Tianhui Zhang and Saba Purtseladze will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Saba Purtseladze who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Saba Purtseladze is the pick to win this match.
Saba Purtseladze -> 1.43
Tianhui Zhang -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Tianhui Zhang vs. Saba Purtseladze

There is no head to head record between Tianhui Zhang and Saba Purtseladze since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tianhui Zhang

Currently unranked, Tianhui reached the qualifications after beating Tsung-Hao Huang 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications against Huang, Zhang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 6-3 6-1). During the match, Zhang scored 96 points vs Huang’s 77. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhang fired 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tianhui Zhang lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Zhang put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (36/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Huang 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

Zhang has a weak match record in the last 2 years having won 45% of his matches (9-11). 6-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a compiled9-11 match record in the last 2 years on hard.

Tianhui’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Fuzhou.

Tianhui has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hangzhou Challenger

The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.

Saba Purtseladze

Ranked no. 429, will start his run in the Hangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Hangzhou Challenger where he defeated 6-4 6-4 to Yang in the qualifications on the 7^th of October.

Purtseladze has an aggregate 32-29 win-loss record in 2024, 22-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Saba’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and the Astana Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Georgean has an overall 152-143 record. He has a positive 123-88 record on hard.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhang	Purtseladze
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	20
Pts	96-77	74-60
Total Points	173	134
Winners	36	27
%Winners	38%	36%

Both Zhang and Purtseladze played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Tianhui Zhang dropped 1 set while Saba Purtseladze hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zhang has played 1 set more than Purtseladze (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zhang played 9 games more than Purtseladze. The Chinese scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Purtseladze recorded 27 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhang	Purtseladze
Aces	4	11
Avg per match	4	11
1st in	46/74	35/60
%1st in	62%	58%
1st pts	36/46	27/35
%1st pts	78%	77%
2nd pts	14/28	12/25
%2nd pts	50%	48%

Zhang bagged 4 aces . Purtseladze fired 11 aces . Zhang won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Purtseladze won 77% of the points on 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	Purtseladze
Won	6	4
Converted	6/15	4/12
% Converted	40%	33%
Conceded	2	4
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

The Chinese broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Tianhui lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Purtseladze broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhang
	Q1 Huang	Total
Score	6-73 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	96-77	96-77
Total points	173	173
Winners	36	36
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	46/74	46/74
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	36/46	36/46
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	14/28	14/28
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/15	6/15
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Purtseladze
	Total
Score
Tot Set	0
Tot Games	0
pts	0-0
Total points	0
Winners	0
%Winners	0%
SERVE
Aces	0
Double Faults	0
1st in	0/0
% 1st in	0%
1st pts	0/0
% 1st pts	0%
2nd pts	0/0
% 2nd pts	0%
Breaks
Won	0
Converted	0/0
Converted %	0%
Conceded	0
Saved	0
Saved %	0%
Times Broken	0

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