Arthur Cazaux and Petr Bar Biryukov will face off in the 2^nd round of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Cazaux who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.037
Petr Bar Biryukov -> 9

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Petr Bar Biryukov

There is no head to head record between Arthur Cazaux and Petr Bar Biryukov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Arthur Cazaux

Ranked no. 92, the French player got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alex Bolt 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-2 6-4). During the match, Cazaux scored 62 points vs Bolt’s 43. The French player was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cazaux recorded 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Cazaux conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Cazaux put 57% of his first serves in, winning 88% (30/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Cazaux broke Bolt 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Cazaux has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (162-98). 20-13 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cazaux has a composed95-38 record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he defeated Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-1 6-1.

Cazaux has an aggregate 22-20 win-loss record in 2024, 20-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hangzhou Challenger

Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.

Petr Bar Biryukov

Ranked no. 553 (career-high), the Russian got to the 2^nd round after beating Zhenxiong Dong 7-5 6-1, Kris Van Wyk 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2 and Denis Yevseyev 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Russian defeated Yevseyev (6-4 3-6 6-3).During the match Bar scored less points (6) than Yevseyev. In fact, the world no. 92 won 83 points vs Yevseyev’s. That means that Bar was more focused during the important points. Bar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Bar managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Petr Bar Biryukov lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Bar put 54% of his first serves in, winning 79% (41/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Yevseyev 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Kamenogorsk and M15 Tashkent.

Bar has an aggregate 30-18 win-loss record in 2024, 30-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cazaux	Bar
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	18	77
Pts	62-43	244-217
Total Points	105	461
Winners	30	111
%Winners	48%	45%

Cazaux played 1 match while Bar competed in 3 matches. Bar started his run from the qualifications while Cazaux had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Petr Bar Biryukov conceded 2 sets while Arthur Cazaux hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cazaux has played 6 set(s) less than Bar (2 vs 8). Therefore, Cazaux played 59 games less than Bar. The French player scored 30 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian struck 111 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cazaux	Bar
Aces	10	33
Avg per match	10	11
1st in	34/60	139/238
%1st in	57%	58%
1st pts	30/34	111/139
%1st pts	88%	80%
2nd pts	13/26	52/99
%2nd pts	50%	53%

Cazaux scored 10 aces . Bar bagged 33 aces (11 per match). Cazaux won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bar won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cazaux	Bar
Won	3	11
Converted	3/4	11/26
% Converted	75%	42%
Conceded	7	14
Saved	7	11
% Saved	100%	79%
Times Broken	0	3

Arthur broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Arthur had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 7 break points. The Russian broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Petr conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Cazaux
	R1 Bolt	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	62-43	62-43
Total points	105	105
Winners	30	30
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	34/60	34/60
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	30/34	30/34
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	13/26	13/26
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	7/7	7
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Bar
	Q1 Dong	Q3 Van Wyk	R1 Yevseyev	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	6-72 6-3 6-2	6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	19	30	28	77
pts	67-46	94-82	83-89	244-217
Total points	113	176	172	461
Winners	25	45	41	111
%Winners	37%	48%	49%	45%
SERVE
Aces	8	11	14	33
Double Faults	5	6	8	19
1st in	29/47	58/94	52/97	139/238
% 1st in	62%	62%	54%	58%
1st pts	25/29	45/58	41/52	111/139
% 1st pts	86%	78%	79%	80%
2nd pts	10/18	23/36	19/45	52/99
% 2nd pts	56%	64%	42%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	3	3	11
Converted	5/13	3/6	3/7	11/26
Converted %	38%	50%	43%	42%
Conceded	3	2	9	14
Saved	2/3	2/2	7/9	11
Saved %	67%	100%	78%	245%
Times Broken	1	0	2	3

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou Challenger

• Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yan BaiBai (6-1 6-7⁵ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Tianhui ZhangZhang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-5 6-7⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Ray HoHo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-7⁸ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Rigele TeTe (5-7 7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jie CuiCui – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Tianhui ZhangZhang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yan BaiBai (6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(1)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Fabio FogniniFognini – Jie CuiCui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fajing SunSun – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (0-0) – H2H and prediction