Tianhui Zhang and Zachary Svajda will square off in the 1st round of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.066
Tianhui Zhang -> 7.3
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Prediction and head to head Tianhui Zhang vs. Zachary Svajda
There is no head to head record between Tianhui Zhang and Zachary Svajda since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tianhui Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Zhang reached the 1st round after defeating Tsung-Hao Huang 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 and Saba Purtseladze 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Purtseladze, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4).During the match, Zhang scored less points (4) than Purtseladze. In fact, the world no. won 76 points vs Purtseladze’s. That means that Zhang was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tianhui Zhang lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (40/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Purtseladze twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tianhui started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Zhang has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 48% of his matches (10-11). 7-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a compiled10-11 win-loss record in the last 2 years on hard.
Tianhui’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Fuzhou.
Tianhui has a compiled 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hangzhou Challenger
Tianhui has never competed in this tournament before.
Zachary Svajda
34 - 31win/loss
169
102
LWLLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-35 | 27-21 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-24 | 28-8 | 2-6 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 25-14 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-13 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 131, Zachary will start his run in the Hangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4 to Arnaldi in the 2nd round on the 4th of October.
Zachary has an overall 34-31 win-loss record in 2024, 26-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 157-118 record. He has a positive 120-71 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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