Zhizhen Zhang and Tomas Machac will play each other in the 1^st round of the Olympics for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.75
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Tomas Machac

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

The last time that they played, Machac won 1-6 6-3 6-2 in the final in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger back in 2022.

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 31 (career-high), Zhang will start his run in Olympics after he played his last match in Hamburg where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Zverev in the quarter on the 19^th of July.

Zhizhen has a composed 19-19 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Zhang’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Halle.

Talking about his overall career, Zhang has an overall 294-235 record. He has a positive 123-80 record on clay.

Previously in Olympics

Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.

Tomas Machac

Ranked no. 39, Machac will start his run in Paris after he played his last match in Umag where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Moura Monteiro in the 1^st round on the 22^nd of July.

The Czech has a compiled 23-13 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Czech’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Geneva.

In terms of his career, Machac has an overall 243-120 record. He has a positive 76-42 record on clay.

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