Grigor Dimitrov tops Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in Vienna on Wednesday. Dimitrov will engage against Tomas Machac in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Dimitrov added to his prize money € 16,860 after winning this match. He has already won € 36,130 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dimitrov will add € 31,550 to his earnings to get in total € 67,680 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Zhizhen Zhang Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 75 points vs. the Chinese’s 61.
Dimitrov
The Bulgarian served extremely well to win 83% of the points (34/41) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (14/27) on his second serve. The Bulgarian blasted 12 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Dimitrov won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Zhang
On the other side, Zhang was struggling when converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Dimitrov and Zhang is 1-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Tomas Machac – stats
Dimitrov will play Machac in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Dimitrov had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Zhizhen Zhang in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Bulgarian managed to stage a good comeback to break the Chinese in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Grigor failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
The Bulgarian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Zhizhen converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 0th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 63 points. Grigor was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Zhizhen (38-25). Grigor lost 8 points on serve (25-8). On the losing side, the Chinese conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Grigor conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
The Bulgarian was unable to convert any of the 6 conquered break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Zhizhen was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 73 points. The contest during this set was so even that Grigor won only 1 point more than Zhizhen (37-36). Grigor conceded 12 points on serve (23-12). On the losing side, Zhang conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-4)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 7-5)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-65 6-1)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 6-4)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-6 6-2 6-2)
- Marcos GironGiron – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-64 6-3)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-66 6-2)
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Quentin HalysHalys (7-65 6-3)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-2)
- Jack DraperDraper – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-65 7-5)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 7-64)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-2 6-4)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-2 6-2)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-5 6-4)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-61 6-3)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-63 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H details and stats