Zhizhen Zhang and Tomas Machac will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Olympics for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday 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 2nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Tomas Machac play each other. 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 competed against each other, Machac won 1-6 6-3 6-2 in the final in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger back in 2022.

Zhizhen Zhang

Zhizhen Zhang

19 - 19win/loss

Hard
4-7
I Hard
2-2
Clay
9-6
Grass
4-4
Rank
45
High
31
LLLLLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-28 9-12 9-7 2-5 4-4 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. 31 (career-high), the Chinese 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 19th of July.

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

Zhang’s best result of the year 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

Zhizhen has never competed in this tournament before.

Paris
Zhang's Record

Tomas Machac

Tomas Machac

23 - 13win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
2-1
Clay
8-4
Grass
1-2
Rank
25
High
25
LLWWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-24 22-11 9-5 5-6 1-2 0-0
2023 52-27 15-10 16-11 18-5 3-1 0-0
2022 47-19 24-6 5-2 18-10 0-0 0-1
2021 28-19 5-4 5-4 12-6 2-3 4-2
2020 27-12 0-0 12-6 15-5 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 39, Tomas 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 1st round on the 22nd of July.

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

Tomas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Geneva.

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

Paris
Machac's Record

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