Patrick Zahraj and Kenny de Schepper will square off in the 2nd round of the Nottingham 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Zahraj who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Patrick Zahraj is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Zahraj -> 1.34
Kenny de Schepper -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Patrick Zahraj vs. Kenny de Schepper
There is no head to head record between Patrick Zahraj and Kenny de Schepper since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Patrick Zahraj
25 - 20win/loss
270
270
LLLLLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-26 | 0-1 | 5-13 | 17-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-31 | 9-5 | 17-15 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 28-16 | 4-3 | 15-10 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 280, the German reached the 2nd round after defeating William Jansen 6-4 6-2, Dylan Dietrich 6-4 6-1 and Axel Nefve 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Patrick had a good straight sets win against Nefve (6-4 6-4). During the match, Zahraj scored 72 points vs Nefve’s 56. Zahraj was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zahraj managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Patrick Zahraj lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zahraj put 59% of his first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Patrick broke Nefve 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Zahraj has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (133-99). 4-3 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zahraj has a compiled4-3 match record in the last 8 years on grass.
Patrick’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Pau Challenger.
Zahraj has a composed 25-20 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 3 Challenger
Zahraj has never competed in this tournament before.
Kenny de Schepper
18 - 18win/loss
622
62
LWLLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-21 | 6-7 | 7-6 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-31 | 14-9 | 4-8 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 627, De Schepper got to the 2nd round after beating Matteo Martineau 7-6(5) 7-6(7).
In the 1st round, De Schepper had a good straight sets win against Martineau (7-65 7-67). During the match de Schepper scored 92 points vs Martineau’s 90. Kenny was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, de Schepper made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kenny de Schepper was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (50/66) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. De Schepper broke Martineau once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Kenny’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
De Schepper has a composed 18-18 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zahraj | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 26 |
| Pts | 200-142 | 92-90 |
| Total Points | 342 | 182 |
| Winners | 65 | 50 |
| %Winners | 33% | 54% |
Zahraj played 3 matches while de Schepper competed in 1 match. Zahraj started his run from the qualifications while de Schepper had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Zahraj has played 4 sets more than de Schepper (6 vs 2). Therefore, Zahraj played 29 games more than de Schepper. The German scored 65 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 50 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zahraj | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 84/153 | 66/100 |
| %1st in | 55% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 65/84 | 50/66 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 42/69 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 56% |
Zahraj made 10 aces (3.3 per match). de Schepper fired 6 aces . Zahraj won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, de Schepper won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zahraj | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 1 |
| Converted | 13/28 | 1/5 |
| % Converted | 46% | 20% |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Patrick broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. The German lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zahraj | |||||
| Q1 Jansen |
Q3 Dietrich |
R1 Nefve |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 20 | 55 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 66-43 | 72-56 | 200-142 | |
| Total points | 105 | 109 | 128 | 342 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | 29 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 27% | 40% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 18/43 | 27/44 | 39/66 | 84/153 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 61% | 59% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 18/18 | 18/27 | 29/39 | 65/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 67% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 11/17 | 13/27 | 42/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 65% | 48% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 6/12 | 4/7 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 57% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 60% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| de Schepper | |||||
| R1 Martineau |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-67 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |||
| pts | 92-90 | 92-90 | |||
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |||
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |||
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |||
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |||
| 1st in | 66/100 | 66/100 | |||
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |||
| 1st pts | 50/66 | 50/66 | |||
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |||
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |||
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |||
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |||
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |||
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |||
| Saved % | 83% | 28% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |||
Head 2 Head
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