Zhizhen Zhang and Roberto Carballes Baena will fight against each other in the quarter of the Hangzhou Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7:30 pm on COURT CENTER. 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 Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.5
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
This will be the 2nd time that Zhizhen Zhang and Roberto Carballes Baena clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Carballes Baena (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Carballes Baena won 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in the Tunis Challenger back in 2022.
Zhizhen Zhang
22 - 22win/loss
45
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. 48, Zhang reached the quarter after beating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 1-6 6-4 and Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-3 6-0). During the match, Zhang scored 67 points vs Bellucci’s 42. Zhang was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhang bagged 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Zhizhen Zhang was very effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Bellucci 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Zhang has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (257-208). 7-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has an overall 124-108 record in the last years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Halle.
Zhang has a composed 22-22 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hangzhou
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Roberto Carballes Baena
32 - 23win/loss
57
49
LLLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-31 | 10-12 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-29 | 3-8 | 19-14 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 3-8 | 41-23 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-30 | 3-5 | 33-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-18 | 3-4 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 55, Carballes Baena reached the quarter after beating Corentin Moutet 7-6(6) 6-1 and Mitchell Krueger 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Krueger, Carballes Baena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Carballes Baena scored 102 points vs Krueger’s 89. Carballes Baena was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Carballes Baena blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Roberto Carballes Baena was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (45/59) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Carballes Baena broke Krueger twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Braunschweig Challenger where he beat Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Seville Challenger where he overcame Daniel Altmaier in the final 6-3 7-5.
The Spaniard has a compiled 32-23 win-loss record in 2024, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Carballes Baena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 48 |
| Pts | 157-129 | 180-149 |
| Total Points | 286 | 329 |
| Winners | 59 | 83 |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% |
Both Zhang and Carballes Baena played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zhizhen Zhang dropped 1 set, while Roberto Carballes Baena surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zhang and Carballes Baena have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Zhang played 8 games less than Carballes Baena. The Chinese scored 59 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Roberto scored 83 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Carballes Baena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 87/125 | 112/156 |
| %1st in | 70% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 59/87 | 83/112 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 55% |
Zhang blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Carballes Baena managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Zhang won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Carballes Baena won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Carballes Baena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/25 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 28% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 40% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Zhizhen broke his opponents 7 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Chinese dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Roberto broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Yevseyev |
R2 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 15 | 40 | |
| pts | 90-87 | 67-42 | 157-129 | |
| Total points | 177 | 109 | 286 | |
| Winners | 33 | 26 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 55/84 | 32/41 | 87/125 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 78% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 33/55 | 26/32 | 59/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 81% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 6/9 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 67% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 4/11 | 7/25 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 36% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | – | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Carballes Baena | ||||
| R1 Moutet |
R2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 | 48 | |
| pts | 78-60 | 102-89 | 180-149 | |
| Total points | 138 | 191 | 329 | |
| Winners | 38 | 45 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/71 | 59/85 | 112/156 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 69% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 45/59 | 83/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 76% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 16/26 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 62% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/5 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 40% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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