Zhizhen Zhang and Mattia Bellucci will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Hangzhou Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:30 pm on COURT CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.74
Mattia Bellucci -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Mattia Bellucci

This will be the 2^nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Mattia Bellucci fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Zhang won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Miami back in 2023.

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 48, the Chinese reached the 2^nd round after beating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 1-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Zhizhen defeated Yevseyev (6-2 1-6 6-4). During the match, Zhang scored 90 points vs Yevseyev’s 87. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhang fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 65% of his first serves in, winning 60% (33/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Yevseyev 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Zhang has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (256-208). 6-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhang has an overall 123-108 record in the last years on hard.

The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Halle.

Zhang has a composed 21-22 win-loss record in 2024, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hangzhou

The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.

Mattia Bellucci

Ranked no. 108, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Aslan Karatsev 6-4 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Karatsev (6-4 6-0). During the match Bellucci scored 60 points vs Karatsev’s 34. Mattia was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Bellucci made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mattia Bellucci was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bellucci broke Karatsev 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Cary Challenger.

The Italian has a compiled 38-25 win-loss record in 2024, 22-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhang	Bellucci
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	25	16
Pts	90-87	60-34
Total Points	177	94
Winners	33	20
%Winners	37%	33%

Both Zhang and Bellucci played 1 match. At the moment, Zhizhen Zhang surrendered 1 set while Mattia Bellucci hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zhang has played 1 set more than Bellucci (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zhang played 9 games more than Bellucci. Zhizhen scored 33 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 20 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhang	Bellucci
Aces	7	7
Avg per match	7	7
1st in	55/84	24/37
%1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	33/55	20/24
%1st pts	60%	83%
2nd pts	17/29	9/13
%2nd pts	59%	69%

Zhang blasted 7 aces . Bellucci bagged 7 aces . Zhang won 60% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Bellucci won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zhang	Bellucci
Won	3	5
Converted	3/14	5/11
% Converted	21%	45%
Conceded	5	2
Saved	2	1
% Saved	40%	50%
Times Broken	3	1

The Chinese broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhang
	R1 Yevseyev	Total
Score	6-2 1-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	90-87	90-87
Total points	177	177
Winners	33	33
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	55/84	55/84
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	33/55	33/55
% 1st pts	60%	60%
2nd pts	17/29	17/29
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/14	3/14
Converted %	21%	21%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Bellucci
	R1 Karatsev	Total
Score	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	60-34	60-34
Total points	94	94
Winners	20	20
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	24/37	24/37
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	20/24	20/24
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	9/13	9/13
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

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