1 Humbert	Total
Score	6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	37	37
pts	116-103	116-103
Total points	219	219
Winners	56	56
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	74/104	74/104
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	56/74	56/74
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	17/30	17/30
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

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