Zhizhen Zhang and Aslan Karatsev will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Almaty Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.61
Aslan Karatsev -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev
This will be the 4th time that Zhizhen Zhang and Aslan Karatsev play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Karatsev (see full H2H stats), but Zhang has a winning record of 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Karatsev won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tokyo back in 2023.
Zhizhen Zhang
24 - 26win/loss
45
31
| 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. 46, the Chinese will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Bergs in the 1st round on the 3rd of October.
The Chinese has a composed 24-25 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Hangzhou.
Talking about his overall career, Zhizhen has an overall 299-241 record. He has a negative 12-17 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Aslan Karatsev
10 - 15win/loss
287
14
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-18 | 6-9 | 1-4 | 5-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-22 | 13-10 | 14-5 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-31 | 8-9 | 5-9 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-20 | 23-9 | 9-6 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 7-4 | 17-2 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 139, the Russian reached the 1st round after beating Filip Misolic 6-2 7-5, Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 6-3 and Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 7-6(2).
In the qualifications, Aslan had a good straight sets win against Moro Canas (6-4 6-3). During the match Karatsev scored 62 points vs Moro Canas’s 48. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Karatsev made 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aslan Karatsev lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Karatsev put 60% of his first serves in, winning 90% (26/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Moro Canas 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Karatsev has an aggregate 9-15 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel EvansEvans – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – Yuki Bhambri/Albano OlivettiBhambri/Albano Olivetti (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Justin EngelEngel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna CoricCoric – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli/Arjun KadheChoudary Bollipalli/Arjun Kadhe – Marco Bortolotti/Patrik Niklas-SalminenBortolotti/Patrik Niklas-Salminen (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander Shevchenko/Timofey SkatovShevchenko/Timofey Skatov – Evan King/Reese StalderKing/Reese Stalder (6-1 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel EvansEvans (5-4) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction