Michael Zheng and Andre Ilagan will face off in the 2^nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michael Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Michael Zheng -> 1.31
Andre Ilagan -> 3.22

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Prediction and head to head Michael Zheng vs. Andre Ilagan

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

Michael Zheng

Ranked no. 312, the American reached the 2^nd round after defeating Garrett Johns 6-0 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Johns (6-0 6-4). During the match, Zheng scored 64 points vs Johns’s 37. Michael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zheng recorded 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Michael Zheng was quite effective on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Johns 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Zheng has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (60-36). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zheng has a composed6-4 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

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.

Zheng has a compiled 20-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Andre Ilagan

Ranked no. 422, Ilagan reached the 2^nd round after beating Sebastian Dominko 6-3 3-6 6-4

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In the 1^st round, Andre defeated Dominko (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match Ilagan scored 81 points vs Dominko’s 78. Andre was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Ilagan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Andre Ilagan was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 68% (26/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Andre broke Dominko twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Andre has an overall 23-24 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zheng	Ilagan
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	28
Pts	64-37	81-78
Total Points	101	159
Winners	24	30
%Winners	38%	37%

Both Zheng and Ilagan played 1 match. At the moment, Andre Ilagan surrendered 1 set while Michael Zheng hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zheng has played 1 set(s) less than Ilagan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zheng played 12 games less than Ilagan. Zheng scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 30 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zheng	Ilagan
Aces	7	1
Avg per match	7	1
1st in	26/44	42/80
%1st in	59%	53%
1st pts	24/26	30/42
%1st pts	92%	71%
2nd pts	11/18	26/38
%2nd pts	61%	68%

Zheng recorded 7 aces . Ilagan recorded 1 ace . Zheng won 92% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Ilagan won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zheng	Ilagan
Won	4	2
Converted	4/9	2/3
% Converted	44%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2	1
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	1

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Ilagan broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Andre conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Zheng
	R1 Johns	Total
Score	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	64-37	64-37
Total points	101	101
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	26/44	26/44
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	24/26	24/26
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	11/18	11/18
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Ilagan
	R1 Dominko	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	81-78	81-78
Total points	159	159
Winners	30	30
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	42/80	42/80
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	30/42	30/42
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	26/38	26/38
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

• Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Tyler ZinkZink – Alexander BernardBernard (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Martin DammDamm – Aidan KimKim (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Jack AnthropAnthrop (3-6 6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Justin BoulaisBoulais – Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Petr BrunclikBrunclik (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Alfredo PerezPerez – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Martin DammDamm – Aidan KimKim (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Jack AnthropAnthrop (3-6 6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
• Tyler ZinkZink – Alexander BernardBernard (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alfredo PerezPerez – Justin BoulaisBoulais (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andre IlaganIlagan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tyler ZinkZink – (0-0) – H2H and prediction