Zhizhen Zhang and Marin Cilic will fight against each other in the final of the Hangzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marin Cilic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.9
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Marin Cilic
There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Marin Cilic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Zhizhen Zhang
24 - 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. 43, the Chinese got to the final after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 1-6 6-4, Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-0, Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 6-3 and Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(3) 6-4.
In the semifinal, Zhizhen had a good straight sets win against Yunchaokete (7-63 6-4). During the match, Zhang scored 73 points vs Yunchaokete’s 66. Zhang was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang blasted 10 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Zhizhen Zhang was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Yunchaokete once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhizhen has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Zhang has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (259-208). 9-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has an overall 126-108 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Zhizhen’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Halle and Hangzhou.
Zhang has a compiled 24-22 win-loss record in 2024, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hangzhou
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Marin Cilic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-11 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 16-10 | 9-5 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 6-9 | 5-5 | 13-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 373, Marin reached the final after beating Zachary Svajda 5-7 6-3 6-0, Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4 6-1, Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(5) and Brandon Nakashima 6-4 7-6(6).
In the semifinal, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (6-4 7-66). During the match Cilic scored 75 points vs Nakashima’s 65. Cilic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Cilic struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marin Cilic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marin was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Nakashima once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Marin’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Hangzhou.
Cilic has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 81 | 101 |
| Pts | 288-235 | 324-269 |
| Total Points | 523 | 593 |
| Winners | 130 | 144 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Both Zhang and Cilic played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zhizhen Zhang lost 1 set, while Marin Cilic lost 2 sets. Zhang has played 1 set(s) less than Cilic (9 vs 10). Therefore, Zhang played 20 games less than Cilic. Zhang scored 130 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian scored 144 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 30 | 56 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 14 |
| 1st in | 181/251 | 168/296 |
| %1st in | 72% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 130/181 | 144/168 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 45/70 | 62/128 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 48% |
Zhang fired 30 aces (7.5 per match). Cilic recorded 56 aces (14 per match). Zhang won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 15 |
| Converted | 11/33 | 15/25 |
| % Converted | 33% | 60% |
| Conceded | 9 | 17 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 67% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Zhang broke his opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. Zhang surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Cilic conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhang | ||||||
| R1 Yevseyev |
R2 Bellucci |
1/4 Carballes Baena |
1/2 Yunchaokete |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 81 | |
| pts | 90-87 | 67-42 | 58-40 | 73-66 | 288-235 | |
| Total points | 177 | 109 | 98 | 139 | 523 | |
| Winners | 33 | 26 | 27 | 44 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 47% | 60% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 55/84 | 32/41 | 35/48 | 59/78 | 181/251 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 78% | 73% | 76% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/55 | 26/32 | 27/35 | 44/59 | 130/181 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 81% | 77% | 75% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 6/9 | 10/13 | 12/19 | 45/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 67% | 77% | 63% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 4/11 | 3/6 | 1/2 | 11/33 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 36% | 50% | 50% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | – | – | 100% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cilic | ||||||
| R1 Svajda |
R2 Nishioka |
1/4 Uchiyama |
1/2 Nakashima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-0 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-74 7-65 | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 | 34 | 23 | 101 | |
| pts | 85-70 | 55-36 | 109-98 | 75-65 | 324-269 | |
| Total points | 155 | 91 | 207 | 140 | 593 | |
| Winners | 35 | 26 | 49 | 34 | 144 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% | 45% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 14 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 56 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 40/78 | 28/45 | 59/102 | 41/71 | 168/296 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 62% | 58% | 58% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 26/28 | 49/59 | 34/41 | 144/168 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 93% | 83% | 83% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/38 | 8/17 | 25/43 | 17/30 | 62/128 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 47% | 58% | 57% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 4/6 | 3/6 | 1/1 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 67% | 50% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 0/1 | 8/9 | 2/2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 0% | 89% | 100% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
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