Eliot Spizzirri and Michael Zheng will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliot Spizzirri who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Eliot Spizzirri is the pick to win this match.
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.75
Michael Zheng -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. Michael Zheng

There is no head to head record between Eliot Spizzirri and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 131, the American got to the 2^nd round after beating Rei Sakamoto 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Sakamoto, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Spizzirri scored 103 points vs Sakamoto’s 97. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Spizzirri scored 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 67% of his first serves in, winning 73% (46/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. Spizzirri broke Sakamoto 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).

Spizzirri has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (94-61). 14-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Spizzirri has an overall64-35 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the San Diego Challenger where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.

The American has an aggregate 30-21 win-loss record in 2025, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger

Michael Zheng

Ranked no. 453 (career-high), Zheng reached the 2^nd round after defeating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Pacheco Mendez (7-5 6-2). During the match Zheng scored 70 points vs Pacheco Mendez’s 55. Michael was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Zheng recorded 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Michael Zheng was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Pacheco Mendez 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Little Rock Challenger.

The American has an aggregate 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Spizzirri	Zheng
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	28	20
Pts	103-97	70-55
Total Points	200	125
Winners	46	30
%Winners	45%	43%

Both Spizzirri and Zheng played 1 match. At the moment, Eliot Spizzirri dropped 1 set while Michael Zheng hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Spizzirri has played 1 set more than Zheng (3 vs 2). Therefore, Spizzirri played 8 games more than Zheng. Spizzirri scored 46 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Zheng managed to score 30 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Spizzirri	Zheng
Aces	4	10
Avg per match	4	10
1st in	63/94	40/63
%1st in	67%	63%
1st pts	46/63	30/40
%1st pts	73%	75%
2nd pts	12/31	12/23
%2nd pts	39%	52%

Spizzirri blasted 4 aces . Zheng managed to score 10 aces . Spizzirri won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Spizzirri	Zheng
Won	4	4
Converted	4/15	4/8
% Converted	27%	50%
Conceded	10	5
Saved	7	4
% Saved	70%	80%
Times Broken	3	1

Spizzirri broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Spizzirri dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Zheng broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zheng conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Spizzirri
	R1 Sakamoto	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	103-97	103-97
Total points	200	200
Winners	46	46
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	63/94	63/94
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	46/63	46/63
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	12/31	12/31
% 2nd pts	39%	39%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/15	4/15
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Zheng
	R1 Pacheco	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	70-55	70-55
Total points	125	125
Winners	30	30
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	40/63	40/63
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	30/40	30/40
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Bloomfield Hills Challenger

• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Nicolas Ian KotzenIan Kotzen (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Aidan MayoMayo – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Tsung-Hao HuangHuang (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (7-6¹¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Alex BoltBolt (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-4 6-7² 6-3) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Omar JasikaJasika (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-7³ 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Hady HabibHabib (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Aidan MayoMayo – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (7-6(11) 6-2) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Nicolas Ian KotzenIan Kotzen (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Tsung-Hao HuangHuang (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Alex BoltBolt (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Omar JasikaJasika (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Tung-Lin WuWu – Li TuTu (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – (1-0) – H2H and prediction