Yibing Wu and Michael Zheng will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cary Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 13. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yibing Wu who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yibing Wu is the pick to win this match.
Yibing Wu -> 1.4
Michael Zheng -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Yibing Wu vs. Michael Zheng

This will be the 2nd time that Yibing Wu and Michael Zheng play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wu (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Wu won 7-6(4) 7-5

in the final in M15 Orange Park back in 2022.

Yibing Wu

Yibing Wu

12 - 3win/loss

Hard
10-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-2
Rank
243
High
54
WWLWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-5 14-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 9-5 7-4 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 18-17 5-7 3-5 9-1 1-4 0-0
2022 40-7 20-5 10-2 10-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 285, Yibing reached the quarter after beating Ian Mayew 6-3 6-3 and Kaylan Bigun 7-5 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Wu had a good straight sets win against Bigun (7-5 6-2). During the match, Wu scored 73 points vs Bigun’s 54. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Wu scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Yibing Wu was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Wu broke Bigun 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Wu hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Wu has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (131-74). 9-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wu has an aggregate78-48 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he defeated Yi Zhou in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3.

Wu has a compiled 11-3 win-loss record in 2025, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

Yibing has never competed in this tournament before.

Cary Challenger
Wu's Record

Michael Zheng

Michael Zheng
Michael Zheng

10 - 4win/loss

Hard
8-3
I Hard
2-1
Rank
453
High
453
WLLWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-5 9-3 0-0 2-1 0-1 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 quarter after defeating Alexander Henry Visser 6-4 6-4, Will Mayew 6-1 6-0, Omar Jasika 6-2 6-2 and Daniil Glinka 6-4 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Glinka (6-4 6-4). During the match Zheng scored 74 points vs Glinka’s 65. Michael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Zheng fired 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Michael Zheng lost the serve twice and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Glinka 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Michael started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Zheng’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Little Rock Challenger.

The American has a compiled 10-3 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cary Challenger
Zheng's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Y.Wu
M.Zheng
2h:59
2h:59
Time on court​
!
5h:19
5h:19
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
38
38
Games Played​
69
69
4
4
Set played​​
8
8
140
140
Total points​
259
259
70
70
Avg point​
64.8
64.8
42
42
Winners
101
101
21
21
Avg Winners​
25.3
25.3
30%
30%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
13
13
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
42/51
42/51
1st won total​
101/140
101/140
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
30/56
30/56
2nd won total​
46/80
46/80
54%
54%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
9/21
9/21
BP won
17/36
17/36
4.5/10.5
4.5/10.5
Avg BP won
4.3/9
4.3/9
43%
43%
Won
47%
47%
8
8
Conceded
20
20
4
4
Avg Conceded
5
5
3
3
Broken
4
4
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
16
16

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Wu Zheng
Match played 2 4
Tot Set 4 8
Tot Games 38 69
Pts 140-106 259-186
Total Points 246 445
Winners 42 101
%Winners 30% 39%

Wu played 2 matches while Zheng competed in 4 matches. Zheng started his run from the qualifications while Wu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Wu has played 4 set(s) less than Zheng (4 vs 8). Therefore, Wu played 31 games less than Zheng. Wu scored 42 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 101 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Wu Zheng
Aces 5 13
Avg per match 2.5 3.3
1st in 51/107 140/220
%1st in 48% 64%
1st pts 42/51 101/140
%1st pts 82% 72%
2nd pts 30/56 46/80
%2nd pts 54% 58%

Wu made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Zheng scored 13 aces (3.3 per match). Wu won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Wu Zheng
Won 9 17
Converted 9/21 17/36
% Converted 43% 47%
Conceded 8 20
Saved 5 16
% Saved 63% 80%
Times Broken 3 4

Wu broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Wu surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. Zheng conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Wu
R1
Mayew
R2
Bigun
Total
Score 6-3 6-3 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 20 38
pts 67-52 73-54 140-106
Total points 119 127 246
Winners 20 22 42
%Winners 30% 30% 30%
SERVE
Aces 4 1 5
Double Faults 3 5 8
1st in 24/53 27/54 51/107
% 1st in 45% 50% 48%
1st pts 20/24 22/27 42/51
% 1st pts 83% 81% 82%
2nd pts 16/29 14/27 30/56
% 2nd pts 55% 52% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/10 5/11 9/21
Converted % 40% 45% 43%
Conceded 5 3 8
Saved 4/5 1/3 5
Saved % 80% 33% 57%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Zheng
Q1
Henry
Q3
Mayew
R1
Jasika
R2
Glinka
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 20 13 16 20 69
pts 68-55 58-28 59-38 74-65 259-186
Total points 123 86 97 139 445
Winners 24 22 23 32 101
%Winners 35% 38% 39% 43% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 5 2 4 13
Double Faults 2 1 2 0 5
1st in 33/57 25/35 32/49 50/79 140/220
% 1st in 58% 71% 65% 63% 64%
1st pts 24/33 22/25 23/32 32/50 101/140
% 1st pts 73% 88% 72% 64% 72%
2nd pts 15/24 6/10 10/17 15/29 46/80
% 2nd pts 63% 60% 59% 52% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 5 5 4 17
Converted 3/7 5/11 5/11 4/7 17/36
Converted % 43% 45% 45% 57% 47%
Conceded 3 0 3 14 20
Saved 2/3 0/0 2/3 12/14 16
Saved % 67% 67% 86% 110%
Times Broken 1 0 1 2 4

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