Andrey Rublev and Zhizhen Zhang will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on P&G GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.25
Zhizhen Zhang -> 3.96
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Zhizhen Zhang face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Rublev won 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai back in February 2024.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Zhizhen Zhang – Dubai 26-February-2024
Andrey Rublev
33 - 16win/loss
6
5
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 34-17 | 21-8 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 56-26 | 23-12 | 19-5 | 6-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 51-20 | 19-7 | 14-6 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 53-23 | 25-10 | 9-5 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 41-10 | 17-4 | 10-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, Andrey will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Popyrin in the final on the 12th of August.
Rublev has a compiled 32-16 win-loss record in 2024, 19-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Hong Kong where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Madrid where he overcame Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final 4-6 7-5 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 467-252 record. He has a positive 184-93 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
Zhizhen Zhang
20 - 21win/loss
41
31
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 20-21 | 5-8 | 9-7 | 2-2 | 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. 44, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after defeating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (6-3 7-64). During the match Zhang scored 69 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 51. Zhizhen was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zhizhen Zhang was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 81% (21/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mpetshi Perricard 3 times.
Zhang’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Halle.
Zhizhen has a compiled 20-20 win-loss record in 2024, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Andrey RublevRublev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction