Daniil Glinka and Michael Zheng will face off in the 2nd round of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT 15. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Zheng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Michael Zheng -> 1.191
Daniil Glinka -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Glinka vs. Michael Zheng
There is no head to head record between Daniil Glinka and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Daniil Glinka
28 - 13win/loss
408
390
WWWLLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-13 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2024 | 37-29 | 19-14 | 0-1 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 18-14 | 0-1 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2022 | 23-29 | 17-22 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 29-31 | 9-14 | 12-11 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 408, Daniil got to the 2nd round after beating Braden Shick 3-6 6-2 6-4, Moerani Bouzige 3-6 6-2 6-3 and William Manning 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Manning, The Estonian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-4). During the match, Glinka scored 114 points vs Manning’s 103. Glinka was very aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Glinka bagged 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Daniil Glinka was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (55/76) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Daniil broke Manning 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Glinka has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (204-167). 11-7 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Glinka has an aggregate96-88 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Estonian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Trento and M25 Trimbach.
Glinka has a compiled 28-13 win-loss record in 2025, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Michael Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-3 | 7-2 | 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. 498 (career-high), Zheng got to the 2nd round after beating Alexander Henry Visser 6-4 6-4, Will Mayew 6-1 6-0 and Omar Jasika 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Jasika (6-2 6-2). During the match Zheng scored 59 points vs Jasika’s 38. Zheng was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Zheng fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Michael Zheng was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Jasika 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Zheng’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Little Rock Challenger.
Michael has an overall 9-3 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Glinka | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 85 | 49 |
| Pts | 286-247 | 185-121 |
| Total Points | 533 | 306 |
| Winners | 118 | 69 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Glinka and Zheng played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Daniil Glinka dropped 3 sets while Michael Zheng hasn’t conceded a set so far. Glinka has played 3 sets more than Zheng (9 vs 6). Therefore, Glinka played 36 games more than Zheng. Daniil scored 118 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Zheng recorded 69 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Glinka | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 163/258 | 90/141 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 118/163 | 69/90 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 54/95 | 31/51 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 61% |
Glinka recorded 24 aces (8 per match). Zheng fired 9 aces (3 per match). Glinka won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Glinka | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 13 |
| Converted | 14/27 | 13/29 |
| % Converted | 52% | 45% |
| Conceded | 19 | 6 |
| Saved | 11 | 4 |
| % Saved | 58% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 |
Glinka broke his opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. Daniil lost his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Zheng conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Glinka | |||||
| Q1 Shick |
Q3 Bouzige |
R1 Manning |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 26 | 32 | 85 | |
| pts | 88-72 | 84-72 | 114-103 | 286-247 | |
| Total points | 160 | 156 | 217 | 533 | |
| Winners | 32 | 31 | 55 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% | 48% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 12 | 8 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 45/79 | 76/107 | 163/258 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 57% | 71% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 31/45 | 55/76 | 118/163 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 69% | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 20/34 | 16/31 | 54/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 59% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/7 | 4/9 | 14/27 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 71% | 44% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 2/5 | 5/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 40% | 71% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Zheng | |||||
| Q1 Henry |
Q3 Mayew |
R1 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-0 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 13 | 16 | 49 | |
| pts | 68-55 | 58-28 | 59-38 | 185-121 | |
| Total points | 123 | 86 | 97 | 306 | |
| Winners | 24 | 22 | 23 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 25/35 | 32/49 | 90/141 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 71% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 22/25 | 23/32 | 69/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 88% | 72% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 6/10 | 10/17 | 31/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 60% | 59% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/11 | 5/11 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 67% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
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