Patrick Zahraj and Joshua Sheehy will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joshua Sheehy who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joshua Sheehy is the pick to win this match.
Joshua Sheehy -> 1.86
Patrick Zahraj -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Patrick Zahraj vs. Joshua Sheehy
There is no head to head record between Patrick Zahraj and Joshua Sheehy since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Patrick Zahraj
30 - 23win/loss
454
454
LLWWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-31 | 9-5 | 17-15 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 28-16 | 4-3 | 15-10 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 623 (career-high), the German got to the qualifications after beating Preston Stearns 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Stearns, Zahraj recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Zahraj scored 98 points vs Stearns’s 87. Zahraj was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zahraj bagged 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Patrick Zahraj lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zahraj put 65% of his first serves in, winning 74% (39/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Patrick broke Stearns 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).
Zahraj has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (95-71). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zahraj has a composed12-8 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Zahraj’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Klosters.
The German has an overall 29-23 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Zahraj has never competed in this tournament before.
Joshua Sheehy
17 - 20win/loss
814
678
WLWWLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-25 | 18-19 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-28 | 30-20 | 2-2 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-19 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 21-20 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 834, Joshua reached the qualifications after defeating Evan Sharygin 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, Joshua had a good straight sets win against Sharygin (6-0 6-1). During the match Sheehy scored 59 points vs Sharygin’s 25. The American was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Sheehy scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Joshua Sheehy was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (17/21) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Joshua broke Sharygin 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
Sheehy has a compiled 17-19 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zahraj | Sheehy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 13 |
| Pts | 98-87 | 59-25 |
| Total Points | 185 | 84 |
| Winners | 39 | 17 |
| %Winners | 40% | 29% |
Both Zahraj and Sheehy played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Patrick Zahraj surrendered 1 set while Joshua Sheehy hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zahraj has played 1 set more than Sheehy (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zahraj played 13 games more than Sheehy. The German scored 39 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Joshua recorded 17 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zahraj | Sheehy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 53/82 | 21/36 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 17/21 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 10/15 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 67% |
Zahraj recorded 3 aces . Sheehy managed to score 1 ace . Zahraj won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Sheehy won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zahraj | Sheehy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/18 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 28% | 67% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 63% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Patrick broke his opponent 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The German dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Sheehy was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Zahraj | |||
| Q1 Stearns |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 98-87 | 98-87 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/82 | 53/82 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/18 | 5/18 | |
| Converted % | 28% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sheehy | |||
| Q1 Sharygin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 59-25 | 59-25 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 21/36 | 21/36 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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