Bernard Tomic and Michael Zheng will play each other in the 1^st round of the Newport Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 9:00 pm on CENTER COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Zheng who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michael Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Michael Zheng -> 1.86
Bernard Tomic -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Bernard Tomic vs. Michael Zheng

This will be the 2^nd time that Bernard Tomic and Michael Zheng play each other. The head to head is 1-0

for Tomic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Tomic won 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in the Chicago Challenger back in 2023.

Bernard Tomic

20 - 18win/loss

Hard

10-10

I Hard

0-0

Clay

6-7

Grass

4-1

Rank
184

High
17

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	26-23	15-14	6-7	0-0	5-2	0-0
2024	50-29	34-19	12-5	4-4	0-1	0-0
2023	41-27	35-19	4-4	2-4	0-0	0-0
2022	26-12	24-7	2-4	0-0	0-1	0-0
2021	9-12	4-4	2-4	2-3	1-1	0-0

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Ranked no. 214, Tomic will start his run in the Newport Challenger after he played his last match in the Cary Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Bigun in the 1^st round on the 1^st of July.

Bernard has a compiled 19-18 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Bernard’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Nottingham.

Talking about his overall career, Tomic has an overall 475-360 record. He has a positive 74-46 record on grass.

Previously in the Newport Challenger

Tomic has never competed in this tournament before.

Newport Challenger

Tomic's Record

Michael Zheng

10 - 5win/loss

Hard

8-3

I Hard

2-1

Grass

0-1

Rank
416

High
416

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	17-7	15-5	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

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Ranked no. 498 (career-high), Michael will start his run in the Newport Challenger after he played his last match in the Cary Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Wu in the quarter on the 4^th of July.

Michael has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS)

This will be the first match of the year on grass.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Little Rock Challenger.

In terms of his career, The American has an overall 50-32 record. He has a flat 0-0 record on grass.

Newport Challenger

Zheng's Record

Tennis Scores in Newport Challenger

Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-1 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Patrick MaloneyMaloney – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
Aidan MayoMayo – Dan MartinMartin (7-5 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Evan ZhuZhu (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Christopher EubanksEubanks – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Omar JasikaJasika – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Brandon HoltHolt – (3-0) – H2H and prediction
Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Alex BoltBolt (3-0) – H2H and prediction