Garrett Johns and Michael Zheng will square off in the 1st round of the Columbus Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Zheng who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michael Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Michael Zheng -> 1.285
Garrett Johns -> 3.36

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Prediction and head to head Garrett Johns vs. Michael Zheng

This will be the 3rd time that Garrett Johns and Michael Zheng square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Zheng won 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in the Chicago Challenger back in August 2025.

Garrett Johns

Garrett Johns

47 - 22win/loss

Hard
26-12
I Hard
0-1
Clay
21-9
Rank
279
High
279
LLWLLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 51-29 30-18 21-9 0-2 0-0 0-0
2024 30-23 16-12 13-9 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 34-16 29-11 5-4 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 19-8 13-4 6-2 0-2 0-0 0-0
2021 11-9 9-6 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 293 (career-high), Johns will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match in the Salem Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Ghibaudo in the 1st round on the 8th of September.

Johns has a compiled 47-21 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

Johns’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Palm Coast,M15 Sunrise,M15 Naples,M15 Huamantla and M25 Santo Domingo.

Talking about his overall career, Garrett has an overall 165-96 record. He has a negative 4-7 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Johns has never competed in this tournament before.

Columbus Challenger
Johns's Record

Michael Zheng

Michael Zheng

20 - 8win/loss

Hard
17-6
I Hard
3-1
Grass
0-1
Rank
185
High
180
LWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-9 22-6 0-0 7-2 0-1 0-0
2024 9-6 9-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 13-11 13-10 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 11-6 2-1 9-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 7-5 1-1 3-2 3-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 311 (career-high), Michael will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-3 6-4

to Kym in the qualifications on the 21st of August.

The American has an aggregate 19-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of his career, Michael has an overall 59-36 record. He has a positive 5-4 record on indoor hard courts.

Columbus Challenger
Zheng's Record

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