Stan Wawrinka and Patrick Zahraj will square off in the semifinal of the Rennes Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on LE LIBERTE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stan Wawrinka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stan Wawrinka is the pick to win this match.
Stan Wawrinka -> 1.23
Patrick Zahraj -> 3.82

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Prediction and head to head Stan Wawrinka vs. Patrick Zahraj

There is no head to head record between Stan Wawrinka and Patrick Zahraj since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Stan Wawrinka

Stan Wawrinka

19 - 18win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
4-3
Clay
11-12
Rank
156
High
3
LWLWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-23 7-4 11-12 7-7 0-0 0-0
2024 12-20 1-5 5-10 5-4 1-1 0-0
2023 29-24 8-6 11-8 8-9 2-1 0-0
2022 10-15 0-3 2-5 7-5 1-2 0-0
2021 3-3 3-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 149, Stan got to the semifinal after defeating Kenny de Schepper 6-4 6-4, Dan Added 6-3 6-4 and Michael Geerts 7-6(2) 7-5.

In the quarter, Stan had a good straight sets win against Geerts (7-62 7-5). During the match, Wawrinka scored 80 points vs Geerts’s 74. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Wawrinka bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Stan Wawrinka was very effective on serve to win 89% (39/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Wawrinka broke Geerts once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Wawrinka hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Wawrinka has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (216-153). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Wawrinka has a compiled 51-40 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Wawrinka’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Aix En Provence Challenger.

Stan has an aggregate 18-18 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rennes Challenger

Stan has never competed in this tournament before.

Rennes Challenger
Wawrinka's Record

Patrick Zahraj

Patrick Zahraj

34 - 29win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
20-9
Clay
9-15
Grass
5-4
Rank
267
High
240
LLWLWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-36 0-1 9-15 24-16 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. 259 (career-high), Patrick reached the semifinal after beating Nikolay Vylegzhanin 3-6 7-6(2) 6-2, Arthur Bouquier 1-6 7-6(5) 6-4 and Cannon Kingsley 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the quarter, Patrick defeated Kingsley (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Zahraj scored 100 points vs Kingsley’s 87. The German was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Zahraj recorded 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Patrick Zahraj lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zahraj put 72% of his first serves in, winning 78% (50/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Zahraj broke Kingsley 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

The German’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Pau Challenger and M25 Sion.

Patrick has a compiled 34-28 win-loss record in 2025, 20-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Rennes Challenger
Zahraj's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Wawrinka
P.Zahraj
4h:20
4h:20
Time on court​
!
7h:05
7h:05
1h:51
1h:51
Last match​
!
2h:09
2h:09
3
3
Match played
3
3
64
64
Games Played​
88
88
6
6
Set played​​
9
9
209
209
Total points​
304
304
69.7
69.7
Avg point​
101.3
101.3
90
90
Winners
133
133
30
30
Avg Winners​
44.3
44.3
43%
43%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
19
19
Aces
22
22
6.3
6.3
Avg Aces
7.3
7.3
5
5
Double Faults
17
17
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
!
5.7
5.7
90/103
90/103
1st won total​
133/190
133/190
!
87%
87%
1st won %
70%
70%
52/83
52/83
2nd won total​
42/101
42/101
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
BP won
14/30
14/30
1.7/4.3
1.7/4.3
Avg BP won
4.7/10
4.7/10
38%
38%
Won
47%
47%
2
2
Conceded
31
31
0.7
0.7
Avg Conceded
10.3
10.3
0
0
Broken
13
13
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
4.3
4.3
2
2
Saved
18
18

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Wawrinka Zahraj
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 9
Tot Games 64 88
Pts 209-168 304-289
Total Points 377 593
Winners 90 133
%Winners 43% 44%

Both Wawrinka and Zahraj played 3 matches. At the moment, Patrick Zahraj lost 3 sets while Stan Wawrinka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Wawrinka has played 3 set(s) less than Zahraj (6 vs 9). Therefore, Wawrinka played 24 games less than Zahraj. Wawrinka scored 90 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Zahraj made 133 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Wawrinka Zahraj
Aces 19 22
Avg per match 6.3 7.3
1st in 103/186 190/291
%1st in 55% 65%
1st pts 90/103 133/190
%1st pts 87% 70%
2nd pts 52/83 42/101
%2nd pts 63% 42%

Wawrinka scored 19 aces (6.3 per match). Zahraj managed to score 22 aces (7.3 per match). Wawrinka won 87% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Zahraj won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Wawrinka Zahraj
Won 5 14
Converted 5/13 14/30
% Converted 38% 47%
Conceded 2 31
Saved 2 18
% Saved 100% 58%
Times Broken 0 13

The Swiss broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Swiss extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Zahraj broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Patrick conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Wawrinka
R1
de Schepper
R2
Added
1/4
Geerts
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4 7-62 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 19 25 64
pts 68-51 61-43 80-74 209-168
Total points 119 104 154 377
Winners 27 24 39 90
%Winners 40% 39% 49% 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 10 6 19
Double Faults 4 0 1 5
1st in 31/55 28/54 44/77 103/186
% 1st in 56% 52% 57% 55%
1st pts 27/31 24/28 39/44 90/103
% 1st pts 87% 86% 89% 87%
2nd pts 16/24 19/26 17/33 52/83
% 2nd pts 67% 73% 52% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 2 1 5
Converted 2/7 2/2 1/4 5/13
Converted % 29% 100% 25% 38%
Conceded 1 1 0 2
Saved 1/1 1/1 0/0 2
Saved % 100% 100% 67%
Times Broken 0 0 0 0
Zahraj
R1
Vylegzhanin
R2
Bouquier
1/4
Kingsley
Total
Score 3-6 7-62 6-2 1-6 7-65 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 30 30 28 88
pts 92-89 112-113 100-87 304-289
Total points 181 225 187 593
Winners 40 43 50 133
%Winners 43% 38% 50% 44%
SERVE
Aces 4 7 11 22
Double Faults 7 4 6 17
1st in 53/94 73/108 64/89 190/291
% 1st in 56% 68% 72% 65%
1st pts 40/53 43/73 50/64 133/190
% 1st pts 75% 59% 78% 70%
2nd pts 15/41 16/35 11/25 42/101
% 2nd pts 37% 46% 44% 42%
Breaks
Won 6 5 3 14
Converted 6/10 5/14 3/6 14/30
Converted % 60% 36% 50% 47%
Conceded 10 14 7 31
Saved 5/10 8/14 5/7 18
Saved % 50% 57% 71% 59%
Times Broken 5 6 2 13

Tennis Scores in Rennes Challenger

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