Jerome Kym and Michael Zheng will square off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Zheng who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michael Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Michael Zheng -> 1.8
Jerome Kym -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Jerome Kym vs. Michael Zheng

There is no head to head record between Jerome Kym and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jerome Kym

Ranked no. 176, Jerome reached the qualifications after beating Carlos Taberner 7-6(2) 6-1.

In the qualifications, Jerome had a good straight sets win against Taberner (7-6² 6-1). During the match, Kym scored 77 points vs Taberner’s 57. The Swiss was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kym scored 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jerome Kym was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (29/33) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kym broke Taberner 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Kym has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (151-78). 2-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kym has a composed33-11 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Kym’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Mauthausen Challenger,the Vicenza Challenger,the Modena Challenger and the Hagen Challenger.

The Swiss has a composed 20-17 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Michael Zheng

Ranked no. 322 (career-high), the American got to the qualifications after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Michael had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-2 6-3). During the match Zheng scored 66 points vs Uchiyama’s 43. The American was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Zheng made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Michael Zheng was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zheng broke Uchiyama 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Chicago Challenger where he overcame Yu Hsiou Hsu in the final 6-4 6-2.

The American has a compiled 19-7 win-loss record in 2025, 17-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kym	Zheng
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	17
Pts	77-57	66-43
Total Points	134	109
Winners	29	18
%Winners	38%	27%

Both Kym and Zheng played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kym and Zheng have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kym played 3 games more than Zheng. Kym scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 18 winners (27%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kym	Zheng
Aces	11	3
Avg per match	11	3
1st in	33/56	21/40
%1st in	59%	53%
1st pts	29/33	18/21
%1st pts	88%	86%
2nd pts	12/23	12/19
%2nd pts	52%	63%

Kym bagged 11 aces . Zheng fired 3 aces . Kym won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kym	Zheng
Won	4	5
Converted	4/6	5/12
% Converted	67%	42%
Conceded	4	3
Saved	3	2
% Saved	75%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Kym broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kym conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Kym
	Q1 Taberner	Total
Score	7-62 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	77-57	77-57
Total points	134	134
Winners	29	29
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/56	33/56
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	29/33	29/33
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Zheng
	Q1 Uchiyama	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	66-43	66-43
Total points	109	109
Winners	18	18
%Winners	27%	27%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	21/40	21/40
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	18/21	18/21
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

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