Colton Smith and Tyler Zink will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Citi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:00 am on GRANDSTAND. 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 Colton Smith who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Colton Smith is the pick to win this match.
Colton Smith -> 1.161
Tyler Zink -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Colton Smith vs. Tyler Zink
This will be the 2nd time that Colton Smith and Tyler Zink clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Smith (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Smith won 3-6 6-3 6-0 in the semifinal in M25 Dallas back in 2024.
Colton Smith
25 - 11win/loss
134
134
LLWWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-15 | 10-8 | 4-2 | 5-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-11 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 135, Colton reached the qualifications after beating Andrew Fenty 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Fenty (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match, Smith scored 90 points vs Fenty’s 83. Smith was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Smith blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Colton Smith lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Smith put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the 2nd serve. Colton was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Fenty 4 times.
Smith has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 71% of his matches (63-26). 6-4 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Smith has a composed32-13 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Cleveland Challenger where he defeated Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.
The American has an overall 24-11 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Colton has never competed in this tournament before.
Tyler Zink
27 - 19win/loss
328
301
LLLWWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-22 | 8-10 | 15-9 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-12 | 13-7 | 9-1 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-14 | 11-11 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-9 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 304 (career-high), the American got to the qualifications after defeating Taro Daniel 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Daniel (7-65 6-4). During the match Zink scored 73 points vs Daniel’s 62. Zink was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Zink struck 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tyler Zink was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 88% (43/49) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zink broke Daniel once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Tyler’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Orange Park.
The American has an aggregate 27-18 win-loss record in 2025, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Smith | Zink |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 23 |
| Pts | 90-83 | 73-62 |
| Total Points | 173 | 135 |
| Winners | 34 | 43 |
| %Winners | 38% | 59% |
Both Smith and Zink played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Colton Smith lost 1 set while Tyler Zink hasn’t dropped a set so far. Smith has played 1 set more than Zink (3 vs 2). Therefore, Smith played 5 games more than Zink. Colton scored 34 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Zink bagged 43 winners (59%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Smith | Zink |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 13 |
| 1st in | 50/90 | 49/62 |
| %1st in | 56% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 43/49 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 54% |
Smith blasted 7 aces . Zink struck 13 aces . Smith won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Zink won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Smith | Zink |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 1/3 |
| % Converted | 100% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 57% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Colton broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Smith conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Zink broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Smith | |||
| Q1 Fenty |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 90-83 | 90-83 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 50/90 | 50/90 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Zink | |||
| Q1 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 73-62 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 59% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/62 | 49/62 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 43/49 | 43/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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