Eliot Spizzirri and Evan Zhu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Newport Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT 2. 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 Eliot Spizzirri who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Eliot Spizzirri is the pick to win this match.
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.22
Evan Zhu -> 3.92
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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. Evan Zhu
This will be the 2nd time that Eliot Spizzirri and Evan Zhu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Spizzirri (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Spizzirri won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in M15 Edwardsville back in 2021.
Eliot Spizzirri
23 - 19win/loss
125
114
LLWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-24 | 19-11 | 7-6 | 4-1 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-17 | 28-11 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-10 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 128, the American will start his run in the Newport Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 7-6(5) 2-6 6-2 to Bolt in the qualifications on the 25th of June.
The American has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2025, 2-5 on grass (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the San Diego Challenger where he overcame Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Eliot has an overall 87-59 record. He has a negative 3-7 record on grass.
Previously in the Newport Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-21 | 14-15 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 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. 577, the American will start his run in the Newport Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Los Angeles where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Dickerson in the 1st round on the 1st of July.
Zhu has an overall 17-19 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 225-215 record. He has a negative 0-2 record on grass.
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