Maximilian Neuchrist and Evan Zhu will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Morelia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maximilian Neuchrist who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maximilian Neuchrist is the pick to win this match.
Maximilian Neuchrist -> 1.54
Evan Zhu -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Maximilian Neuchrist vs. Evan Zhu
There is no head to head record between Maximilian Neuchrist and Evan Zhu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Maximilian Neuchrist
8 - 5win/loss
413
182
LWWLLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-13 | 5-4 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 18-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 6-11 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 15-8 | 26-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 27-10 | 1-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 479, Maximilian reached the qualifications after defeating Ray Ho 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Maximilian had a good straight sets win against Ho (6-4 6-2). During the match, Neuchrist scored 69 points vs Ho’s 53. Neuchrist was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Neuchrist fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Maximilian Neuchrist conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 75% of his first serves in, win 89% (32/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (4/12) on the 2nd serve. Maximilian broke Ho 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Neuchrist has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (285-180). 3-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Neuchrist has an aggregate 131-72 record in the last years on hard.
Neuchrist’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.
Maximilian has an overall 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelia Challenger
Neuchrist has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-18 | 14-13 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-22 | 22-16 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-32 | 21-21 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-31 | 14-13 | 25-12 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-20 | 9-15 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 630, will start his run in the Morelia Challenger after he played his last match in the Morelia Challenger where he beat 6-4 3-6 6-0 to Cressy in the qualifications on the 23rd of March.
Zhu has a composed 6-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Zhu has an overall 214-204 record. He has a positive 133-131 record on hard.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Neuchrist | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 |
| Pts | 69-53 | 90-76 |
| Total Points | 122 | 166 |
| Winners | 32 | 29 |
| %Winners | 46% | 32% |
Both Neuchrist and Zhu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Evan Zhu dropped 1 set while Maximilian Neuchrist hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Neuchrist has played 1 set(s) less than Zhu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Neuchrist played 7 games less than Zhu. Maximilian scored 32 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Zhu struck 29 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Neuchrist | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 36/48 | 34/78 |
| %1st in | 75% | 44% |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 29/34 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 4/12 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 55% |
Neuchrist recorded 6 aces . Zhu recorded 3 aces . Neuchrist won 89% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Neuchrist | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/13 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 23% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Maximilian broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Neuchrist pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Evan broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zhu conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Neuchrist | |||
| Q1 Ho |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 69-53 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 32/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/13 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhu | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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