Tianhui Zhang and Arthur Cazaux will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.056
Tianhui Zhang -> 7.8

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Prediction and head to head Tianhui Zhang vs. Arthur Cazaux

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

Tianhui Zhang

Currently unranked, the Chinese reached the 2^nd round after beating Tsung-Hao Huang 6-2 4-6 6-2, Zura Tkemaladze 7-5 6-2 and Philip Sekulic 3-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Sekulic, Zhang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Zhang scored 98 points vs Sekulic’s 93. Zhang was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhang bagged 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Tianhui Zhang was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (41/58) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Tianhui broke Sekulic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Zhang has a winning match record in the last 2 years having won 52% of his matches (13-12). 10-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has a composed13-12 win-loss record in the last 2 years on hard.

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

Tianhui has a composed 10-7 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger

Tianhui has never competed in this tournament before.

Arthur Cazaux

Ranked no. 87, Cazaux got to the 2^nd round after beating Yaojie Zeng 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Zeng (6-3 6-2). During the match Cazaux scored 57 points vs Zeng’s 33. Arthur was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Cazaux made 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Arthur Cazaux was pretty efficient on serve to win 92% (22/24) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Arthur broke Zeng 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

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

The French player has a composed 24-21 win-loss record in 2024, 22-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhang	Cazaux
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	8	2
Tot Games	76	17
Pts	261-223	57-33
Total Points	484	90
Winners	101	22
%Winners	39%	39%

Zhang played 3 matches while Cazaux competed in 1 match. Zhang started his run from the qualifications while Cazaux had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tianhui Zhang conceded 2 sets while Arthur Cazaux hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhang has played 6 sets more than Cazaux (8 vs 2). Therefore, Zhang played 59 games more than Cazaux. The Chinese scored 101 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 22 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhang	Cazaux
Aces	19	9
Avg per match	6.3	9
1st in	140/227	24/43
%1st in	62%	56%
1st pts	101/140	22/24
%1st pts	72%	92%
2nd pts	47/87	12/19
%2nd pts	54%	63%

Zhang fired 19 aces (6.3 per match). Cazaux managed to score 9 aces . Zhang won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Cazaux won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zhang	Cazaux
Won	14	4
Converted	14/38	4/8
% Converted	37%	50%
Conceded	16	1
Saved	9	0
% Saved	56%	0%
Times Broken	7	1

The Chinese broke his opponents 14 times with a 37% conversion rate. Tianhui lost his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Arthur broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhang
	Q1 Huang	Q3 Tkemaladze	R1 Sekulic	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 6-2	7-5 6-2	3-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	26	20	30	76
pts	83-67	80-63	98-93	261-223
Total points	150	143	191	484
Winners	29	31	41	101
%Winners	35%	39%	42%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	7	19
Double Faults	6	4	4	14
1st in	38/66	44/65	58/96	140/227
% 1st in	58%	68%	60%	62%
1st pts	29/38	31/44	41/58	101/140
% 1st pts	76%	70%	71%	72%
2nd pts	17/28	10/21	20/38	47/87
% 2nd pts	61%	48%	53%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	5	4	14
Converted	5/11	5/16	4/11	14/38
Converted %	45%	31%	36%	37%
Conceded	2	8	6	16
Saved	0/2	6/8	3/6	9
Saved %	0%	75%	50%	42%
Times Broken	2	2	3	7

Cazaux
	R1 Zeng	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	57-33	57-33
Total points	90	90
Winners	22	22
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	24/43	24/43
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	22/24	22/24
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

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• Adam WaltonWalton – Fajing SunSun (7-6⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

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