Patrick Zahraj and Mae Malige will face off in the 2^nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on JEAN JAURES. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Zahraj who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Patrick Zahraj is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Zahraj -> 1.43
Mae Malige -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Patrick Zahraj vs. Mae Malige

There is no head to head record between Patrick Zahraj and Mae Malige since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Patrick Zahraj

Ranked no. 319, Patrick reached the 2^nd round after beating Maxence Beauge 7-6(2) 7-6(5), Tom Gentzsch 6-1 6-4 and Alexey Vatutin 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Zahraj had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (6-1 6-4). During the match, Zahraj scored 60 points vs Vatutin’s 38. Zahraj was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zahraj struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Patrick Zahraj was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Vatutin 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Zahraj has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (123-87). 15-7 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zahraj has a compiled39-21 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Zahraj’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Pau Challenger.

Patrick has a composed 15-8 win-loss record in 2025, 15-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

Zahraj has never competed in this tournament before.

Mae Malige

Ranked no. 568 (career-high), the French player got to the 2^nd round after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 6-3 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Malige defeated Zhukayev (6-3 2-6 6-4).During the match Malige scored less points (5) than Zhukayev. In fact, the world no. 319 won 82 points vs Zhukayev’s. That means that Malige was more focused during the important points. Mae was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Malige made 3 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Mae Malige lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Malige put 54% of his first serves in, winning 79% (42/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (18/45) on the 2nd serve. Mae broke Zhukayev twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Mae’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Bressuire.

The French player has a compiled 12-8 win-loss record in 2025, 10-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zahraj	Malige
Match played	2	1
Tot Set	4	3
Tot Games	43	27
Pts	145-115	82-87
Total Points	260	169
Winners	69	42
%Winners	48%	51%

Zahraj played 2 matches while Malige competed in 1 match. Zahraj started his run from the qualifications while Malige had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mae Malige surrendered 1 set while Patrick Zahraj hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zahraj has played 1 set more than Malige (4 vs 3). Therefore, Zahraj played 16 games more than Malige. Zahraj scored 69 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Malige managed to score 42 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zahraj	Malige
Aces	13	3
Avg per match	6.5	3
1st in	86/130	53/98
%1st in	66%	54%
1st pts	69/86	42/53
%1st pts	80%	79%
2nd pts	28/44	18/45
%2nd pts	64%	40%

Zahraj recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Malige recorded 3 aces . Zahraj won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Malige won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zahraj	Malige
Won	4	2
Converted	4/9	2/6
% Converted	44%	33%
Conceded	6	7
Saved	5	5
% Saved	83%	71%
Times Broken	1	2

Zahraj broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Zahraj surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Malige broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Zahraj
	Q1 Beauge	Q3 Gentzsch	R1 Vatutin	Total
Score	7-62 7-65	6-1 6-4	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	26	17	17	60
pts	85-77	–	60-38	145-115
Total points	162	0	98	260
Winners	44		25	69
%Winners	52%	0%	42%	48%
SERVE
Aces	8	0	5	13
Double Faults	5		1	6
1st in	55/81	/	31/49	86/130
% 1st in	68%	0%	63%	66%
1st pts	44/55	/	25/31	69/86
% 1st pts	80%	0%	81%	80%
2nd pts	17/26	/	11/18	28/44
% 2nd pts	65%	0%	61%	64%
Breaks
Won	0		4	4
Converted	0/4	/	4/5	4/9
Converted %	0%	0%	80%	44%
Conceded	3		3	6
Saved	3/3	0/	2/3	5
Saved %	100%	–	67%	56%
Times Broken	0		1	1

Malige
	R1 Zhukayev	Total
Score	6-3 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	82-87	82-87
Total points	169	169
Winners	42	42
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	53/98	53/98
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	42/53	42/53
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	18/45	18/45
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	24%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Cherbourg Challenger

• Arthur FeryFery – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-7² 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrien GobatGobat – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Loann MassardMassard – Tom GentzschGentzsch (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Philip HenningHenning (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Mae MaligeMalige – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Loann MassardMassard – Tom GentzschGentzsch (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrien GobatGobat – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression

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