Patrick Kypson and Michael Zheng will square off in the final of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Kypson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Patrick Kypson is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Kypson -> 1.71
Michael Zheng -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Patrick Kypson vs. Michael Zheng
There is no head to head record between Patrick Kypson and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Patrick Kypson
17 - 4win/loss
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WWWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-4 | 13-2 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-27 | 8-11 | 4-7 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 10-11 | 17-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-14 | 13-7 | 2-2 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-11 | 4-2 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 344, Kypson got to the final after beating Dane Sweeny 6-3 7-5, Alvin Nicholas Tudorica 6-1 6-1, Mitchell Krueger 6-3 4-6 6-4, Tyler Zink 6-4 6-4, Rio Noguchi 6-1 6-2 and Andres Andrade 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against Andrade (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kypson scored 63 points vs Andrade’s 47. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kypson scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Patrick Kypson was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Patrick broke Andrade 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kypson started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Kypson has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (218-128). 9-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kypson has a compiled 79-58 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Bogota Challenger where he defeated Pedro Sakamoto in the final 6-1 6-3.
Patrick has an aggregate 16-4 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Michael Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-6 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-11 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 723, Zheng got to the final after beating Christian Langmo 6-2 6-2, Adria Soriano Barrera 6-2 6-1, Andres Martin 6-4 6-2 and Liam Draxl 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, Michael had a good straight sets win against Draxl (6-4 6-4). During the match Zheng scored 74 points vs Draxl’s 65. Zheng was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng bagged 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Michael Zheng lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Draxl 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Zheng has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kypson | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 13 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 116 | 69 |
| Pts | 402-308 | 256-179 |
| Total Points | 710 | 435 |
| Winners | 175 | 89 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Kypson played 6 matches while Zheng competed in 4 matches. Kypson started his run from the qualifications while Zheng had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Patrick Kypson dropped 1 set while Michael Zheng hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kypson has played 5 sets more than Zheng (13 vs 8). Therefore, Kypson played 47 games more than Zheng. The American scored 175 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Michael struck 89 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kypson | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 44 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 7.3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 222/356 | 114/183 |
| %1st in | 62% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 175/222 | 89/114 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 76/134 | 46/69 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 67% |
Kypson fired 44 aces (7.3 per match). Zheng managed to score 12 aces (3 per match). Kypson won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kypson | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 21 | 17 |
| Converted | 21/44 | 17/35 |
| % Converted | 48% | 49% |
| Conceded | 20 | 7 |
| Saved | 16 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 21 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kypson surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. Zheng conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kypson | ||||||||
| Q1 Sweeny |
Q3 Nicholas |
R1 Krueger |
R2 Zink |
1/4 Noguchi |
1/2 Andrade |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 14 | 29 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 116 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 58-28 | 98-89 | 59-57 | 55-32 | 63-47 | 402-308 | |
| Total points | 124 | 86 | 187 | 116 | 87 | 110 | 710 | |
| Winners | 33 | 21 | 39 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 175 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 36% | 40% | 39% | 51% | 49% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 44 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 40/66 | 26/44 | 51/86 | 31/54 | 32/43 | 42/63 | 222/356 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 59% | 59% | 57% | 74% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 21/26 | 39/51 | 23/31 | 28/32 | 31/42 | 175/222 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 76% | 74% | 88% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 9/18 | 23/35 | 13/23 | 5/11 | 12/21 | 76/134 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 50% | 66% | 57% | 45% | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/9 | 2/10 | 3/7 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 21/44 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 20% | 43% | 67% | 75% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 7/7 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 80% | 0% | – | 100% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Zheng | ||||||||
| R1 Langmo |
R2 Soriano |
1/4 Martin |
1/2 Draxl |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 69 | |||
| pts | 66-44 | 59-34 | 57-36 | 74-65 | 256-179 | |||
| Total points | 110 | 93 | 93 | 139 | 435 | |||
| Winners | 28 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 89 | |||
| %Winners | 42% | 31% | 35% | 31% | 35% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1st in | 36/48 | 22/34 | 22/40 | 34/61 | 114/183 | |||
| % 1st in | 75% | 65% | 55% | 56% | 62% | |||
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 18/22 | 20/22 | 23/34 | 89/114 | |||
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 91% | 68% | 78% | |||
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 10/12 | 13/18 | 16/27 | 46/69 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 83% | 72% | 59% | 67% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |||
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/13 | 4/7 | 4/9 | 17/35 | |||
| Converted % | 67% | 38% | 57% | 44% | 49% | |||
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 4 | |||
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | 67% | 11% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
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